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Glad to see you.

Oh, what's this in my pocket?

Let me show you.

Today is Poem in My Pocket Day on "Camp TV."

Big, short, little, or long I hope you'll join me.

Find one written by a famous poet, a friend, or even your Pop-Pop.

Some of my favorite poems are found in the lyrics of rap and hip hop.

There's a poem in my pocket, though, that I love above all the rest.

It's a poem that's been written by you.

But no pressure.

We are here to have fun.

Just do your best.

Welcome to Poem in My Pocket Day on "Camp TV."

It's time to let the good times roll, starting with these first few activities.

Curiosity and wonder.

Let's discover together.

It's Science Wow!

♪♪♪ ♪ Iron metal, you see it every day ♪ ♪ Oxygen eventually will make it rust away ♪ ♪ Carbon in its ordinary form is coal ♪ ♪ Crush it together and diamonds are born ♪ ♪ Come on, come on and meet the elements ♪ ♪ May I introduce you to our friends, the elements?

♪ ♪ Like a box of paints ♪ ♪ That are mixed to make every shade ♪ ♪ They either combine to make a chemical compound ♪ ♪ Or stand alone as they are ♪ ♪ Neon's a gas that lights up the sign for a pizza place ♪ ♪ The coins that you pay with are copper, nickel and zinc ♪ ♪ Silicon and oxygen make concrete bricks and glass ♪ ♪ Now add some gold and silver for some pizza-place class ♪ ♪ Come on, come on and meet the elements ♪ ♪ I think you should check out ♪ ♪ The ones they call the elements ♪ ♪ Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade ♪ ♪ They either combine to make a chemical compound ♪ ♪ Or stand alone as they are ♪ ♪ Team up with other elements ♪ ♪ Making compounds when they combine ♪ ♪ Or make up a simple element ♪ ♪ Formed out of atoms of the one kind ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Balloons are full of helium, and so is every star ♪ ♪ Stars are mostly hydrogen ♪ ♪ Which may someday fuel your car ♪ ♪ Hey, who let in all these elephants?

♪ ♪ Did you know that elephants are made of elements?

♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Elephants are mostly made of four elements ♪ ♪ And every living thing is mostly made of four elements ♪ ♪ Plants, bugs, birds, fish, bacteria and men ♪ ♪ Are mostly carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen ♪ ♪ Come on, come on and meet the elements ♪ ♪ You and I are complicated, but we're made of elements ♪ ♪ Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade ♪ ♪ They either combine to make a chemical compound ♪ ♪ Or stand alone as they are ♪ ♪ Team up with other elements ♪ ♪ Making compounds when they combine ♪ ♪ Or make up a simple element ♪ ♪ Formed out of atoms of the one kind ♪ ♪ Come on, come on and meet the elements ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ Check out the ones they call the elements ♪ ♪ Like a box of paints that are mixed to make every shade ♪ ♪ They either combine to make a chemical compound ♪ ♪ Or stand alone as they are ♪ ♪♪♪ -Welcome back to Poem in My Pocket Day on "Camp TV."

Now, before we get too far ahead of ourselves, I thought we could all use a refresher on what exactly a poem is.

So, let's start at the beginning, which is usually a very good place to start.

A poem is a piece of writing that uses imaginative words to share an idea, story or emotions.

And a person who writes a poem is called a poet.

Sometimes poems have words or phrases that sound good together when they are read aloud, and some poems go along with a tune or rhythm, like the lyrics of a song.

There are all sorts of types, but one of my favorites is an acrostic poem.

An acrostic poem has a topic word that runs down the left side of the poem, and each letter has a new thought that runs off the side from left to right related to that word.

Here, let me show you.

Take, for example, my name.

Let's use the letters of my name to describe who I am starting with "Z."

When I think about who I am, a word I would use to describe myself is zestful.

That means enthusiastic and full of energy.

Yeah, that feels appropriate.

Now let's try the other letters.

What's an "A" word that describes me?

How about active?

Nah, kind of feels like zestful.

[ Gasps ] I know.

How about artistic?

Yeah, that feels good.

Okay, next.

"C." Well, that's easy.

Campy, because, well, you know.

And "H." "H" for happy.

So that's "Z" for zestful, "A" for artistic, "C" for campy, and "H" for happy.

Yep.

Sounds like me.

A perfect acrostic poem.

Now it's your turn.

