>> Funding for this program was made possible in part by Symetra.

This program was also made possible by Thistle Theatre and by grants from the following organizations.

Finally, Look, Listen, and Learn was made possible by contributions from viewers like you.

[ Music ] >> Hello, friends.

Hello, Possum.

Isn't it a beautiful day today?

>> Oh, hi, Auntie Lina.

>> Possum, what's wrong?

>> Well, my friend, Raven, has been super-sad, and I don't like seeing him sad.

It makes me sad.

>> Well, why is your friend sad?

>> His parents are getting a divorce and, he says he'll have to live in two trees and only see each of them sometimes.

>> Yes, divorce can be really hard to deal with.

Do you know how he's handling these feelings?

>> Handling?

But I thought feelings were in your head.

>> Well, Possum, they are in your head.

And a lot of times feelings and emotions can be shown through actions as well.

Have you ever been happy and did a little joy dance, or have you ever been sad and cried?

>> Oh, yeah.

>> Well, those are all ways to express your emotions.

But sometimes people deal with hard situations and need a little more help expressing or showing their emotions.

That's when therapy can help.

>> Therapy?

What's that?

That's when you go to someone who's trained to help you talk about your feelings.

They help us name our feelings and talk about what to do with those feelings.

>> Oh, like the counselor at my school.

>> Exactly.

You know, this reminds me of a koala I read about who everybody went to talk about their problems.

>> I like koalas.

They live in trees, just like me.

>> That's right.

And Kerry the Caring Koala, turns his tree into a therapy tree.

>> A therapy tree?

That sounds fancy.

>> Well, let's join Teacher Ali at the Denise Louie Education Center and see what happens.

[ Music ] >> Hey, friends.

My name is Teacher Ali.

>> And my name Azia [assumed spelling].

>> And we're here today at the Denise Louie Education Center, and we'll be reading Kerry the Caring Koala, Where Feelings Find a Friend.

[ Music ] Let's get started.

[ Music ] In a tree that sits tall near a river by the bend lived a koala named Kerry, who was everyone's friend.

His big, giant tree was known from both far and near as the place one could go to find a listening ear.

Knock on the door with a big smile.

He will open it and say, "Come, let's sit and talk for a while."

What's that say?

>> Therapy with Kerry.

>> Oh, okay.

Kerry was a therapist, so he used his koala time helping all the animals heal their hearts and mind.

What's that?

>> It says therapy is cool.

>> Oh, that's kind of cool.

[ Music ] One sunny day, Landon the Lion came by.

His head was lowered, trying not to cry.

We lost our big game, and it's making me sad.

Will you help, Mr. Kerry?

I'm tired of feeling so bad.

Have you ever lost something and felt sad?

>> Yeah?

>> Kerry nodded.

"Of course, I will help.

That's why I'm here.

In this tree, you can talk about your feelings with no judgment and no fear."

[ Music ] Landon took a breath, deep and long.

Then he told Kerry where everything went wrong.

You know how to take a deep breath?

Okay, let's take a deep breath.

One, two, three.

[inhaling] Hold it, hold it, hold it.

Okay, let's let go.

[exhaling] As he spoke, Kerry listened with love and care.

He told Landon, it's okay to have tears.

Next came Liberty the Lemur.

She was always seen with a smile or a laugh, but deep down inside, she was not so glad.

"Kerry," she whispered, ears dropping low, "sometimes I have these feelings that just don't show."

How does she look?

What do you think?

How do you think she feels?

>> Sad.

>> Kerry said, "Liberty, my friend, you never have to pretend.

You are still a strong lemur when you don't want to smile.

Your value does not change based on how much you laugh or frown.

The next day, Lauren the Lamb made her way.

How do I pick which one of my friends should go or stay?

Rudy the Rabbit only comes when the weather is fair.

But rain or shine, Brittany the Bunny is here.

Do you have friends that show up?

What do you like about your friends?

>> I like that they're really nice to me.

>> That they're nice to you?

That's really good.

How do they make you feel?

>> They make me feel good.

>> They make you feel good?

I'm glad.

With an open heart and ears wide open, Kerry began to listen and guide.

"Lauren, my dear, this is your space.

Therapy helps put relationships in place.

Now that you've expressed what is on your heart, let me tell you how friends can do their part.

Brittany the Bunny is how all friends should be.

Loyal and true is what we all need.

Tell Rudy the Rabbit how you feel.

If he changes, your relationship may heal."

Lauren went along singing a song about how therapy can help us all get along.

One by one, all the animals stopped by to give Kerry's therapy tricks a try.

