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We are so excited today to not only read this amazing book with you, but also we're gonna have a chance to do a science experiment.
So I am so excited to get started.
So my name is Katherine and I have a special guest today.
- I am Genevieve.
- She's Genevieve.
Are you ready to read this book?
The name of the book is, "A Ray of Light", and the author is Walter Wick.
So let's get started.
And our front cover, we already see this beautiful colors that are found and we see the, what colors do you see, Genevieve, actually?
- Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple.
- I love that song!
- I mean indigo.
- Indigo.
- And then violet.
- Oh, it's indigo, violet hue.
So I love that song.
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.
Or indigo, right?
Indigo, violet.
So let's learn a little bit more about light.
What is light?
Everything from the earth beneath our feet.
The water we drink and the air we breathe is made of atoms.
Atoms are tiny, invisible building blocks of matter.
Matter can be a solid, liquid, or gas.
And matter is the faces of everything we see, feel, smell, or touch.
What about light?
What is it made of?
How does it fit alongside everything else in the world?
Light is energy.
If you rub two hands rapidly together, the friction will warm your hands.
Give it a try for yourself.
Let's rub our hands.
Rub, rub, rub!
Ooh!
- It's getting really hot and is steaming warm!
- It's getting very hot.
It's feeling very steamy.
So this tells us that light is energy.
And although light is neither of solid, liquid, nor gas, all three kinds of matter can have a role in its creation.
Our match has lit the candle, the melting wax travels up the wick and provides more fuel to the flame.
Wow, that's amazing.
And we also have light waves.
Look at these light waves.
Light travels in waves.
Because waves of all kinds share similar behaviors.
We can look to water waves to help us understand the wave behavior of light.
And there's also a light obstacle course.
What are you seeing here, Genevieve?
- Light going across shapes.
- Light going across shapes.
So it says here, unless obstructed or reflected, light travels in perfectly straight lines.
Above, a ray of sunlight, like in this picture we're seeing comes in straight from the left.
But then it bends down slightly and up again, continuing on a straight path.
Hmm, so it looks like because it moves, it went into a different trajectory, a different path.
- This what the picture that's on the front!
- Yes, this picture on this page is called the color spectrum.
- It's so beautiful!
- And it's just like the picture in the front cover of this book.
- It's so beautiful!
- It is beautiful.
It reminds me a little bit of a rainbow because of the bright colors we're seeing and.
- And a alicorn, that's beautiful, that's rainbow.
- So beautiful.
So here it says, there's a brilliant and vivid color that is refracted by a simple glass prism.
And the full range of the sun's colors are spread out.
So you can see all the colors of the rainbow, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
Each color has a different wavelength.
Oh my goodness, look!
This is actually very similar to the experiment we're gonna do in some way.
So it's gonna show us a vanishing color trick where it says overlapping red, green, and blue light will appear as white.
But what color is made from overlapping just red and green light?
Hmm, so when you mix red and green paint, you might be surprised that red and green light make bright yellow.
So this talks all about the different kinds of color tricks that exist when mixing lights.
So actually our experiment is gonna be.
- And if you mix a dark color with a very light color, then I'll make that color even lighter.
- Yes, absolutely.
- Like blue and white will make light blue.
- Oh yeah, so like you make dark blue with like white and might make light blue.
- And pink like with white will make it even, even beautifuller - Pink and white might make a different color.
Makes it even more lighter actually.
- Yeah, and more beautiful.
- So, you know what?
We're actually gonna be discussing the mixing of like pigments, but also the mixing of liquids.
So we're gonna be doing that in a little bit.
But first, let's look at nature's shimmering color.
What are some of the different colors that we find in nature over here, Genevieve?
- What's on the top I think are insects.
- Yeah, so, friends, are you seeing these insects along with us?
See, I see a beautiful butterfly and it's color is amazing.
Can you guess that color?
- [Genevieve] And that beetle!
- [Katherine] The color is blue.
It has a beautiful teal blue and.
- [Genevieve] And a little beetle glowing on the leaf.
- [Katherine] Yes, on the leaf.
And it's this like glowy and shimmery teal, maybe greenish color.
- [Genevieve] Yeah, and on the side, it's a little pink color.
- [Katherine] Yeah, a little purple.
So, you see a little violet in there.
Feels like the peacock feathers down here on the lower left.
And the seashell on this side.
- It's a scallop!
