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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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♪♪♪

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♪It could be anywhere.♪

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♪Oh look up in the air.♪

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♪A square has four equal sides.♪

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♪I know that it's round.♪

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♪Oh look what I found.♪

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♪A big blue circle sitting on 
the ground.♪

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♪A circle goes all the way 
around.♪

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♪A triangle has three sides.♪

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♪Where could it hide?♪

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♪Oh, look over there sitting on 
a 
chair.♪

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♪A triangle has three sides.♪

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Hello, friends!

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It's shaping up into a wonderful 
day and we're going to spend it

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talking about shapes.

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You guessed it.

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Squares, circles and triangles 
are three different shapes

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but there are many more shapes 
to be found around us every day.

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Shapes like rectangles...

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octagons.

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What did you say?

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I said octagon.

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You see them every day.

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In fact you may see an octagon 
every time you stop

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at a stop sign because stop 
signs are octagons.

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How many sides does this stop 
sign have?

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That's right.

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An octagon has eight sides.

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But these aren't the only kinds 
of shapes.

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Oh, no.

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We can recognize many different 
things by looking at

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their shape.

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Can you tell me what this is?

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It's a horse.

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That's right.

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Hey, what is this?

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It's a telephone.

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How about this?

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It's a hand.

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Very good.

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I'd like to give you a big hand 
for recognizing

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all these shapes.

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[clapping]

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(female #1) 
Can you see a triangle in this 
picture?

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[drum roll]

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[ding]

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(Mr. Chuck) 
Triangle!

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♪♪♪

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(female #1) 
Is there a square here?

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[vroom]

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[drum roll]

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[ding]

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(Mr. Chuck) 
Square!

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♪♪♪

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(female #1) 
How about a circle?

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[drum roll]

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[ding]

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(Mr. Chuck) 
Circle!

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♪♪♪

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[horn honking]

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(female #1) 
What is this shape?

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[ding]

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(female #1) 
And this one?

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[ding]

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(female #1) 
One more.

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[ding]

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[horn honking]

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There are shapes all around you 
if you just look for them.

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And you can make shapes, too.

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You could cut shapes out of 
paper and use them to make

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pictures like this.

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See?

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I used rectangles, squares and 
circles.

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Or you could make shapes in 
other ways like this.

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What shape are bubbles?

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They're round.

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That's right.

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I like watching bubbles, don't 
you?

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Can you think of ways to make 
shapes with your body?

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How about your hands?

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Could you make a triangle using 
your hands and fingers?

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Try this.

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Now you try it.

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Can you do it?

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Good.

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Now how about a circle?

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Can you make a circle with your 
hands?

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How about like this.

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Try that.

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Good.

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Can you make a circle with your 
arms?

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Try it.

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Like this.

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That's very good.

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Can you think of other ways you 
can move your body

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to make shapes?

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I'll bet you can.

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Triangle.

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Square.

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Circle.

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Circle cause it's round.

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Triangle because it's got three 
sides.

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Square cause it's got four equal 
sides.

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[applause]

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Friends have you ever made a 
painting with shapes?

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No?

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Well let me show you how easy it 
is.

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All you need is paint, paper and 
a sponge that can be cut

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into shapes, like this, or 
whatever shape you want.

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And please, you let an adult cut 
the sponge for you, will you?

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Then you decide what you want to 
make.

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I think I'll try making a cat's 
head

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and I'll start at the top.

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What shape are a cat's ears?

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They kind of look like triangles 
do 
n't they?

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♪♪♪

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I don't want to get too much 
paint on the paper

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so I'll blot some of it off on 
the newspaper.

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Now I'll put a triangle here... 
an 
d here.

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There you go.

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Two ears.

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Now how about the head?

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How about a round shape?

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I've got a couple of sizes of 
each shape

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and I'm looking for a large 
round shape.

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Which one is the largest?

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This one or this one?

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We'll choose this one, the large 
round shape.

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♪♪♪

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There.

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But I think something's missing.

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What do you think?

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Oh, I know.

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My cat needs a face.

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What's on a cat's face?

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♪♪♪

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How is it like your face and my 
fa 
ce?

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♪♪♪

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Well, there are two eyes, a 
nose, a mouth.

