>> Promo Cat here with another paw-some preview for the next episode of the "Friday Zone."

♪ We'll play this song ♪ It's called jamboree Jamboree ♪ >> Aunt Miranda is cruel to Rebecca.

This is what I think of Aunt Miranda!

>> I'm Savannah, and we're at the Brown County State Park to learn about endangered animals.

Let's go.

>> A knick-knack and what is a paddy whack?

Peggy, you are making no sense.

>> So check out the next episode of the "Friday Zone," right now!

>> Production support for the "Friday Zone" is provided by: >> The WTIU Children's Programming Endowment, ensuring quality children's programming for future generations of Hoosiers.

Learn more at Indianapublicmedia.org/kidsfund.

WFYI Public Media, inspiring Indiana with high-quality educational content since 1970.

By sharing stories and connecting people, WFYI inspires the best in our community.

And these Indiana Public Television Stations.

Thank you!

♪ Friday ♪ The week is done and it's time for fun ♪ ♪ There's room for everyone in the "Friday Zone" ♪ ♪ So much to see, who will we meet ♪ ♪ It all happens magically ♪ ♪ in the "Friday Zone" ♪ Open your eyes, there's a surprise ♪ ♪ You never know what adventure might arise ♪ ♪ The "Friday Zone" "Friday Zone" ♪ ♪ The "Friday Zone" Friday ♪ >> Welcome to the "Friday Zone," everyone, I'm Maya.

>> And I'm Matt.

It's critter time on today's show, Maya.

>> Yeah, we'll learn about endangered species, make a bug craft.

>> And find out about some good old farm living.

>> Right.

But first, a country time jamboree on the "Friday Zone" playlist!

♪ ♪ In the "Friday Zone" Friday ♪ ♪ ♪ There's a country store In a country town ♪ ♪ Every Friday night The people dance around ♪ ♪ It don't look like much And it ain't no chore ♪ ♪ But while they're dancing They polish that floor ♪ ♪ They play this song Right on key ♪ ♪ They play this song ♪ It's called Jamboree Jamboree ♪ ♪ ♪ There's a little old lady Jamboree ♪ ♪ Plays a big ol' bass Jamboree ♪ ♪ And that banjo maybe Jamboree ♪ ♪ Should have stayed in the case Jamboree ♪ ♪ And the guitar there Jamboree ♪ ♪ Has a broken string Jamboree ♪ ♪ And the fiddle's flying Jamboree ♪ ♪ And everyone sings ♪ They play this song Almost on key ♪ ♪ They play this song ♪ It's called Jamboree Jamboree ♪ ♪ ♪ Fleas in your pants Jamboree ♪ ♪ Coals on the floor Jamboree ♪ ♪ Suppose you can dance Jamboree ♪ ♪ If you count to four Jamboree ♪ ♪ So grab your partner Jamboree ♪ ♪ And hold on tight Jamboree ♪ ♪ Because we ain't stopping Until we see the light ♪ ♪ We'll play this song Way off key ♪ ♪ We'll play this song ♪ It's called Jamboree Jamboree ♪ ♪ >> Yeah.

>> Look at those feet!

That's some good flat footing!

♪ ♪ Now I play this song Way off key ♪ ♪ Play this song called Jamboree Jamboree ♪ ♪ Called jamboree Jamboree ♪ ♪ It's called Jamboree Jamboree ♪ ♪ In the "Friday Zone" Friday ♪ ♪ >> Well, hello there.

I'm your host, Leo D. Cook, and welcome to "Masterpieces of Children's Literature in Less Than a Minute."

You may be wondering what I'm doing.

This is a washboard, which is what people used to use back in the day to wash their clothing.

This would be considered a typical chore young people would do on the farm.

Speaking of farms, today's book is "Rebecca of SunnyBrook Farm" written by Kate Douglas Wiggin.

I've got to be careful because I don't want to get suds all over it.

This story opens up with Rebecca's journey from her family's farm to Riverboro, Maine.

Rebecca is a positive and charming gal who always sees the bright side of things.

Her family is very poor.

So she's sent off to live with her two aunts, Miranda and Jane Sawyer.