- Oh, that's a scallop?
Oh, I'm learning something new today.
And you can see the shimmery glowy colors that you, we see in this particular scallop.
Okay, so wow, we're getting to pigments, but within pigments, here, it doesn't really, it shows us about how we can mix colors by using these pigments and grinding them up to get them from a couple of nature.
- I think I know.
- Yeah?
- There's a little dirt and then we color them.
And then we color the paint.
And then we crumble it on the light and then over time it turns that color.
- Yeah, so it actually tells us that pigments, along with related liquified colorants called dyes can be derived from plants or animals.
And many are extracted from the earth.
Still others are made from synthetic chemicals.
So these pigments, they come from nature, but they're also manmade.
Now that means they're also produced by us as humans.
So as we go through the rest of the story and we take this gallery walk, we can see the beautiful kinds of ways that light take part in our earth.
We see light when it comes to the sun coming up and down.
- [Genevieve] Of course, it is!
- [Katherine] We also see light in, when we look at how big and grand the sun is.
- Oh that's too grand for me.
- Oh, it's so grand, right?
What we see is from outer space, we can see the planet in outer space along with the moon and the light.
- [Genevieve] Okay and don't forget the light up there!
- Oh yeah, and lights that we have in everyday.
Light, like the light bulb that's shining on us right now.
For today, we're going to do some mixing of colors, actually.
And then I'm gonna take a flashlight and we're going to see if we can look at the light passing through the cup.
So Genny, do me a favor.
Can you fill this water cup?
I simply grabbed a clear cup, put some water in it from this sink faucet.
So put blue just here.
Genevieve is gonna help me put blue here.
That's perfect.
And I'm putting green in the middle cup.
- Can I do the other?
- And then the last one will be yellow.
So we have green, blue?
And then now we're gonna put some yellow in the last cup.
- Can I shine the light?
- Absolutely.
So let's do some yellow.
Okay, so here we have yellow, green, and blue.
And we're gonna see where the light shines through the most.
Can you see the light shining through on the other side, friend?
Well, as you can see, my hand on the other side has this yellow hue as I shine the light through it.
- [Genevieve] I wanna do that.
- Can you see on the other side?
- Ooh!
- Oh, you're experimenting with all of that.
So what I'm thinking we can do too, is if I put a white piece of paper, you can be able to see it a little bit better.
So here we have the blue liquid.
Here we have the green liquid, and then the yellow liquid, which seems to shine in.
Which one seems to shine in more, like to the other side?
What do you think, Genevieve?
So we have the yellow, the green, and the blue.
Yellow, green, blue.
I think the yellow one seems to shine through the most.
I wonder if it's because it's a lighter liquid and the light is able to shine past it even better.
What do you think, Genevieve?
- I think that's the one.
- You think that's correct?
[giggles] - Yeah.
I think if we had a spoon and we stirred them, it would make them, the others even lighter if we mix them.
- Okay, oh, that would be interesting it we mix them.
They might even get even darker.
That's something that you can definitely try at home.
So thank you so much for joining us today.
Have a great rest of your day.
Bye, friends!
- Bye!
[upbeat music] - What are you girls doing?
- Wearing our sunglasses.
- But why?
- We're protecting our eyes from the sun.
- But we're inside.
- We're practicing.
- We're practicing!
- You're practicing wearing sunglasses inside.
Well, I mean, I guess that makes sense, but you know what?
It is important to use sunglasses to protect your eyes.
And that's great because the word use actually has our sound for today, the long U sound.
Are you ready to learn with me today?
All right, let's go.
I'll catch you two later.
All right, friend, before we begin our work for today, let's get our ears ready and listen and play with some sounds.
Today we're gonna segment some words.
So, I'm going to give you some words and I want you to break them up into their individual sounds.
So for example, if I said the word, cat, you would say.
Cu, aah, tt.
Okay, Jordan, do you think you can help us with this?
- Yeah.
- Yeah, alright, so let's try it.
How would you break up the word fuse?
- Ff, oo, zz.
- Good, ff, oo, zz.
How about the word glue?
- Guh, ll, oo.
- Guh, ll, oo, awesome.
How about the word tune?
- Tt, oo, nn.
- Tt, oo, nn.
How about the word cube?
- Cu, oo, bb.
- Cu, u, bb.
How about the word huge?
- Hh, u, gg.
- Hh, u, gg.
All right, here's the last one.
