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[birds chirping]

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[doorbell ringing]

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(children)  
♪Hello! Hello!♪

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♪Won't you be my friend?♪

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♪Hello! Hello!♪

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♪Let's say it again.♪

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♪Hello! Hello!♪

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♪Won't you be my friend?♪

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♪Hello! Hello!♪

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♪Now you are my friend.♪

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♪♪♪

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♪H-E-L-L-O♪

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♪That's a word we all should  
know.♪

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♪H-E-L-L-O♪

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♪You can say it.♪

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♪Just say hello.♪

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♪♪♪

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Hey! There's Mr. Chuck!

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Well, hello, friend!

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Hello, Mr. Chuck!

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Hello, friends.

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Do you like to listen to music?

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♪♪♪

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Listen to this.

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♪♪♪

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Is this music loud...

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Or soft?

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♪♪♪

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Sounds pretty loud to me.

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How about this?

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♪♪♪

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Is this loud...

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Or soft?

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♪♪♪

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Yeah, that's soft, isn't it?

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I'll tell you what.

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Let's do something with loud and 
soft.

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We'll hear some music and when 
you hear loud music,

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put your thumb up like this.

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And when you hear soft music, 
put your thumb down like this.

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Ready?

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Oh, let's add something else to 
this.

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I know.

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Let's move a little.

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While you're listening, let's 
march around.

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I'll march around my yard and 
you march around the room

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where you are.

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Okay?

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Remember, loud music - thumbs 
up.

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Soft music - your thumb should 
point down.

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Now let's try it as we march 
along.

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Here we go.

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Thumbs up now.

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[loud music] 
♪♪♪

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Come on.

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♪♪♪

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[soft music] 
♪♪♪

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Soft music, thumbs down.

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♪♪♪

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Oh this gives you a chance to 
relax a little bit

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when you've been marching 
around.

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♪♪♪

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[loud music] 
♪♪♪

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Thumbs up.

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Loud music.

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♪♪♪

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[soft music] 
♪♪♪

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[loud music] 
♪♪♪

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Wow, that was fun!

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(man)  
What animal makes this sound?

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[dog barking]

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That's a doggy!

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[cat meowing]

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A kitty cat!

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[duck quacking]

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A duck!

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[cow mooing]

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Cow!

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[frog croaking]

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That's a...froggy.

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[rooster crowing]

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Rooster! 
Rooster!

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(man)  
Now that's using your ears.

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Okay, let's play a game.

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Have you ever played Simon Says?

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Oh, it's fun.

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Here's what happens.

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I'll say something like, "Simon 
Says touch your nose."

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And you touch your nose.

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Now, if I don't say, "Simon 
Says"

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and just say, "touch your nose" 
don't do it.

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Remember, you do what I say only 
if I say, "Simon Says" first.

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Okay?

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Let's go.

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Simon Says, touch your knee.

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Yes.

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Simon Says, raise your hands 
over your head.

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Very good.

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Simon Says pull your ear.

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Stomp your feet.

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[laughing]

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You've got to pay attention.

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I've got to say, "Simon Says" 
first.

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Oh, I didn't say, "Simon Says" 
so you didn't stomp your feet

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I hope.

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Simon Says stomp your feet.

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That's right.

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Simon Says put your hands on 
your hips.

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Blink your eyes.

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Did you blink your eyes?

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No?

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Good!

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Okay, Simon Says blink your 
eyes.

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Hold your nose.

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A-ha, you're paying attention.

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Simon Says hold your nose.

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[nasally] 
You're getting good at this.

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Excuse me.

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I mean, you're getting good at 
this.

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And you know, you can have fun 
with your friends

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playing this game.

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And we'll have fun playing it 
again sometime, too.

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(man)  
Try these tongue twisters.

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[applause]

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(man)  
That's good.

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Friends, let's play a game.

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Do you know what this is?

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It's a stoplight.