Rebecca's Aunt Jane is very kind and nice.

The other, Aunt Miranda, is cruel to Rebecca and feels her niece is worthless, just like her old man!

This is what I think of Aunt Miranda!

So Aunt Jane teaches Rebecca how to cook, manage a household, and even sew, but no matter what she does, it just cheeses off Aunt Miranda.

It sounds like a bad "stitch-u-ation."

[ clearing throat ] On the other hand, Rebecca's youthful energy brightens up Aunt Jane.

Now, Rebecca makes all kinds of friends and helps out a poor family.

Later on, she goes to school and becomes a good student and writer.

Rebecca aspires to be a teacher, but something happens to her momma.

So she's got to go back home and help her.

I skipped over a bunch of great stuff.

So if you want to know what happens to "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" by Kate Douglas Wiggin, I suggest you read it yourself.

You will be glad you did.

♪ [ Water splashing ] Oops!

Soapy fingers.

I'm Leo D. Cook, and I will see you next time on "Masterpieces of Children's Literature in Less Than a Minute."

♪ >> And now, a story from the WTIU Kids Writers Contest.

♪ Today when I was swimming at the pool with my friends, Andrea and Zoey, a whirlpool surrounded my feet.

Andrea and Zoey started going into a huge conversation about ocean animals and acted like I didn't exist.

I said, hello, repeatedly, louder each time, but they didn't even bat an eyelash.

They started drifting away, but I swam toward them.

I was much quicker than before.

Why?

I looked down.

Instead of feet at the end of my legs, two bright red fins!

My white legs had a dark blue stripe running down either side.

Was I a mermaid?

Something told me to swim over to the drain.

I was thinking about fish, tiny ones.

Suddenly, I was moving quickly.

I was in the drain!

I raised my hand to slow my transportation through the pipes.

Wait a minute.

I was a fish!

I was a ship -- I was a shape shifter!

Immediately I burst out of the pipe.

I was in open water, the ocean.

Somehow I knew it was the Atlantic Ocean, but I was back in mermaid form.

I saw a sand glown palace rise up out of the ocean floor and many mermaids and mermen and mergirls and merboys, playing, dogging, eating, shopping, playing with their catfish -- [ Meow ] -- or taming their dogfish.

[ Barking ] Right next to me, some purple coral had black octopuses' ink on it.

I read, "Welcome to Atlantis."

I wanted to explore, but I thought my friends would probably wonder where I was.

So I decided to go back.

I turned around to leave, but behind me was nothing but a huge black trench.

Above me was a small pipe.

Fish form, I thought!

And soon I was back at the pool.

I didn't have fins or weird markings on my legs.

Andrea and Zoey hadn't moved from their spot.

We were all laughing at the joke Andrea made before I got fins.

I wanted to tell my friends about what happened, but I was not exactly sure what happened myself, but I knew this was only the beginning of my adventures with fins for feet.

>> Want to see your story on the "Friday Zone"?

It's easy!

Just ask your teacher how to enter or request an entry form from WTIU@indiana.edu.

♪ In the "Friday Zone Friday ♪ >> Up next, it's a time to get wild!

>> We're checking out endangered species right now in our own backyards >> TOGTHER: on this "Friday Zone" field trip!

>> Rar!

♪ >> Hey, guys I'm Savannah, and we're at the Brown County State Park to learn about endangered animals.

Let's go!

♪ >> Hey, guys, I'm here with my friend Brad, and he's a nongame mammalogist.

So, Brad, could you tell us what a nongame mammalogist is?

>> A nongame mammalogist may sound like a mouthful, but it's actually someone who studies mammals and the nongame portion of it, includes all the mammals that you don't hunt or pursue for recreation.

So things like your bats, bears in Indiana, rats, mice, things like that.

>> Crazy.

♪ >> Can you tell us what animals are endangered in Indiana?

>> Well, that would be a long list.

There's about 144 endangered and special concerned species in Indiana.

>> Wow.

>> That's a lot.

I know.

Some of the ones that we have around here in Bloomington include the Indiana bat, the northern long-haired bat, snuffbox which is a mussel that lives in streams and rivers, the barn owl, and the timber rattlesnake.