Can you make a poem with the letters of your name?

Give it a try.

And in the meantime, enjoy these next few activities.

Arts and crafts?

Yes, please.

Let's Get Artsy.

-Hey, everyone, it's Brittany here.

I'm going to be showing you how to make a zipper friendship bracelet.

Let's get started.

To make this zipper friendship bracelet, you're only going to need three things -- some scissors, some tape, your thread in three different colors.

But you're only going to be using two of these colors, and the third one is going to be used as your base.

So you want to take your strings and you want to measure out two feet for each color.

So in total, we will have three strings.

Then you want to tie a knot about an inch down from the top and take your tape and tape your strings to a hard surface in order to stabilize them so we can start making our friendship bracelet.

So you want to start by taking your left string and making a number four... ...and looping it under and through the middle string.

You want to do this on the right side, but this time make a backwards four... ...looping it under and through the middle string and pulling it to the top to make a knot.

Now, you want to keep going through the same process, back and forth, back and forth between your left and your right string making a regular four... ...and then a backwards four.

You want to do this until you get the length that you like for your wrist.

And then once you're done doing this, just tie a knot at the very end of the bracelet to hold it all together and tie it on your wrist.

So that is how you make a zipper friendship bracelet.

Super awesome, incredibly easy, and it doesn't take too long to make this.

I challenge you to go and make your own friendship bracelet and give it to all your best friends.

And after you made them one, make them another, and then another, and then another until their whole wrist is filled up with friendship bracelets.

Be the best friend that you can possibly be.

♪♪♪ -Music, dance, magic and more.

Step right up to Center Stage.

-I'm Chen Lo.

-I'm Asanté.

-We are Soul Science Lab.

-We are Soul Science Lab.

-And we're learning hip hop today.

Today we're learning our song "Higher."

It's a song we wrote ourselves, Soul Science Lab exclusive.

"Higher" is all about just what the title describes -- going higher, having fun, celebrating, getting up, dancing with the people you love and letting your emotions just be free.

The song actually has two parts to the hook.

We're going to learn the first part.

Let's get it.

-♪ We come to take you higher ♪ ♪ We come to take you higher ♪ ♪ We come to take you higher ♪ ♪ Soul Science takes you higher ♪ -Now you try.

Now we're about to learn the second half of the hook "Higher."

For this, you're going to need to get up and join in with us.

-You got to get up.

-Come on.

Come on.

I see you.

I see you.

I see you.

-I'm waiting for you.

-Okay.

Good, good, good.

Now that you're up, I'm going to count it off and we're going to get busy.

One, two, three, four.

-♪ Now move to the left, to the left ♪ ♪ To the left, to the left ♪ ♪ Now move to the right, to the right ♪ ♪ Stand up for your rights ♪ ♪ Now move to the left, to the left ♪ ♪ To the left, to the left ♪ ♪ Now move to the right, to the right ♪ ♪ Don't give up the fight ♪ -Now you try.

One, two, three, four.

So now that you've learned the hook, you've learned the little dance, let's put it all together and have fun.

We expect to see you get up, stand up.

DJ [indistinct], let's go.

-Let's go.

Yeah.

♪♪♪ It's time to get up and have a good time.

-Come on, come on, come on.

-Let's have some fun.

-We see y'all.

-Get out your feet.

-We want to feel the energy.

Let's go.

-One, two... -Yeah.

Yeah.

-Let's go this way.

-Let's move!

Come on.

Come on.

-♪ Who got the power?

♪ -♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ -♪ You got the power ♪ -♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ -♪ We got the power ♪ -♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ -♪ This is the hour ♪ -♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ -♪ I hear the whispers ♪ -♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ -♪ Of my ancestors ♪ -♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ -♪ Can't be denied ♪ -♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ -♪ God will provide ♪ -♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Hey ♪ -♪ I thought I told you ♪ ♪ That we've come to free these minds ♪ ♪ Too many people selling out for dollar signs ♪ -♪ Come on ♪ -♪ My music is ♪ The scriptures for the future times ♪ ♪ We resurrect the dead and give sight to the blind ♪ Hey!

Hey!

-Yeah!

Yeah!

-Let's move.

Let's go.

-Let's go.

Three... -Come on.

Come on.

-Ow!