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And each of the colors on the 
stoplight is a signal

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that lets drivers know what they 
should do.

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There's red...

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Yellow...

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And green...

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Do you know what each of the 
colors means?

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Well, red means stop.

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Yellow means slow down.

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And green means go.

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So, what kind of game will we 
play?

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Let me show you.

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Are you ready?

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Yes!

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Green means go!

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♪♪♪

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You can try this at home you 
know.

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♪♪♪

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Yellow means slow down.

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♪♪♪

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Isn't this fun?

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Red light means stop.

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[laughing]

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Green light!

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♪♪♪

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Yellow light.

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♪♪♪

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Red light.

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[laughing]

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Green light!

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♪♪♪

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Yellow light.

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♪♪♪

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Red light.

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[laughing]

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Let's give yourselves a hand.

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You did real good.

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[clapping]

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I hope you enjoyed that, too.

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[pig oinking]

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Pig!

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[dog barking]

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A dog.

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[horse neighing]

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A horse.

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Pony...

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Colt...

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Foal

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Stallion

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[cow mooing]

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Cow!

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[baby crying]

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A baby crying.

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[cat meowing]

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Cat.

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[splat]

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Ew. Maybe it's 
somebody stepping 
on a bug.

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A big bug, though.

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Today we hear the last part of 
our story.

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I hope you're enjoying it.

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Here's Mrs. Isha to finish the 
story of Awongalima.

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Now Nia who lived up to the 
meaning of her name, purpose,

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did not stop to eat, did not 
stop to drink,

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and did not stop to play.

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And Monkey, he tried to tempt 
her.

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Nia, come on let's play!

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When she wouldn't do it he 
called her names.

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Hey! Greenback! Hey! Swamphead!

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You been inside yourself lately?

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She paid no attention.

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She told him, "Monkey, my father 
told me that I must do this work

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"without stopping to play or eat 
or drink, and I'm going to do it

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"to go back home and save my 
community.

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"And you're part of that, 
Monkey.

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I really like you, but you're 
getting hard to get along with."

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She paused only one other time 
and that was to pick flowers

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right at the edge of Miss 
Queenie's gate.

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She had them for Miss Queenie, 
she knocked at the door,

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and when Miss Queenie opened, 
she said, "Miss Queenie, hello.

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"These are for you. I'm Nia from 
on the other side

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of the mountain. Please."

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Miss Queenie loved the flowers.

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She took them, she put them in a 
vase, and she took the vase

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and put it on this tall shelf 
and the sun shone over them

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like rainbow colors and it was 
really nice and

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when Miss Queenie was looking 
around behind Nia she said,

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"Child, where are the grown 
people? Where are the adults?

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Where are your friends?"

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No one came but me.

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They either couldn't or they 
wouldn't.

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But I'm here, please, I would be 
so thankful if you would give us

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the name of the tree.

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Cause there's trouble at home 
just like you said

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there might be.

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And Miss Queenie was so 
overwhelmed

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that this little bitty turtle, 
this small little green turtle,

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being the one to actually come 
and be sincere.

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So she held her close and she 
said the name in her ear.

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Oh sweet child, sweet Nia, the 
name of the tree is Awongalima.

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Awongalima.

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Nia had heard the name never 
before, so when she heard it

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it was like music to her ears.

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Awongalima! Awongalima!

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She started to snap.

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[snapping]

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She started to clap.

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[clapping]

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She started to sing.

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♪Awongalima! Awongalima!♪

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♪Awongalima!♪

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You might have to sing with me, 
boys and girls.

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♪Awongalima! Awongalima♪

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♪Awongalima!♪

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She started home, she didn't 
stop to play, she didn't stop

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to rest, she didn't stop to even 
drink water.

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♪Awongalima! Awongalima!♪

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♪Awongalima!♪

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She was at the foot of that tree 
that had grown to maturity,

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but bore no flowers, no leaves, 
and no fruit.

