[doorbell ringing] (children) ♪Hello!

Hello!♪ ♪Won't you be my friend?♪ ♪Hello!

Hello♪ ♪Let's say it again.♪ ♪Hello!

Hello!♪ ♪Won't you be my friend?♪ ♪Hello!

Hello!♪ ♪Now you are my friend.♪ ♪♪♪ ♪H-E-L-L-O♪ ♪That's a word we all should know.♪ ♪H-E-L-L0♪ ♪You can say it.♪ ♪Just say hello.♪ ♪♪♪ Hey!

There's Mr. Chuck!

Well, hello, friend!

Hello, Mr. Chuck!

♪♪♪ Oh, hello, friends!

What is this?

It's an old trunk.

I wonder how it got here.

What do you suppose is inside?

It's so big!

Almost anything could be in here.

[hinges creaking] Wow!

Look at this.

Clothes!

Hey!

Let's play dress up!

Look!

Do you know what this is?

It's a hard hat.

I could be a construction worker or a person who works on telephone lines.

Have you ever seen people who wear things like these?

Let's see what else we have here.

A tie and a suit coat.

♪♪♪ Maybe I could pretend I work in an office if I wear these clothes.

Or perhaps I could be a sales person in a big store.

Oh!

And what's this?

It's a hat that a police officer wears.

You know, all of these clothes have something in common.

People wear them to do a job.

Construction workers.

People in offices.

Or police officers.

There are lots of different kinds of clothes people wear on the job you know.

Sometimes these clothes are called uniforms.

Can you think of some jobs where people wear uniforms?

Yeah.

How about a crossing guard?

(Delores) My name is Delores Ryan.

I'm a school crossing guard.

My job is to make sure children get across the street safely when they are going to and from school.

The children wait at the corner, and when they want to cross I go to the middle of the street and blow my whistle and hold up a sign that says, "stop."

All drivers must then stop.

After the cars have stopped I wave to the children that it is safe to cross the street.

I wear a bright orange vest to help make sure drivers can see me.

If you ever need to cross the street, make sure you hold a grownup's hand.

Look both ways before you step off the curb.

Then walk quickly to the other side making sure you cross at the corner.

I'm a school crossing guard and I want everyone to stay safe when they cross the street.

♪♪♪ There are many kinds of jobs people do.

Some require special clothes.

[tapping hat] And some don't.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

♪♪♪ I want to be a firefighter.

I want to be an astronaut.

I want to work on telephone wires.

I want to be popsicle man.

But one time he went down the wrong road and he didn't come down my road!

Hmph!

(children) Hmmm.

♪♪♪ C-H A "T"?

Ohhh.

Let me see.

Clothes Told you.

Clothes!

C-L-O-T-H-E-S Clothes!

[laughing] Let's see what else is in here.

Oooh.

A coat.

A hat.

And some boots.

I know.

Let's see if we can guess what kind of weather, or which of the four seasons, these clothes would go with?

Do you remember the four seasons?

Now, look at these clothes.

A coat, a hat, and boots.

When would you wear these?

Well, you need a heavy coat, a hat and gloves, and warm boots when it's cold outside.

Winter!

That's right!

What else do we have here?

Looks like a swimsuit.

Some sandals.

Oh, and a hat.

When would you wear these things?

Did you say summer?

You guessed it!

What's next?

There's a long sleeve shirt.

A jacket.

And some pants.

What time of year is the right time for jackets, long sleeves, and long pants?

I think I'll say fall.

And here's a rain coat.

Looks like we're prepared for rain.

What time of the year is known for falling rain and blowing wind?

Spring, of course!

There you have it.

Clothes for all seasons.

What will you wear if it's really, really hot?

Some short pants, real short pants.

A short sleeve shirt.

No undershirt.

No undershirt under it.

Just some short pants, no socks, shoes on, one shirt on that's real, real short.

What will you wear if it's really, really cold?

All my jackets, some snow shoes, my socks, my coats, my hats, my glasses so I could see, and a whole bunch of gloves on my hands.

♪♪♪ (boy #1) I can tie my shoes.

♪♪♪ Can you tie your shoes?

♪♪♪ You have to make a loop, then wrap a string around like this.

♪♪♪ I can do buttons, too.

♪♪♪ Can you do buttons?

♪♪♪ Zippers are great!

♪♪♪ If you know how to use them.

Can you zip the zipper?

♪♪♪ That's how I put on my coat.

♪♪♪ Pretty good, huh?

(male #1) And now, Mr. Chuck will put on his jacket.

[drum roll] [applause] [squeaking] (boy #2) There is a little shirt and a big shirt.

There is a pair of little socks, and a pair of big socks.

There is a little dress and a big dress.

Well, look what else I found!

What do you think?

Do I look like a king?

(male #2) I think so.

You look great, your majesty!

Well, hello!

Hello, Mr. Chuck!

Friends, I'd like you to meet Sandy Kozik.

Sandy is an actor who helps children learn to have fun using their imagination.

Pleased to meet you.

I see you've been having fun with the trunk.

We certainly have.

Thank you.

It's my dress up trunk.

I like to have fun pretending (Sandy) to be different people.

You know what else I like to do?