-♪ The time is now ♪ ♪ They told me it would never come ♪ -♪ Never come ♪ -♪ Now count yourself ♪ ♪ A member of the chosen ones ♪ -♪ Chosen one ♪ -♪ My baba told me freedom ♪ ♪ Is a state of mind ♪ -♪ State of mind ♪ -♪ I'm flying high, I'll see you on the other side ♪ ♪ To a higher vibration ♪ ♪ Exodus to a permanent vacation ♪ ♪ On deck, we're escaping ♪ ♪ Palace in an undisclosed location ♪ ♪ Elevating like we're caught in the rapture ♪ ♪ Living right now like it's life hereafter ♪ ♪ Got to bring along your visa and your passport ♪ ♪ Higher heights, though, gonna require a life force ♪ Yeah.

Come on!

Everybody.

-Let's go, let's go.

-Let's move.

-Last time.

-Everybody.

-Uh-huh.

-Hey.

Everybody.

We had such an amazing time making music and learning music with you.

-You did a great job.

-Music explorers, we hope you enjoyed learning music with us and keep learning so much more about hip hop music.

-That's right.

We can't wait to see y'all again.

-Peace!

-Peace!

♪♪♪ -Ready for some math that counts?

Count On!

♪♪♪ -Hi, my name is Lori Ann.

I am with the New York City Department of Education's Office of School Wellness Programs.

I know that physical activity is very important for both our bodies and our brains.

So I am here today with you to do some physical activity while looking at multiplications.

So before we do anything, make sure that you have plenty of space around you and around on the floor so you don't bump into anything or kick anything.

Alright.

Now, here's how it's going to work.

I'm going to multiply two numbers together to get an answer or a product.

If that answer is correct, you are going to show me with three jumping jacks.

So let's do one, two, three.

So three jumping jacks for true.

If you are seated today, you can show me your jumping jacks with your arms to show that it is true.

If the answer is false, you're going to sit back in your chair and come up.

You'll sit back and come up for three times.

Now, if you are going to be using your arms to show me, by lifting in front for false.

Okay?

Now, we're all going to be marching together while we listen for the next question.

So let's begin.

Knees up high.

First equation.

One times nine is nine.

True or false?

1 times 9 is 9.

That's true.

So, three jacks.

Let's keep going.

2 times 5 is 10.

True or false?

2 times 5 is 10.

That's true.

Three jacks.

Let's keep going.

3 times 7 is 21.

True or false?

3 times 7 is 21.

That's true.

Three jacks.

Let's keep going.

Next one.

4 times 4 is 18.

True or false?

4 times 4 is 18.

That's false.

Let's try it again.

True or false -- 4 times 4 is 16.

4 times 4 is 16.

That's true.

Yes.

Let's keep going.

5 times 10 is 55.

True or false?

5 times 10 is 55.

Uhn-uhn.

That is false.

Let's try it again.

True or false -- 5 times 10 is 50.

5 times 10 is 50.

That's true.

Yes.

Let's keep going.

6 times 4 is 24.

True or false?

6 times 4 is 24.

That's true.

Let's keep going.

7 times 2 is 16.

True or false?

7 times 2 is 16.

That's false.

Uhn-uhn.

Let's try that again.

7 times 2 is 17.

True or false?

7 times 2 is 17.

No, that's false.

Let's try it again.

7 times 2 is 14.

True or false?

7 times 2 is 14.

That's true!

Yes.

Let's do a couple more.

8 times 9 is 64.

True or false?

8 times 9 is 64.

That's true.

We're getting there.

One more.

True or false -- zero times 9 is zero.

Zero times 9 is zero.

True or false?

That's true.

Yay!

We did it!

Wow.

Oh, my goodness.

Hands on your heart.

Feel the difference?

I'm moving around a little bit because my heart is moving quite quickly.

My breath, my breathing is faster.

Let's cool down.

So we're going to inhale and we'll bring our arms up over our head.

And then as we exhale and we breathe out, we push our hands together a little bit.

Let's do that two more times.

Let's breathe in... and then breathe out.

Cooling down.

One more time.

Inhaling... and exhaling.

Excellent job.

We just did quite a few multiplication equations and we really got our heart moving and pumping the blood.

And I'm feeling very energized, and I hope you are too.

Maybe this is something that you can try with your friends when you're practicing your multiplication.

Well, I hope to see you again some times.

Thanks so much.

Bye-bye!

-...step out of the shade aflame and unafraid.

The new dawn blooms as we free it.