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♪Awongalima! Awongalima!♪

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♪Awongalima!♪

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And the towns people they loved 
that catchy tune

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she was singing.

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They started signing right along 
with her just like you are,

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boys and girls.

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♪Awongalima! Awongalima!♪

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♪Awongalima!♪

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And the tree, that one that Miss 
Queenie had planted

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started to sway and move around 
as if it had ears.

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As if it had flesh and blood.

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It started to snap.

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[snapping]

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It started to clap.

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[clapping]

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It started to sing.

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♪Awongalima!♪ Awongalima!♪

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♪Awongalima!♪

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And do you know at that moment, 
people were just amazed

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because fruit and flower and 
leaves burst out all over.

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And people who didn't believe 
said, "My goodness!

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This is a magic tree!"

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And sick people started to eat 
and they were made well.

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And people who had no shelter 
leaned against it

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and were given a home.

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And a little girl, she was such 
a small one,

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about two years younger than 
you.

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And she had never had shoes.

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She went to the tree, and picked 
a leaf, and placed the leaf

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underneath her bare foot and 
like magic she started to snap.

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[snapping]

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She started to clap.

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[clapping]

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She started to spin around and 
jump up and down.

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♪Awongalima! Awongalima!♪

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♪Awongalima!♪

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That tree had given her shoes 
like she had always dreamed of

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with curly toes and magic in the 
heels and bells that rang

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when she moved.

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♪Awongalima! Awongalima!♪

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♪Awongalima!♪

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Now, boys and girls, this story 
is one about community

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and sharing and caring.

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Now I'm not going to tell that 
sometimes the way gets dark

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and it gets really hard to do 
it.

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You might have to clap.

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[clapping]

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You might have to snap.

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[snapping]

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You might have to sing.

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♪Awongalima! Awongalima!♪

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♪Awongalima!♪

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Time to check our mailbox to see 
what's new.

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Maybe something from you.

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Oh, yes.

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Ahh, there is something here 
from April and Jacob Robins.

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Very colorful envelope, too.

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They've decorated it up there.

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And sent us some drawings.

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I believe there are three.

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Here's one from Jacob.

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This, guess what it is?

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Guess.

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It's an eagle.

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Very fine job, Jacob.

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You call that a big bird I bet, 
hu 
h?

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Some eagle.

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And let's see what else we've 
got here.

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Here's one, ah, this is from 
April Robins.

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April Robins says a bird on this 
picture here, take a close look,

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says a bird is finding a worm  
for its baby to eat.

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That's nice.

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Oh, she sends another one.

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Take a look at this one.

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It's a mouse, a mouse thinking  
about eating some cheese.

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Take a look at that mouse  
thinking about

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eating some cheese  .

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You know, all mice think a lot  
so I suppose that makes

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a lot of sense April, it does.

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Very nice.

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Alright and here's another one.

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This one is from Bobby Dunn.

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Ah, yes.

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Bobby Dunn is five years old and 
he's sent us a drawing.

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Take a look at his drawing.

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On the back of it it says, "My  
sister and I enjoy watching

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"your show. I'm sending you this 
pa 
inting of Rudolph

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the Red Nosed Reindeer, a photo 
of 
 me skating at Shelby Farms."

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Take a look at this.

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He's really, hey - it looks like 
he 
's rollerblading there.

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Very good.

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Thank you very much, Bobby.

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And thanks to your family and 
thanks very much, also,

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to the Robbins family and to  
April and her brother,

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who sent us an eagle, Jacob.

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Thank you.

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You know I like getting drawings 
and photos from my friends.

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So if you'd like to send me a 
drawing or a photo of yourself,

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just send it to...

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Then I'll share them with our  
friends right here on TV.

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Just remember I can't return 
them so only send us the things

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you don't want to get back, 
okay?

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By age two many children are 
good talkers and good listeners.

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Others are just beginning to 
verbally express their thoughts

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and ideas and may have 
difficulty listening.