Kerry taught each of them to express and say what they felt and wanted in a healthy way.

Where is this again?

>> Therapy.

>> What do therapists do?

>> They make you feel better.

>> Oh, that's kind of cool.

Let's see.

To draw, to write, dance, or even sing helps us make sense of what our feelings bring.

Talking helps.

It's like a key to unlock emotions and set them free.

Do you do any of these to feel better?

>> Just a little.

>> Which one do you do?

>> I write.

>> You write?

>> Sometimes.

>> You write sometimes.

What else do you do?

>> Dance.

>> What kind of dance?

>> Hip-hop.

>> Hip-hop?

Is that fun?

How does it make you feel?

>> It makes me feel happy.

>> Happy.

So you like to do hip-hop and share your feelings in hip-hop?

That's so cool.

So if you're ever feeling a certain way, think about what Kerry the Koala would say.

Sharing feelings makes you strong.

With a little help, you won't go wrong.

Thanks for sharing your feelings with me.

You share a lot of feelings with me.

Can you point to which you're feeling today?

>> Happy.

>> Happy.

So these are some of my feelings, and you're feeling happy.

That's so cool.

I think I'm also feeling happy.

Well, thank you for sharing your feelings with me.

>> You're welcome.

>> High five.

Let's say goodbye to our friends.

Bye friends!

[ Music ] >> Kerry the Caring Koala is so cool.

I wish I knew him so I could talk to him when I'm feeling down.

>> He does seem cool, Possum, but we all have a few Kerry the Caring Koalas in our lives.

>> We do?

>> Of course.

Think about all the people in your life who you can talk to about your feelings and they can give you advice.

>> Like a friend.

>> And also, a caring adult may be able to give you the help you need to feel better.

Sometimes people talk to their parents, a counselor, a coach, or a teacher.

>> Sometimes I talk to my concertina teacher.

She helps me find a song to match my mood.

>> That's a great example.

You can share your feelings by talking things over and through music.

People express their emotions through songs all the time.

When I'm happy, I like to listen to pop and bop around, and when I haven't had the best news, I like to listen to the blues.

>> And I can listen to hip-hop when I'm feeling on top.

>> That's the spirit, Possum.

You know who could help us express our feelings through music?

>> Who, Auntie Lina?

>> Mr. Gene and his piano.

>> A piano?

>> Yes.

Let's go to the Seattle Opera with our friends and Mr. Gene and listen.

[ Music ] >> [both] Hello, friends.

>> My name is Mr. Gene and this is -- >> Sarai [assumed spelling].

>> And you're joining us at the Seattle Opera today.

Today we're going to be talking about piano and music and how to express ourselves with music.

Today, Possum was trying to deal with a lot of emotions, and so we could express emotions through music.

Music is a kind of language that we can do that with, and so I'm going to guide you through major chords and minor chords, and then ask you to see how you feel and things like that.

Do you have any favorite songs or favorite kinds of music that you like to listen to?

>> One of the songs that I like is called "Thing U Do" by Tori Kelly.

>> Oh, that sounds really fancy.

[laughing] That's wonderful.

All right, so we're going to get into major and minor, and we're going to start with the C major chord, okay?

So can you play with me after I play it?

[ Playing Piano ] Wonderful.

Okay, that's the C major chord, and that starts with the root C, right?

We're going to try the C minor chord now.

[ Music ] Perfect.

Do those two kinds of chords make you feel any different?

>> Yes.

>> How does the major chord make you feel?

>> The major chord makes me feel like happy feelings.

>> Happy, right?

It's like bright and cheerful.

And what about a minor chord?

[ Playing Piano ] >> The minor chord sounds more sad.

>> Yeah, sad, dark, maybe scared, right?

Those kinds of feelings.

A major chord is always using the root note C, and the minor chord is always using the root note C, as well.

So roots are kind of like trees, right?

Where if you have a root, the rest of it could grow from it.

So these are like the leaves and the branches.

But you always have to have a root note.

We want to try to make up a song now.

Is that okay with you?

>> Yes.

>> Okay, perfect.

That kind of feelings do you want in your song?

>> Happy feelings.

>> Happy feelings.

Okay, so we're going to probably work with major chords, right, to do that.

So we could start with our names.

So I'll put something like Mr. Gene and Sarai are singing a song, and why don't our friends sing along?

[singing] I'm Mr. Gene and this is Sarai.

We're going to sing a happy song.

Why don't you sing along?

[both singing] I'm Mr. Gene and this is Sarai.

We're going to sing a happy song.

Why don't you sing along?