A little tricky, you got it?
- Yeah.
- All right, the word is flute.
- Ff, ll, oo, tt.
- Ooh, you got it!
Ff, ll, oo, tt, excellent.
All right, so today, we're gonna be working with the long U sound.
Now, in this case we're spelling long U, U, consonant, E. So sometimes in school you might hear this like magic E, because E, do you know what E does, Jordan?
What does E tell you to do?
- It makes the vowel turn into the name.
- It makes it turn into its name.
So instead of saying, uh, so like for example, if I have the word, what's this word, Jordan?
- [Jordan] Cut.
- Right, so, cc, uht, cut.
So if we add our magic E there, cut turns into?
- Cute.
- Cute, right, cc, u, tt.
Because E is telling the U to say its name.
Okay, so let's do this with a couple of words.
Can you erase the board for me?
- Yeah.
I don't even know, it's a little bit or something.
I don't even know.
- Okay, so let's start off by blending the CVC word first.
- A CVC word?
- Good question.
It's a word that's spelled with a constant and a vowel and a constant.
So, here's one example.
- I learned that in school.
- So here's one example, have a seat so they can see the board.
- So, Jordan, can you sound this out sound by sound first?
- Cc, uh, buh, cub.
- Cub, now when we add our magic E to the end, what does this word turn into now?
- Cube.
- E is telling you to say you to say U.
So, cc, u, buh, cube!
Right, okay.
How about, what's this word?
- Tub.
- Okay, so, tt, uh, buh, tub.
Now if I add.
- E. - Magic E, what is this word gonna turn into?
- Tube.
- Okay, let's blend that.
- [Both] Tt, oo, buh.
- Tube.
All right, you ready for this one?
Let's see.
Now I'm not gonna do CVC, I'm gonna start adding a blend into this one, okay?
What's this word?
- Plum, plum.
- Ooh, I love the way you continuously blended that.
She was like, plum, plum.
Like a fruit.
All right, now I'm gonna change plum.
I'm gonna have my magic E there.
So now what is this word turn into?
- Plume.
- Plume.
Nice, okay, let's do two more, right?
What's this word?
- Hug.
- Aw, this is hug.
Let's blend this one.
- [Both] Hh, ugh, hug - Now be very careful, when the letter G is next to an E, I, or Y, it's gonna change its sound to Juh okay?
- Yeah, so can I draw?
- Okay.
- So, it just doesn't turn into a J, it's just a sound J, right?
- It makes the sound Juh.
Okay, so now instead of hug, let's blend this.
It's gonna be.
- [Both] Hh, oo, juh, huge.
- Like when something's really big.
- Like a ginormous giant!
- Like a ginormous, huge giant.
Alright, let's do one more, okay?
What's this word?
- Us.
- Us.
Okay, now, just like G changed its sound, guess what?
S is gonna change its sound.
It's no longer gonna make the SS sound.
It's now gonna represent the ZZ sound when I bring magic E there, okay?
- Plus this could be a trick word.
- In some cases some people do call this a trick word.
Okay, so let's add our magic E. What is this word?
So it was us, not it's?
- Use.
- Youzz, use.
- And also sometimes, the S makes that Z sound.
So that's why it's making the Z sound.
- Correct, so sometimes S can represent that Z sound.
- It's like a buzz.
It's making the Z sound.
- It's making the same ZZ sound like in buzz, but buzz is spelt with Z.
Okay, so let's practice reading some of these words really quickly.
Are you ready to do that with us?
Great!
Let's review, think of our sound for today, and let's see how you do with these questions.
What sound does U make in this word?
If you said, Uh, you are correct because U is making its short sound.
What about this one?
What sound does U make in this word?
If you said U, you are correct.
It's making its long sound because E is telling U to say his name.
So the word is cute.
- It's time for the lightning round.
When a word appears on the screen, read it as fast as you can.
If you need to blend the sounds first, do so.
Ready, set, let's go!
- So, how did you do?
Did you say?
Cub, cube, tub, tube, hug, and huge.
If you got all six correct, give yourself a high five.
- Remember, U, consonant, magic E helps the vowel, or in this case U say it's name or its long sound, which is what, friends?
- [Girls] U!
- That's right, U!
Scholars, you did such an awesome job today.
Thank you so much for working with me on the long U sound spelled U, consonant, E. See if you can see the spelling in some of the words that you're reading in the books that you're reading.