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So what can parents do to help 
extend and expand

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a child's vocabulary and 
encourage enjoyment

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of listening?

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Well, that's what we're going to 
talk about today

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here on Parent's Corner.

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Our guest is 
Marion Hammond, 
speech language pathologist.

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Welcome.

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Thank you. 
I'm glad to be here.

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Well, Marion, what should 
parents look for

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in the development of language 
skills as their child grows?

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The time between birth to three 
years is critical.

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Parents, at the very, very young 
ages, and I'm talking about

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the first three months of life, 
should be looking to see

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is their child responding to 
sound.

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If they hear a loud sound does 
that child respond?

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Is the child starting to look at 
the parent?

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When you start to get beyond 
that first three months of life,

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you're going to get cooing and 
babbling.

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And the parent should be 
responding to that cooing

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and babbling.

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And then when you get to age one 
you're starting to get

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those one word utterances.

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And every once in a while you're 
going to get

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some two word utterances.

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And so it develops up until age 
three.

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But by age three, most children 
have the foundations

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for normal speech and language 
development.

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That first birth to three time 
is critical.

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Well, please tell us, 
how can parents 
help this development?

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One of the great things a parent 
can do with their child

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is sing songs to them.

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Do nursery rhymes.

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Simple rhyming words are so 
critical and what I think

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is important is start reading at 
a very early age to the child.

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Just talk about the pictures.

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They don't necessarily have to 
read the words in the book,

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but start talking about the 
pictures.

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Do very, very simple books that 
have rhyming words in them

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and eventually you can say part 
of the sentence and the child

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will start filling in that 
rhyming word.

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That is very, very normal 
development for a child

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and every child likes to sing.

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Tell us, when should reading 
begin?

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It's never too soon to start.

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I believe a parent can start in 
that first couple of months

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of life start talking about 
books, showing pictures

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to their child.

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There are so many wonderful 
books on the market now

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that even have things such as 
mirrors on the page so the child

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can look at themselves and the 
parent can talk

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about the child's features.

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It's never too early to start 
reading.

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And then a child starts hearing 
the way words are supposed

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to be produced.

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And maybe they'll start 
imitating at a much earlier age

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if the parent is talking about 
those words at an earlier age.

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Being able to express thoughts 
and feelings is obviously

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an important part of 
communication,

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but it's often frustrating.

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How should parents respond when 
their children have difficulty

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expressing themselves?

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That can be very, very difficult 
and a very simple thing

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that a parent can do is just say 
to the child, "Show me."

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Show me what you want, show me 
what you're talking about.

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The next step then would be, for 
example, say the child

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is wanting something out of the 
refrigerator.

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When the parent gets that item, 
say to the child,

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"Oh, you wanted an apple. You 
were trying to tell me apple."

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Sometimes that's a hard word.

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Or just give it to the child and 
not even say it's a hard word.

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And then if the child 
approximates or attempts

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to say the word apple, say, 
"Yes, it's an apple.

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It's a red apple."

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So expand upon that child's 
utterance.

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Or if the child is wanting to go 
outside and is wanting

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to go on the swing and can't say 
that word, it's fine

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for the parents to use the words 
even if the child can not say

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them yet, because eventually 
that child will pair

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either the object or the action 
with the appropriate words

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and start to say them 
themselves.

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It's called saying what they're 
seeing

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or saying what they're doing.

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Preparing them to talk.

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00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:31,803
Exactly.

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00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:35,774
Well as you've said, reading to 
your child is very important

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in developing language skills.

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00:24:38,343 --> 00:24:41,613
Are there other things parents 
can do to develop awareness

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00:24:41,613 --> 00:24:42,914
of the printed word?

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00:24:42,914 --> 00:24:44,483
Absolutely.

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When you take your child out in 
a car everyday you see things

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such as stop signs and when you 
stop you can say,

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00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:55,727
"See the red sign? It says 
'stop.' S-T-O-P."