I'm Mr. Gene and this is Sarai.

We're going to sing a happy song.

Why don't you sing along?

[speaking] Yay.

That was great.

All right, so now we're going to try a little bit of the minor chord, okay?

We're going to try to sing a song about Possum because Possum is feeling very sad today.

And so we're going to try to sing a song to cheer him up.

Is that okay with you?

>> Yes.

>> Perfect.

Okay, so this is minor.

[both singing] Possum is feeling very sad.

We're going to sing and make him glad.

[speaking] Yay.

Thank you.

Do you have other ways that you like to express yourself?

>> Sometimes I like to draw and maybe play outside.

Oh wow, those are fun ways to express yourselves, as well, yeah.

Especially if you're feeling difficult feelings sometimes or complex feelings, there's different ways to express it and relieve it and show the world how you're feeling.

Do you have a song you want to teach me today?

>> Yes.

>> Perfect.

Do you want to start?

[ Playing "Mary had a Little Lamb" ] Okay.

Wow, okay.

So let me give that a try.

[ Playing "Mary had a Little Lamb" ] Yay, thank you for teaching me that.

Well, that made me feel so happy being able to sing songs with you and play music together.

How did that make you feel?

>> It made me feel very happy also.

>> Wonderful.

Let's join in and say goodbye to our friends.

>> Goodbye, friends.

>> Bye, friends.

>> That was so fun.

I love making up songs about how I feel.

>> Well, Possum, want to know what I do when I want to express my snap-sassy-doo-dah when-I'm-feeling-good feelings?

>> Oh, what, Auntie Lena?

>> I rap.

>> What?

Say what?

>> Yes, I do.

I love poems and rhyming, so rapping is right up my alley.

>> Can I hear a rap?

>> Oh, well, I'll do some freestyle.

[ Freestyling ] [rapping] I'm Auntie Lina and I'm with Awesome Possum.

I'm feeling great today because I saw some flower blossoms.

The sun is out and I'm here with my friends.

Look, Listen and Learn until the day ends.

>> Whoa, Auntie Lina, that was so good.

>> [speaking] Well, thank you, Possum.

You know, expressing your emotions through music is great, but you can do it in other ways, too.

>> Like art, right?

>> And crafts.

Have you ever heard of a calming jar?

>> No.

>> Well, let's join Ms. Lisa and our friends at Denise Louie Education Center to learn how.

[ Music ] Hi, friends.

My name is Ms. Lisa and today we're at the Denise Louis Education Center, and today, we will be making calm-down jars.

I'm so excited to be making, this project with you.

How are you guys feeling today?

I hope you're feeling happy, but you know, some of us have different feelings and that's okay, too.

Some of us might be feeling sad.

Some of us might be feeling upset.

And so we're going to show you ways of how you can help calm your emotions and express how you're feeling.

So for this project, what you're going to need is you're going to need an empty jar or an empty container.

As long as it has a lid, then that'll work.

We're going to have some glitter to add to our jars, and I have a bunch of different colors here, some blues, some pinks.

I also have some really cool water beads that are really fun to use.

I have rubber bands and then some other things like sequins and little crystals as well.

For this project, you're also going to need water, but not just any water.

You're going to need to use distilled water because we want to make sure that when we shake our jars like this, we don't have any bubbles, and then we're going to use our clear glue to make sure that our flow is really slow or really fast, depending on how you're feeling.

We're also going to use a sealant, which is going to seal your water jar shut so that you can't open because we don't want to open our calm down jars once they're closed.

So, we also, one of our biggest things we want to do is we want to make sure that we have a trusted adult to help supervise this activity.

And it's fun to have an adult to do one with because then you can help express your emotions with them.

First things first, I'm going to take my jar, and I'm going to open it up.

And what I like to do is I like to add my water first so that the glitter doesn't get all stuck at the bottom, and then I'm going to add a little bit of glue, too.

The really cool thing about making calm-down jars is that sometimes when you're feeling really upset or really excited, you can use them to shake it up in the moment, and then you watch all the glitter fall just kind of like this.

And as the glitter is falling, you can implement different tools such as breathing and counting.

So here's our glue and here's our water.

What we're going to do next is we're going to pick our glitter, and I think I'm feeling pretty happy.

So I think pink makes me feel happy.

I like the color pink, so we're going to go ahead and do that.

[ Music ] That's a lot of glitter.

[ Music ] I think I'm going to use some diamonds because that makes me feel super excited, especially when I'm having a bad day.

If I'm feeling upset or sad, I like to be able to shake my jar and really look at the pretty things that I put in there so that I can calm my emotions, and sometimes adults have big emotions too, and that's okay, just like you.