For there is always light if only we're brave enough to see it.

If only we're brave enough to be it.

-[ Exhales sharply ] Wow.

I get chills every time I hear Amanda Gorman recite her poem "The Hill We Climb."

At just 22 years old, Amanda Gorman shared this poem with the world when Joe Biden became the 46th president and Kamala Harris became the first female Black and Asian vice president of the United States of America.

I love Ms. Gorman's poems because they're full of hope, unity, honesty and justice.

So right about now, you might be wondering, "what's this got to do with me, Zach?"

Well, a lot.

Because you could be the next Amanda Gorman.

Yes, you.

Ms. Gorman fell in love with poetry right around your age, and she worked hard to become the famous poet that she is today.

Maybe one day you will be invited to read your poetry in front of lots and lots of people.

The future is yours to write.

♪♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪♪ Music, dance, magic and more.

Step right up to Center Stage.

♪♪♪ -♪ Pack your dreams all away ♪ ♪ Save 'em for another day ♪ ♪ Tell yourself no way I, I, I can do this ♪ -♪ Cancel all the evening plans ♪ ♪ Who cares if they don't understand?

♪ ♪ Ain't in the mood for talking ♪ ♪ I, I, I might lose it ♪ -♪ We go on believing all the liars in our head ♪ ♪ And stop before we've even started yet ♪ -♪ But I know you, I know you ♪ ♪ Can make that move, live your truth ♪ ♪ When you lay down your pride ♪ ♪ That's where the beauty lies ♪ ♪♪♪ -♪ Ignorance ain't always bliss ♪ ♪ You gotta roll with the punches ♪ ♪ You gotta go where your heart is ♪ ♪ Fight through it ♪ -♪ But sometimes the tears you cry ♪ ♪ Can make you feel you're running dry ♪ ♪ At least you know you're still alive ♪ -♪ We go on believing all the liars in our head ♪ ♪ And stop before we've even started yet ♪ -♪ But I know you, I know you ♪ ♪ Can make that move, face the truth ♪ ♪ When you lay down your pride ♪ ♪ That's where the beauty lies ♪ ♪ I know you, I know you ♪ ♪ Can make that move, live your truth ♪ ♪ When you lay down your pride ♪ ♪ That's where the beauty lies ♪ -♪ Out of your mind, into your soul ♪ -♪ That's where it's bright and beautiful ♪ -♪ Jump off the edge and let it go ♪ -♪ Oh, yeah ♪ -♪ Out of your mind, into your soul ♪ -♪ It won't feel safe or comfortable ♪ -♪ But jump for your life ♪ ♪ 'Cause whether you fly or fall ♪ -♪ Only you ♪ ♪ Can make that move ♪ -♪ I know you, I know you ♪ ♪ Can make that move ♪ ♪ Face the truth ♪ ♪ When you lay down your pride ♪ -♪ Your pride ♪ -♪ That's where the beauty lies ♪ -♪ Beauty lies ♪ -♪ I know you, I know you ♪ ♪ Can make that move ♪ -♪ Can make that move ♪ -♪ Live your truth ♪ -♪ When you lay down your pride ♪ ♪ That's where the beauty lies ♪ -Daytime or nighttime, it's always time for storytime.

Oh, hi!

Welcome back.

I was just looking over my dream journal.

It's something I keep by my bedside, and when I wake up in the morning, I write my dreams down in it.

Well, at least the ones I can remember.

Everyone dreams, and some are masters at writing about them.

Take poet Robert Louis Stevenson, for example.

He lived back in the 1800s and is famous for his imaginative poetry, novels and short stories.

Some of his best-known work is written for kids.

Maybe you've heard of the book "Treasure Island"?

Stevenson had a gift for using descriptive language that brought his poems to life.

Case in point, this book, "The Land of Nod," which is based on one of his poems.

Should we give it a try?

"The Land of Nod," by Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Hunter.

♪♪♪ "From breakfast on through all the day at home among my friends I stay.

But every night I go abroad afar into the land of Nod.

All by myself I have to go, with none to tell me what to do.

All alone beside the streams and up the mountainsides of dreams.

The strangest things are there for me, both things to eat and things to see... and many frightening sights abroad till morning in the land of Nod.

♪♪♪ Try as I like to find the way, I never can get back by day.

♪♪♪ Nor can remember plain and clear the curious music that I hear."

[ Sighs ] Sweet dreams.

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