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00:24:55,727 --> 00:24:57,596
Take your child to the grocery 
store,

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point out familiar objects.

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00:24:59,631 --> 00:25:03,368
There are so many places that a 
pa 
rent can take their child.

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00:25:03,368 --> 00:25:06,404
To the zoo is a wonderful thing 
because they have the names

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of the animals printed.

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Anyplace that they have printed 
words that the child

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can associate that printed word 
with the object.

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What are some things that 
parents can look for

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00:25:19,985 --> 00:25:23,889
if they feel their child is slow 
in developing these skills?

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00:25:23,889 --> 00:25:27,225
Parents usually have what I call 
a gut level feeling

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that something is not quite 
right.

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00:25:29,060 --> 00:25:31,897
For instance, their child will 
sit and listen to stories

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00:25:31,897 --> 00:25:34,566
or pay a lot of attention to TV 
but maybe they're not

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00:25:34,566 --> 00:25:35,934
talking yet.

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00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:39,638
Or if they are talking they're 
not sounding correctly.

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They're not pronouncing their 
words correctly.

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00:25:41,973 --> 00:25:43,808
And this can be of concern.

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00:25:43,808 --> 00:25:46,278
And as I previously mentioned 
there are some things

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that the parent can work on with 
the child, but if a child

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00:25:49,881 --> 00:25:54,052
is for instance not using one 
word at 12 months of age,

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00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:58,256
not maybe putting words together 
by 18 months, 3 or 4 words

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00:25:58,256 --> 00:26:02,127
by age two, not able to label 
some objects, then maybe

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00:26:02,127 --> 00:26:05,630
they should be concerned and 
should have those skills

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00:26:05,630 --> 00:26:07,098
evaluated.

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00:26:07,098 --> 00:26:09,467
Check with their pediatrician 
first.

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00:26:09,467 --> 00:26:11,703
If the child is not responding 
to their name

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when they call them, it could 
possibly be a hearing problem.

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00:26:14,706 --> 00:26:17,576
So those are the kinds of things 
they should be looking for.

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00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:20,445
What kind of professional help 
is out there?

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00:26:20,445 --> 00:26:21,713
There's a lot.

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00:26:21,713 --> 00:26:24,849
The profession of speech 
language pathology has expanded

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00:26:24,849 --> 00:26:28,053
so much in the last few years 
and in every community

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there are certified qualified 
people to evaluate the child

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and provide the services.

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00:26:34,192 --> 00:26:37,662
Today on Parent's Corner 
we've been talking about

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listening and language skills.

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00:26:39,531 --> 00:26:41,333
Our guest has been 
Marion Hammond,

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00:26:41,333 --> 00:26:43,435
the speech language 
pathologist.

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00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:45,737
Thank you very much 
for being with us today.

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00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:47,739
Thank you.

484
00:26:47,739 --> 00:26:51,509
Remember moms and dads, one of 
the best ways to develop

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00:26:51,509 --> 00:26:54,679
listening and language skills is 
to read to your child

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00:26:54,679 --> 00:26:57,082
at least ten minutes every day.

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00:26:57,082 --> 00:27:00,585
It's a wonderful way to spend 
time together and the benefits

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00:27:00,585 --> 00:27:02,387
are tremendous.

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00:27:06,191 --> 00:27:09,861
You know, there's much more to 
listening than just hearing

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what someone says.

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00:27:11,396 --> 00:27:15,200
Listening is a part of learning 
to communicate.

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00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,534
Right.

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00:27:16,534 --> 00:27:21,172
When we really listen, I mean 
really listen, to one another

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we can work together and play 
together and get along

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00:27:25,377 --> 00:27:27,178
much better.

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00:27:27,178 --> 00:27:31,916
We'll have lots more fun next 
time, but now we've got to go.

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Until then, thanks for watching 
and listening, too.

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00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:38,957
So long.

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00:27:38,957 --> 00:27:39,958
♪♪♪