>> Cool!

And so what can we do to help out these animals that are endangered?

>> Well, one thing you can do to help out these animals is habitat loss is a major factor that's impacting a lot of them.

Now, some of us might not have the means to go out and save vast amounts of the property to protect these species, but what you can do is become interested in them.

So you can educate yourself and your friends.

So the timber rattlesnake gets a lot of bad press.

And what you don't want to do is go out and tell people, oh, that's a scary snake.

You don't want to tell people to kill those snakes because they are endangered.

So what you want to do is tell your friends the good things the snakes do.

They can reduce the rodent population around your house.

Not all the rodents are endangered in the state, and there's a balance between predators and prey and so it will naturally fluctuate.

As the snakes keep the rodent populations down, the rodent population will decrease, then so will the snakes.

Eventually the rodents will rebound and so will the snakes.

>> Cool.

>> Yeah.

So education is a huge thing.

And something else that everyone can do is donate to the Nongame Wildlife Fund.

The cool thing about the Nongame Wildlife Fund is for every $5 that you donate, there's $9 that gets matched from federal programs.

>> Oh.

>> So your money goes a long way, even if you can only donate $1 to $5 at a time.

>> That's super cool.

♪ >> It's fun to learn about endangered animals with ya.

We'll see you next time.

♪ >> Cecilia and Ainsley are going to show us how to make a puppet out of a brown paper bag.

Here's what you are going to need.

Paper bags, construction paper, glue, scissors, and markers!

First, fold the corners of the paper bag to form the animal's head.

Cut out ears, eyes, a nose, and a tongue, all out of the construction paper.

Glue everything on.

Now you have a happy little puppet!

You can try making other animals too!

Thanks, Cecilia and Ainsley!

♪ >> It's time to check out what's next in the "Friday Zone"!

>> Hello, everybody, my name is Sam Bartlett.

And today we have another stunt from the world of stuntology!

That's right!

All you need for this one... a simple towel, about like this.

This stunt is how to make a chicken out of a towel.

I know you have always wanted to know how to do that, right?

Simple.

Looks about like this.

We're going to take a towel, and we're going to roll it up about halfway.

Right there.

Now we're roll up the other side.

Like that.

And then we're going to fold the chicken to be in half.

So it looks about like that.

We're going to reach down and pull the chicken's legs out.

There's one.

There's another.

There's the third leg.

And there's the fourth.

We're going to hold on to those legs.

Give it a big yoga stretch with our hands like this.

Whoop!

And there we have a chicken from a towel.

Mwah!

♪ "Friday Zone" Friday ♪ >> Winter's coming.

Are you prepared?

Where do you go for winter?

What do you eat?

Where is your home?

How many of you are there?

How can we keep track of you and make sure you're okay?

I'm going to find out.

♪ >> I found my guy.

This is Frank, and he's a wildlife technician with the Department of Environmental Conservation.

So what are we going to be doing today?

I think we are going to be some banding some ducks?

>> So we're going to band some ducks, black ducks and mallards.

Then once we capture those up, we will put bands on them and let them go.

>> Sounds great.

>> Great.

>> So why do we band these ducks?

>> We determined a while back that American Black Duck numbers were in a little bit of a decline.

So we want to band as many of these birds as we can during the wintertime so we can kind of get our minds wrapped around what it is we can do to help their populations kind of bounce back.

>> All right.

Let's get to it.

>> Yeah, so let's go see what we got in our traps.

>> What you are seeing here is called a confusion trap.

It's easy for the ducks to get in, but hard for them to get out.

This is when Frank and I step in to move the ducks from the confusion trap into the capture crates, where we'll carry them away from the shore and get to banding.

>> All right, Frank.

So let's band some ducks.

>> All right.

Sounds good.

>> Frank, how did you get into this line of work?

>> So way back in the day, I went to school for this kind of work.

New York is kind of blessed with an amazing university system, and so I picked a degree program that would kind of lend itself in wildlife work, and I got a degree in natural resources conservation.

I think it's a fantastic profession.

It's really rewarding.

People kind of tell Josh and I, and folks that work in the wildlife profession -- you know when we describe the work to them, they always say, oh, you have greatest job.