Well, until next time, why don't you guys head outside?
- Okay!
- Okay!
- And I'll see you guys next time, bye!
[upbeat music] - Hi, I'm Dahlia, and I'm going to be teaching you how to finger knit a scarf.
The first thing you're going to do is take two pieces of yarn and you're going to weave them through your fingers.
It's going to look like you have rings on your fingers.
You're gonna do this process until it looks like you have two rings on each finger.
What you're going to do, you're going to take the bottom loop and you're going to put it under and through the finger.
You're going to continue this until you have done it for all the fingers.
Next, you're going to do the same thing and make sure it looks like there are two rings on each.
Once you've done this, you just continue this process.
And once you've completed this process, it'll look like this.
Good luck, have fun!
[upbeat music] - Hi everyone, welcome to my classroom.
I'm Miss Zoe, and I'm so excited you're here.
Today, we are going to learn about patterns.
We are going to learn about AB unit patterns.
We'll get a little more into that later.
But our class has really been focusing on transparent, translucent, and opaque items.
Now, transparent means if you shine a light through it, all the light passes through the item.
So for instance, here's a glass.
If I were to shine light through the glass, it just goes right through.
So like your windows at home are transparent.
Then we're talking about translucent.
Translucent items are things that some light passes through.
So here I have my rainbow blocks in my classroom, and here's a yellow rainbow block.
So if I shine my light through, some of the light gets through.
So, opaque things means no light gets through it.
So if I were to shine light at this cardboard, it would not go through.
You can't see it on the other end.
So today, we are going to use different color hard plastic cups.
We have red, blue, green, and yellow.
We are gonna talk about an AB pattern.
So a pattern is something that repeats itself, but how do you know it repeats itself?
So when I say an AB pattern, red would be A, yellow would be B.
A, B, A, B, A, B.
Red would be A, yellow would be B.
So that's an AB pattern.
So A and B repeat itself over and over.
So, today's activity with our translucent cups, we are gonna create an AB pattern with our cups, and then we are going to shine the flashlight to see if it really is translucent, and we can see the color pattern using the flashlight.
All right, so, like I said, I have, who's with me today?
- Renee.
- Renee.
And we're gonna work together making awesome patterns.
So, Renee, we've been talking about AB patterns, right?
So two colors.
We're gonna use two colors today, the red is A, the yellow is B, so A, B, A, B, A, B.
Red, yellow, red, yellow, red, yellow.
So, the unit that repeats itself is red and yellow, right?
So this is one unit.
Can you break it up?
All right, so there's one unit.
Here's another unit.
Can you break up another unit and put it there?
So that's two units.
And the last one is our third unit.
So we have, can you count how many units we have?
- [Renee] One, two, three.
- That's right.
So it's an AB pattern, meaning A and B repeat itself.
Red, yellow, red, yellow, red, yellow.
So today, Renee, since we've been learning all about light and translucent light, we are going to use colored cups.
Is that exciting?
And flashlights.
Okay, so why don't we come over to our special pattern board.
So let's see if we can make that AB red yellow pattern with these cups, go ahead.
Yellow.
Good.
What comes next?
What comes next in our pattern?
Okay, put it down, red.
What comes after red?
- [Renee] Yellow.
- [Zoe] Yellow.
Then?
All right, one more.
Yellow, great.
So now, just like our pattern stick, we have red, yellow, red, yellow, red, yellow.
So now, let's see if this is really translucent.
Let's see if some light comes by.
Red, yellow, red, yellow, red.
Okay, Renee.
Now can you create an AB pattern with different colors?
- [Renee] Green.
- [Zoe] Green.
Then what comes next?
- [Renee] Blue.
- [Zoe] Blue, and then what comes next?
- [Renee] Green.
- [Zoe] Green.
Green.
Now can you say the pattern?
- [Renee] Green, blue, green, blue, green, blue.
- [Zoe] Great, so the unit is green and blue.
Green and blue repeats itself.
Green, blue, green, blue, green, blue.
- All right, everyone.
So today what great fun we had creating AB patterns with light, right?
Translucent cups, shining them through different colors and making AB patterns, two color patterns.
Bye!
- Bye.
[upbeat music] - Hi everyone, and welcome to the Memphis Zoo here in Memphis, Tennessee.
My name is Devon and I'm an animal interpreter here at the zoo.
I have a very special job because I get to work both with the animals at the zoo and with people all across the world and just like you.