But the important thing is we want to make sure that we're talking to our adults about our emotions and being able to identify how we're feeling.

So, I'm going to do some of those.

What else?

Let's go ahead and do some water beads and we'll top it off with some rubber bands, which is pretty cool.

So we're going to put some rubber bands in there, and I think this looks pretty cool.

I want to make sure that you get creative, and when you're making these, you make sure that you put whatever you want in your calm down jar because this is your jar to express your emotions and your feelings.

So, now that we have all the things that we want in there, what I'm going to do is I'm going to go ahead and fill the rest with water.

I think probably up to here because I want to make sure that I have kind of like a faster flow, and then I'm going to put my glue in.

And so, if you want it to be very slow, you're going to put more glue.

If you want it to be super-fast, you're going to put more water, and if you want half and half, then you're going to put half the glue and half of the water.

So, let's go ahead and pour my glue inside.

And then the last part we're going to do is because once we're done being creative with our jars, we close it really tight because, again, we don't want to open those jars, right?

So this is when you're going to need your adult to help you.

So we're going to take our glue, and adults, you can use any type of super glue that's strong.

And I'm just going to put it around my edges.

[ Music ] We're going to make sure that it's shut really, really tight.

So this is my favorite part.

I get so excited when I get to do this part.

So now that I have everything in here, what I'm going to do is I'm going to shake my jar up.

I'm going to shake it.

I'm going to make sure everything in there is all mixed in, and that is what my jar looks like.

So one way I like to use my jar is when I'm feeling upset or if I'm feeling excited, I like to go and grab my jar and I like to shake it up, and I set it down on my table, and I watch everything fall down.

And while everything is falling down, I'll usually do my big arms and breathe [inhaling/exhaling] just like that.

And then sometimes I might even need to count, too.

So, I'll count to five or ten, and then as my glitter's falling, it's just a way for me to relax and calm my emotions.

And then when I'm calm, we can go and we can talk to a trusted adult, a parent, to speak about how you're feeling because it's really important to make sure that your emotions and your feelings are being heard.

So I hope you guys enjoy making these just as much as I enjoyed making them with you, and I hope that whatever you do and however you're feeling, you get really creative because creative is emotion, too.

Okay, friends.

Bye-bye.

See you later.

[ Music ] >> It's time for Movement Minute.

[ Boing Sounds ] >> Hi, friends.

Welcome to today's Movement Minute.

My name is Coach Catherine [assumed spelling].

Today, I'll be sharing with you guys ballet arm stretches.

Step one, palms rise up to the air and slowly lower back down, and then single arm, bring your arm across your chest, hug yourself with one arm, open it back up, do the same with your opposite arm.

And then open up nice and big with your two arms.

Bring one arm behind your head, other arm behind your head, and slowly lower down, nice and slow.

All right, guys.

That was our ballet arm stretches.

Thank you so much for joining me for today's Movement Minute, and I'll see you guys next time.

Thank you.

Bye, friends.

>> Guess what I'm feeling right now, Possum?

>> Happy.

>> Yes.

I'm thrilled we got to talk about our feelings, and I got to show off my rapping skills.

>> And maybe I'll make Raven a calming jar.

>> That's a great idea, Possum.

You can also encourage Raven to talk to their school counselor so they can have their own Kerry the Caring Koala.

>> Oh, I will.

Thank you, Auntie Lina.

That's a great idea.

>> You're welcome, Possum, and friends, thank you for taking time to look, listen, and learn with us today.

Remember, you're the best you that the world will ever see.

>> Bye for now.

[ Music ] >> As much as we try to censor children from the hard realities of life, difficult issues will inevitably come up.

It's crucial to equip children with the skills to learn how to regulate their emotions, feel their feelings, and talk it out with a grown-up.

Tough life events, such as death or divorce, are difficult for anyone to go through.

Healing from those events can be even more difficult, especially for kids who may experience their first bitter taste of emotions, such as grief and uncertainty.

Whether it's a children's therapist, the school counselor, or you, children should be aware of the resources they have to talk through and handle tough emotions and situations.

Teaching children to express their emotions through healthy avenues, such as music, art, and cooking, builds a stable relationship between a child and their feelings.

This can also instill a habit of healthy coping so your child is prepared for all the things we never want them to go through or to deal with and know that they must.

[ Music ] >> Funding for this program was made possible in part by Symetra.

This program was also made possible by Thistle Feeder and by grants from the following organizations.

Finally, Look, Listen, and Learn was made possible by contributions from viewers like you.