>> Yeah.

>> You have a really neat job, and I kind of agree completely that we have great jobs, and feel really fortunate to be doing this kind of work.

But we do all kinds of other habitat management work other times of year.

>> Yeah, you said you only duck band for a short amount of time.

>> Yes, just for a couple of months in the winter, in January and February mostly, a little bit into March, but other times of the year, we worked with deer some parts of the year.

And coming up, as soon as we wrap this up, we will start working on fisher.

Later in the fall, sometimes we might be working with some other species doing some research for those.

And so a whole host of different things, and this kind of wildlife profession lends itself to doing a diversity of things like that, and so it makes our job pretty enjoyable.

>> Yeah, he's a little impatient.

>> Yep.

So we banded that bird.

Yeah, we will get this information to Josh, and then we will let him go.

>> All right, Frank.

So I hear this is the big show, the next duck.

>> Yes, this is what we came here for today.

We know this is an American Black Duck, and then we also know it's a male because it's got that bright yellow bill.

>> Okay.

The goal here is to figure out if this bird was born last summer or not.

Guys and gals like Frank do that by looking at a special group of feathers that change shape as the bird gets older.

If these feathers don't have that adult shape to them, we know this is a young bird in its first winter of life.

Now that we can record its age, it's time to give that bird a number.

>> So we're going to put a band on it.

You have the band.

>> Yes.

>> The bands are made out of a super-lightweight metal, each with a different ID number that tells wildlife technicians like Frank where these birds fly to, and how long they live for.

This information helps researchers figure out how to best protect these animals.

Think about it like this, if we're banding this bird in New York, and another wildlife technician up in Canada catches him and records his ID number, then we know how far he migrated that season.

>> So Frank, I have a serious question for you.

>> Yeah.

>> So have you ever been pooped on?

>> I get pooped on all the time.

>> Really?

>> Yes.

>> You look very clean.

>> I am.

So yesterday I washed this jacket for the first time all winter and that's why.

[ Laughter ] >> You didn't want to see it before yesterday.

He's ready to go.

And so we're going to let him go.

Do you want to let one go?

>> Is that all right?

>> I think it's fine.

>> Okay.

>> You tell me when you got him.

>> I think I got him.

>> Give him a little pitch up in the air.

>> Okay.

>> And he will do the rest.

>> Okay.

>> All right.

Bye, my friend.

>> Very good.

>> He's so happy!

>> That's one bird.

We've got quite a few more to do.

♪ >> Bye, sweetie.

♪ >> Hey, Maya, do you want to play a game of what's missing?

>> Sure, Matt.

And you at home can play too.

>> Okay.

Here's a bunch of different stuff.

Now look at it, try and memorize what all is on this table.

♪ >> Got it.

>> Awesome.

Now close your eyes, and I'm going to take one object away.

♪ Okay.

Open your eyes.

Which one do you think is missing?

>> The pinecone!

>> Exactly!

Awesome!

Now let's try this again and make it a little bit harder.

I'm going to take away an object, but I'm also going to scramble all the other objects on the table.

Do you think you can do it?

>> Yeah.

>> Awesome.

Okay.

Study the objects again.

♪ >> Okay.

>> Awesome.

Close your eyes.

♪ Awesome.

Open your eyes.

What's missing?

>> Hmm...

The action figure!

>> Yep!

Exactly!

The action figure grandpa.

You're so good at this.

>> Thanks.

>> Try this at home with your friends and try changing up the rules a little bit and making it harder every single time that you guess.

It's a super fun game.

♪ In the "Friday Zone" Friday ♪ ♪ ♪ Give a dog a bone ♪ This old man came rolling home ♪ ♪ This old man, he played three ♪ >> He played three?

♪ He played knick-knack on my knee ♪ ♪ With a knick-knack paddy whack ♪ ♪ give a dog a bone ♪ This old man came rolling home ♪ >> Wait, wait, wait!

What is this silliness?

What is knick-knack?

And what is a paddy whack?

Peggy, you are making no sense!

>> Well, a knick-knack is the practice of playing the spoons and tapping out a rhythm on your knee.