Now, you may be wondering, Devon, why are you holding a flashlight in the dark?
Is this a scary episode?
I promise it's not.
But today we're talking all about light and why it's so important for people and for animals.
Now, let's learn what light is.
Light is a form of energy, and energy is how something changes or moves.
Can you think of something that gives off light?
That's a great answer.
Light can come from many different sources like the sun, like from artificial lights, like lamps and flashlights, and even some animals and plants can make light like fireflies or jellyfish.
All life requires light.
We need light in order to see.
We need light to grow the plants that become our food and shelter for animals.
And we need light in order to make our bodies healthy and strong.
Animals use light in all of these ways and more.
Let's meet a few animals and find out how they use light.
We're here in the nocturnal building, and as you might have noticed, there's not very much light.
Good thing I brought my own.
The reason there's very little light in the nocturnal building is because all of the animals that live here like to be asleep during the day and they're awake at night.
But how does an animal that lives in the darkness find their way around?
Quick, I want everybody to close their eyes.
Now, with your eyes closed, can you smell anything?
Hmm, can you hear anything?
And can you feel anything around you?
Great job, just like you did, animals that live in the dark may have to use their other senses to navigate.
Nocturnal animals have adapted to seeing even in the dark.
That's because there is often still just a little bit of light, even when the sun goes down.
This light often comes from the moon and stars, which reflect the light from the sun.
Nighttime animals have to adjust to having very little light, so their eyes will work differently than ours do.
Owls, wolves, opossums, and many more nocturnal animals have eyes specifically adapted for night vision.
Night vision isn't the same as vision with lighting.
And colors are often harder to make out in the dark.
Nocturnal animals often have very large eyes to help them see in the low light.
They also tend to have larger pupils, which is the dark spot in the center of the eye.
This helps their eyes capture the small amount of light in the environment.
If there was no light at all, animals couldn't see anything no matter how good their eyes were.
Some animals that live where there is little to no light, like cave animals or animals that live in the deep sea, don't have any eyes at all.
They have to adapt to rely on their other senses to navigate their environments.
Now, let's meet an animal that has good night vision.
This is Willa.
And Willa is a prehensile-tailed porcupine.
And she's normally what we would call a nocturnal animal.
Nocturnal animals are typically awake at night and asleep during the day, but Willa is a little different, and that's because she's a special type of animal called an animal ambassador, which means that Willa is specially trained to come out and do programs to meet guests.
So she has to be able to work during the day.
So prehensile-tailed porcupines like Willa are native to South America to live in the trees with their families.
Now we said Willa is a prehensile-tailed porcupine.
That's a pretty fancy word, but prehensile tail is talking about this long tail she has.
And prehensile is a word that means hand-like.
So what she does is she can use this tail to live in the trees, and she's able to grasp things.
It helps her mostly to balance.
So Willa's eyes are much better at seeing in the dark than mine, but she can still have some difficulty with the low light.
So Willa uses her other senses to help her find her food and her friends.
Willa here is very good at recognizing her friends at the zoo.
Nocturnal porcupines like Willa may not get much sunlight, but they still require the light in order to make their favorite food and also the homes they live in, the trees.
Willa's favorite foods are sweet potatoes and corn.
All plants need sunlight to grow.
This means that all the fruits and the vegetables that we and other animals like to eat require light.
Not only do animals rely on plants for food, but they also need them for shelter.
Trees are homes to many animals, and like other plants, they require sunlight.
Without sunlight, animals would not have food to eat or places to live.
So we met Willa, the prehensile-tailed porcupine.
And now, let's meet Pickles, the prehensile-tailed skink.
Now, they both may have prehensile tail in their name, but they're not related.
Can you remember what prehensile means?
That's right.
It's a body part that helps an animal to grab.
Both Pickles and Willa use their prehensile tail to help them navigate through their favorite place to live, the trees.
Trees are homes to many animals like insects, birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles, like Pickles.
Trees provide food and shelter and are a key part of many environments.
Some animals make their homes in the base of trees while others roost in the branches.
And some even find ways to live inside the tree.
Trees can often produce fruits, nuts, and leaves to become food for a wide variety of animals.
Many of our favorite foods come from trees like apples, coconuts, lemons, bananas, almonds, and cashews.
Pickles likes to eat a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, but his favorite food are his fruits, like kiwis.
What are your favorite fruits to eat?