What?

I like to dress up and make up stories about the clothes I'm wearing.

(Sandy) Do you want to give it a try?

Sure.

What do I do?

I'm going to make up a story about a king and a chef, so you sit over there on the bench and you look real regal and I'll tell the story.

♪♪♪ Sounds like fun.

♪♪♪ (Sandy) Once upon a time there was a king.

The king liked many things like reading and playing checkers.

But the thing he liked best was eating and when he ate, he only liked one thing.

Pepperoni pizza.

Thin, crispy crust.

Sauce, cheese, and pepperoni.

Lots and lots of pepperoni.

The king even like it cold for breakfast!

One night after supper, the royal chef, that's me, discovered there was a problem.

The person who made the sauce sent a note that said she had run out of tomatoes and couldn't make any more sauce.

And what was worse, the cheese maker sent a note saying that the milk had gone sour and they couldn't make any more cheese.

And what was even worse, the butcher who supplied the pepperoni sent a note saying there was no pepperoni left anywhere in the kingdom.

There was only the dough for the crust.

And a few odds and ends lying around on the kitchen shelf.

"Oh no!"

I thought.

I can't make pepperoni pizza with just crust!

This is terrible!

This is serious.

I could lose my job!

Or even my head!

Ohhhh.

(Sandy) I stared at the dough and thought and thought and thought about the problem.

I know, I'll make something wonderful to eat that looks just like pepperoni pizza.

Maybe the king will take a bite and like it before he notices the difference.

So I went to work.

I worked all through the night to come up with something that tasted great, but looked just like pepperoni pizza.

[rooster crowing] By morning, I was done.

I sure hope this works.

♪♪♪ (Sandy) I held my breath as the king took his first bite.

And then a second, and a third.

The king smiled.

♪♪♪ This is the best pepperoni pizza I've ever had.

I don't think you've ever used this recipe before, have you?

No, sire.

It's a new recipe.

It's very good.

I hope you'll make it like this again sometime.

Well yes, sire.

I certainly will.

(Sandy) After the king finished his breakfast, I told him the truth.

That what he had eaten and liked so much was not pepperoni pizza afterall.

He was surprised, but he wasn't angry.

He was glad to learn that there are many other foods that taste just as good as pepperoni pizza.

He was also interested to know that eating a whole bunch of different kinds of food is much healthier than eating only one thing all the time.

In fact, he gave me this medal.

By now, you probably want to know how I made pepperoni pizza without any sauce, cheese, or pepperoni.

Well, that's my little secret, but if you use your imagination I'll bet you can think of your own recipe.

That was fun.

It's fun to play dress up.

It sure is.

But you know, Sandy, changing the way we look doesn't change who we are underneath.

Sandy, thanks for sharing your dress up clothes with us.

I hope you'll come back soon.

Oh, I've enjoyed it, Mr. Chuck.

[applause] [applause] Have you ever put on a different hat and imagined that the hat could change you into someone else?

It's fun to do whether you're an adult or a child, even though we know different hats and different clothes don't change who we are, we can still have fun using our imagination and pretending with our children.

Today on Parent's Corner, we'll listen to Sandy Kozik talk about playing dress up.

Why would we play dress up with preschoolers?

Afterall, they probably do it a lot during the day anyway.

I mean they want to be a fireman on a big red fire truck or be a doctor or a nurse that they see on TV or at the hospital.

All these different community helpers they see that they think, "what do I want to be when I grow up?"

Or a fairytale character.

And how can you help them with it?

Wasn't it fun seeing Mr. Chuck pretend to be the king?

Wouldn't it be even more fun if they saw you pretend to be something else.

Here again you have to remember, we have to distinguish what's real and what's not real, yet make it comfortable for them to pretend with you.

One thing we use a lot in preschool - I use this old scarf.

It's rickety rackety.

You could use a pillow case while you're making the bed.

You could use a napkin while you're at the table.

Or just any piece of fabric - a rag, whatever.

You can do this around the house any old time of day.

I take the scarf and I put it on my body different ways.

I could be a Spanish toreador or I could be a bullfighter which is the same thing.

I could put it, well, the first thing that children do naturally is put it around their shoulders like a cape.

And the boys like to be Superman.

Or maybe they're going to be Batman or some other one that's popular in this day and age.

Girls, too.

Supergirl.

Don't correct them.

Don't say, that' not Batman.

That's Batman.

Or that's Superman.

There's no right or wrong to this.

And why do we do it?

It's just another part of role playing.

And it makes them comfortable about thinking what they could be when they grow up.

Today friends, we've learned about clothes for all seasons of the year: winter, spring, summer, and the fall.

We dressed up and pretended to be different people on the job.

And we made up a story and acted it out.

Yep.

There are lots of things to do with clothes.

You might want to try some of these things yourself.

Get your mom or dad, or maybe your grandparents, to look around and see if maybe they can find some of their old clothes for you to use for dress up.

You can even use things like old curtains or scarves.

Use your imagination.

And I'm sure you'll come up with all kinds of interesting things to do with clothes.

Well, I hope you've had a lot of fun today.

I know I have.

But right now it's time for me to go.

So friends, until next time, so long.

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