>> What?

And what about paddy whack?

>> Paddy whack means to paddle sheep bones.

So together, knick-knack and paddy whack means that the old man was playing sheep bones like one might play the spoons.

>> Ah.

Okay.

Zarg is done!

Zarg has added and Zarg has subtracted, and Zarg is subtracting himself from the equation.

>> Wait, Zarg, please don't go!

>> Why?

Why should Zarg stay?

Peggy is treating Zarg like he knows nothing.

>> Oh, no.

>> But Zarg knows -- knows many things Peggy does not know about.

Shadowlings and trolls and gnomes, and especially about the dark lord, Edgar Allan.

>> You're right, Zarg.

I'm sorry.

If you stay, I will read you a poem.

>> What type of poem?

>> A ghost poem!

>> A ghost poem?

>> Yes, Zarg.

Come here, and I will show you.

>> No more tricks?

>> No more tricks.

Cross my heart.

>> Stick a needle in Peggy's eye?

>> Stick a needle in my eye.

>> Well... >> Hmm.

Okay then.

Peggy, girl child, Zarg appreciates what you were trying to do, it's just -- it's just -- it's just because of Zarg's lysdexia.

>> Dyslexia.

>> Yes, that.

Zarg needs to learn at his own pace.

>> I understand, Zarg.

And I'm sorry if I was pushing you.

>> It's okay, Peggy girl.

>> "Ghost Music" by by Robert Graves.

>> Oh, I like his name.

Very dark and doomy gloomy.

>> "Gloomy and bare the organ-loft, Bent back and blind the organist.

From rafters looming shadowy, From the pipes' tuneful company, Drifted together drowsily, Innumerable, formless, dim, The ghosts of long-dead melodies, Of anthems stately, thunderous, Of kyries shrill and tremulous: In melancholy drowsy-sweet They huddled there in harmony.

Like bats at noontide rafter-hung."

Ooh.

>> Welcome to animal yoga.

My name is Priscilla, and I'm here to practice yoga together with you.

Let's take a deep belly breath in and check how are we feeling in this very moment?

[ Deep breath ] >> Now bring our hands in front of our hearts.

Namaste.

Ready to begin?

♪ Today, we are going to be cats and cows, which are very good friends of Sapo.

And he said he loves going on top of their backs and playing up and down.

All right.

So let's give it a try.

So we too are going to go on our hands and knees, and we are going to make sure our hands are under our shoulders and our knees are under our hips.

Very good.

And we're going to bring our belly button up and make a big curvy back.

And then we're going to bring our head to the front and our tail up, and it's going to be the cow.

And the cat, we breathe out.

And the cow we breathe in.

And out.

Very good.

Now keep doing that, because Sapo is going to take a ride on your back.

Keep doing it.

Up and down.

Very good.

Let's see.

Up and down.

Now I want to see, what are the sounds that cat and cow do?

Can you do that?

Meow.

And moo!

Again, meow.

Moo!

Thank you for joining me!

May all be peaceful.

May all be well and may all be happy.

Namaste.

>> Thanks for joining us on the "Friday Zone."

>> Remember to check out our website, Fridayzone.org to see past episodes and clips from the show.

>> Yeah.

You can also send us an email at zone@indiana.edu.

Or find us on social media @theFridayZone.

But for now, remember to live, learn and play the >> TOGETHER: "Friday Zone" way!

>> Thumb war!

>> One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war!

Five, six, seven, eight, try to keep your thumb straight.

>> Oh, my God, your thumb is so strong!

>> Production support for the "Friday Zone" is provided by: The WTIU Children's Programming Endowment, ensuring quality children's programming for future generations of Hoosiers.

Learn more at Indianapublicmedia.org/kidsfund.

WFYI Public Media, inspiring Indiana with high-quality educational content since 1970.

By sharing stories and connecting people, WFYI inspires the best in our community.

And these Indiana Public Television Stations.

Thank you!

♪ >> Do you cool cats have the perfect idea for the "Friday Zone"?

Want to share a hobby or let us know what's happening in your town?

Then contact us on our website at Fridayzone.org or send an email to zone@indiana.edu, right now!