Not only does Pickles need light to make his home and his favorite food to eat, he also needs light to help make his body healthy and strong.
Reptiles need to use energy from the sunlight in order to move properly.
Reptiles like Pickles use the light to make vitamin D to make their bodies healthy and strong.
Did you know that we also need vitamin D from the sun?
Certain types of light help our bodies stay healthy.
The sun makes vitamin D, which helps our bones and our immune systems grow strong.
But remember, too much sun can be bad for our skin, so it's important to always wear sunscreen.
Many animals need light from the sun in order to have bodies that work properly.
Cold-blooded animals like snakes, turtles, and fish can't make their own energy, and so they need the heat from the sun.
That heat is converted into energy that the animal can then use to hunt for food, find shelter, and more.
If a cold-blooded animal doesn't get enough heat, their bodies have to slow down to save energy.
We've mostly been talking about light from the sun today, but can you remember, are there some animals or plants that can make their own light?
That's right, there are!
There are certain types of plants and animals that produce their own light, which is called bioluminescence.
Now that may seem like a really big word, but if we break it down, it actually makes a lot of sense.
Bio means life or something living.
And luminescence is just a fancy word for light.
So bioluminescent animals can emit their own light.
Fireflies, mushrooms, algae, jellyfish, and many deep sea fish can all produce light.
They do this for many different reasons.
Some, like fireflies glow to attract other fireflies.
But how do these animals make light?
Some animals glow because of the food they eat, but some animals can make the light by creating a chemical reaction inside their bodies.
Have you ever used a glow stick before?
It doesn't glow until you shake it.
That's because there are two chemicals inside that have to be mixed together in order to make it glow.
A very similar thing happens inside the bodies of some bioluminescent animals.
All right, my friends, today we learned all about light and why it's so important for life.
Can you remember all of the ways that we and animals use light?
Light makes it possible for animals to see.
Light makes it possible for plants to grow, and those plants become food or habitat for animals.
And light also helps animals have healthy bodies by providing them important vitamins.
We also learned that some plants and animals can make their own light with bioluminescence.
All right, my friends.
Well, thank you so much for learning with me today.
From me, Willa the porcupine, Pickles the skink, and all of us here at the Memphis Zoo.
I hope you have a great rest of your day.
Bye, everyone!
[upbeat music] [upbeat bluesy music] ♪ Hello friends ♪ ♪ Hello friends ♪ ♪ Hello friends ♪ ♪ It's time to say hello ♪ - Hello everybody, welcome to this music time.
This is Mr. Martinez.
I am so happy you are here.
Today, I have a new instrument.
This is an electric guitar.
Yes, it is called electric because it needs an amplifier, this guy over here, to get the sound out of the instrument.
If I close the volume, this is the sound that we get.
[soft bluesy music] Oh, it's not too loud.
When I turn it up, check it out.
[loud bluesy music] And it has six strings, like acoustic guitar.
And that's why it is electric guitar.
And it is time to say hello, everybody!
♪ Hello friends ♪ ♪ Hello friends ♪ ♪ Hello friends ♪ ♪ It's time to say hello ♪ If you have the chance to go to Portugal or to go to Brazil, you'll need to learn a special way to say hello.
Actually, you say, good morning.
You say, bom dia.
Everybody with me, bom dia.
And let's try to it say singing.
[David singing "Hello Friends" in Portuguese] ♪ It's time to say hello ♪ - And again!
[David singing "Hello Friends" in Portuguese] ♪ It's time to say hello ♪ - Yay, I'm so happy you are here.
And today we're going to learn a little bit about music.
Actually, we are gonna learn two special words that we use in music to describe how loud or quiet the sound is.
But before we get those two words we are going to learn today, I want to sing with you a special song.
It is called, "Ding Dong Diggidiggidong".
It's super easy, say it with me.
Ding, Dong, Diggidiggidong.
Ding, dong.
Diggi-diggi-dong, the cat, she's gone!
Ding, dong, diggi-diggi, dong.
Diggi-diggi-dong, ding, dong.
Wow, that was great.
Now, we are going to put everything together and we will have a wonderful song.
I sing first, then you sing, you ready?
♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong the cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong ding dong ♪ - Oh, let's use the guitar to see how it sounds all together.
It's not that hard.
It's easy for you, smart people.
One, two, everybody sing it.
♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong the cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong ding dong ♪ - One and two and try it again.
♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong the cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong ding dong ♪ - Yes, but what about if we sing a little bit louder?
One and two, and everybody goes.
♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong the cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong ding dong ♪ - Now, we're gonna volume it down.
Boop!
So are you gonna find my button on my ear?
Beep!
Okay, now it's time to sing it quietly.
One and two and here we go.
♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong the cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong ding dong ♪ - I hope you are ready for the challenge that we have today.
Okay, ready?
In today's challenge, we're going to follow the light color.
What do you mean, Mr. Martinez?
I have a blue light right here.
Let me turn it on, ready?
And when you see this blue light, you are going to sing really quiet.
♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong the cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong ding dong ♪ - But I have also this wonderful red color.
If you see this red color, it is time to sing really loud.
Just remember, singing is singing, it's not yelling.
You sing, nice, beautiful, but loud.
One and two and try with me.
♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong the cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong ding dong ♪ - I hope you're ready.
And let's start, we're gonna sing loud or quiet.
Blue or red?
Let's try it, one and two and here we go.
♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong the cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong ding dong ♪ - Wow, that was awesome!
How it was, you saw how you changed the volume?
That was amazing.
When we have the blue color, in Italian, there is an Italian word that we use for music.
That word is piano.
Piano means sing or play quietly.
And we have another Italian word for this sound that is loud.
It is forte.
Say it with me.
Forte.
Piano.
Forte.
Forte.
So I have you're ready and I will show you how loud you should be singing.
One and two and here we go.
♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong the cat she's gone ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Diggi-diggi-dong ding dong ♪ - But this time, I'm not going to help you, okay?
It's up to you to follow how loud, piano or forte, you need to sing.
Are you ready?
One and two and sing with me.
♪ The cat she's ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Ding dong diggi-diggi-dong ♪ ♪ Ding ♪ - Woo, that was amazing!
Children, just remember the sound could be really quiet or really loud.
Have you heard something loud, loud, loud in your neighborhood?
Of course.
I think when the ambulance is passing, that is too loud.
[David makes ambulance siren sound] Have you heard something really quiet?
Maybe some birds in the morning?
[David whistles softly] What else is really, really, really, really quiet?
Tell me.
We are surrounded by wonderful sounds.
Some of them are really loud, some of them are really quiet.
My friends, it's time to say goodbye.
What about we invite our friend out today, the electric guitar to say goodbye.
Are you ready?
Here we go.
♪ Goodbye friends ♪ ♪ Goodbye friends ♪ ♪ Goodbye friends ♪ ♪ It's time to say goodbye ♪ - Goodbye, see you next time!
[upbeat music] - Hey y'all, my name's Aaron, and I'm here to get you moving.
Today, we're gonna do a little tap dance.
So first, we need to warm up our bodies.
So, make sure you've got plenty of room around you.
Yeah?
All right, here we go.
So first, reach down and touch your toes.
Maybe even bend your knees and straighten your legs.
Let's reach up towards the sky.
You can go up on your tippy toes.
Reach, reach, reach, reach, reach, reach, reach, and reach down back towards your toes.
Give your knees one more bend.
Bend them down and straighten them up.
And one more, reach towards the ceiling.
Reach, reach, reach as high as you can.
Good, put your feet down the ground nice and flat and shake out those arms.
Good, good, good, good.
Shake out your legs, shake out your legs.
Shake out the other leg, shake out the other leg.
And good, hands on your hips.
Let's bounce, spinning your knees both at the same time.
Good, now we're gonna pretend like we have a hula hoop on our hips, and we're gonna take our hips around the room.
Try it again.
Hips are around.
Keep going, just like you've got a hula hoop.
All right, now we're gonna pretend like we have a hula hoop on our knees, and we're gonna hula hoop with our knees.
That's pretty silly, right?
Keep it going, keep it going.
You're getting nice and warm.
Good, everybody.
Now, one foot, stick it out and just shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it.
And other foot, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it.
One more time.
Other foot, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it.
And other foot, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake.
All right, you should be ready and warmed up and ready to tap.
Let's go.
Okay, first, let's have a seat on the floor.
So have a seat, put your feet together and wrap your arms around your knees.
Perfect.
Now, we're gonna make believe that our feet are light switches.
How do we do that?
Well, we take both of our feet up.
Like we just turned the light switch on, and then we put them both down like we turned it off.
Try some with me.
Turn the light on.
Turn the light off.
Let's do it again.
Turn the light on.
Turn the light off.
One more time.
We turn the light on, and we turn the light off.
Now, I bet that we can do this one foot at a time.
What do you say?
All right, pick any foot you want and we're gonna try to turn the light switch on and off.
Are you ready?
Here we go.
Turn the light on, and turn the light off.
Again, turn the light on, and turn the light off.
One more time.
Turn the light on, and turn the light off.
Good, let's try the other foot.
Here we go.
Turn the light on.
Turn the light off.
Turn the light on.
Turn the light off.
Last time, turn the light on.
And turn the light off.
Good, now can you count to eight with me as we turn the light on and off?
It'll look like this.
One, two, three, yeah?
Okay, here we go.
Counting to eight on one foot, and then we'll count to eight on the other foot.
Are you ready?
Here we go.
We have, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Other foot.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Good job!
Okay, let's stand up.
All right, Tappers.
Let's talk about form when we tap dance.
Now, we wanna put our hands on our hips, just like that.
Good, and you wanna make sure your feet are directly in line with your shoulders.
They don't wanna be too wide and they don't wanna be too tight together.
They wanna be just right.
So find that good position there.
Now we also wanna make sure our knees aren't locked and really straight.
They always wanna have a little bit of a bend to them.
So find that bend.
Bend your knees, bend your knees, just like the warmup.
Good, all right.
Now, once we find that good tapping position, we wanna work on our light switch feet.
Now in tap, the correct term is a toe drop, but it's the same thing as your light switch.
All right, so if you wanna practice your light switch or your toe drop, you just pick up your toes, and you drop 'em down.
Do that a couple times.
Yeah, picking up those toes and just dropping them down.
Good, now try the other foot.
Picking it up and dropping it down.
Feel pretty good?
Doesn't it feel just like the light switches we were doing on the ground?
Awesome!
Let's do some together.
Let's do three on each foot.
Here we go.
Light switch goes on and off.
Toes up and down.
Your toe drops.
Good!
Let's try the other foot.
We have toes up and down, light goes on and off, and toe drops.
Good, now can we remember when we counted to eight in the warmup?
Yeah?
Well, we're gonna count to eight and do eight toe drops on each foot.
Can you do that with me?
Okay, let's try it.
We have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Good, let's try it on the other foot.
We have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Good job!
Round of applause for you, Tappers.
Awesome!
All right, now let's try something a little different.
What if we did four toe drops on each foot?
Do you wanna try that with me?
Here we go.
Pick any foot you like.
We have one, two, three, four.
And one, two, three, four.
Great job, another round of applause, awesome!
Now, what if we put the eight toe drops and the four toe drops together?
What would that look like?
Well, we would do eight on one foot, eight on another foot, four on one foot, and four on another foot.
You wanna try it?
Okay, here we go.
We have a five, six, seven, eight.
We have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Other foot.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Four, one, two, three, four.
And one, two, three, four.
Great work, Tappers, good!
Okay, now the last part of it.
What if we did two toe drops on one side and two toe drops on the other side?
Let's try it.
We have a five, six, seven, eight.
A one, two, and a one, two.
All right, now to finish it out.
We're gonna do four singles, alternating your feet.
So it looks like this.
A one, two, three, four.
Or one, one, one, one.
How about that?
Can we add that on from the eight?
So it goes, eight, eight, four, four, two, two, one, one, one, one.
That's the whole combination.
Are you ready to try it?
Okay, let's do it.
Here we go.
A five, six, seven, eight.
And a one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
And a one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Other foot, one, two, three, four.
And a one, two, three, four.
Two, one, two, one, two.
Singles, one, one, one, one.
Great work, Tappers, awesome!
[claps] So, so good.
Now, we could try it a little bit faster.
Does that sound fun?
Okay, let's do it.
I know you can do it.
This will be great.
Are you ready?
Hands on your hips.
Are your knees bent?
Feet right underneath your shoulders?
Here we go.
A five, six, seven, eight.
And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
And a one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Four, one, two, three, four.
And one, two, three, four.
Two, one, two, one, two.
Singles, one, one, one, one.
[claps] Great job, Tappers!
Thank you so much for tapping with me today.
You are awesome.
All right, thanks for moving with me.
- [Announcer] Funding for this program was provided by the JPB Foundation.
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