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You've got all of those things, 
too.

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I think I'll use a smaller round 
shape for the eyes.

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♪♪♪

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There.

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That's one eye.

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How many should it have?

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Two?

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That's right.

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Let's see if we can get number 
two right here.

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♪♪♪

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How about a nose?

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What do you think?

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How about another triangle.

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♪♪♪

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A smaller triangle right about 
here.

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Well there are two eyes and a 
nose.

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Now I think I'll use a marker to 
put on the mouth.

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♪♪♪

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Seems like there's something 
missing.

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Hmmm.

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I know.

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Whiskers.

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A cat has whiskers.

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♪♪♪

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What do you think?

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Does it look like a cat?

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See what you can do with shapes?

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Try it sometime.

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♪♪♪

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I want to be a policewoman.

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I want to be a daddy.

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I want to be a teacher.

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I want to be a doctor.

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Hello.

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My name is Jarvis.

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I'm a bus driver.

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♪♪♪

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My job is to take people from 
on 
e place to another in my bus.

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A bus can't go all over town 
picking up people

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and taking them wherever they 
want to go, so each bus

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has a route.

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That means each bus only goes on 
ce 
rtain streets.

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When I reach the end of the 
route, I turn the bus around

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and go back the other way.

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The sign on the front of the bus 
le 
ts people know

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where it's going.

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♪♪♪

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The bus only stops where you see 
a 
bus stop sign.

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People get on and off the bus 
there.

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The people who ride the bus are 
pa 
ssengers.

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They get onto the bus and put 
money into the slot or show me

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a bus pass.

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Then they can sit back and enjoy 
th 
e ride.

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♪♪♪

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I have to drive carefully and 
obey all the traffic rules

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because my passengers depend on 
me 
to get them

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where they are going safely.

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When passengers want to get off 
th 
e bus they push this

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to let me know to stop at the 
next bus stop.

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Everyone should wait until the 
bus comes to a complete stop

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before they stand up and get 
off.

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If they're standing up they 
might fall down

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when the bus comes to a stop.

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Sometimes if all the seats are 
taken, passengers

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have to stand up but there are 
hand rails to hold onto

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so they won't fall.

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I am a bus driver.

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I like my job, and I hope to see 
yo 
u riding my bus some day soon.

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♪♪♪

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You know when you look up at the 
clouds and use your imagination

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you can see all kinds of shapes.

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Look.

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What does this cloud remind you 
of 
?

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I think it looks like a duck.

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What do you think?

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Oh, look over there.

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That one looks sort of like...a 
ca 
r.

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Oh, there's another one.

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It kind of looks like the letter 
"Y 
" turned on its side.

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♪♪♪

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And the really fun thing about 
clouds is that as you watch them

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drift by, they change shape as 
the wind blows them.

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Ah!

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I tell you, I could sit and do 
this all day.

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♪♪♪

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My name is Allison.

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That's my drawing.

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This is my family.

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I'm three years old.

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My name is Bailey Carson 
Sanders.

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This is my house and this is my 
gr 
andma.

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This is the sun.

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My name is Emily Ferguson.

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This is my dad.

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This is my mommy and this is my 
sw 
ing set and this is our house.

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This is me.

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Me right there.

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We all want our children to 
succeed in life, and it's clear

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that the road to success depends 
heavily on a good education.

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Reading, math and science are a 
few of the basics.

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And believe it or not many of 
these basic concepts

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can be introduced to children 
while they are still toddlers,

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even infants.

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Today we've been talking about 
shapes, which is a good example

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of introducing math and science 
to young children.

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As long as children ask why, how 
does it work

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or where does it come from, 
you've got a good opportunity

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to introduce science to them.

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Today on Parent's Corner we'd 
like to welcome

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Miss Bonnie Jamerson who is a 
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and first grade teacher.

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Welcome.

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I'm glad to be here.

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Bonnie what areas of science are 
easiest for young children

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to grasp?

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Basic areas of science are 
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to grasp would be colors and 
shapes

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They are aware of nature, things 
around them, the plant world.

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They have a knowledge of their 
body concepts, the weather,

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the changing of the seasons, 
even space.

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That's something that children 
are aware of and that

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they have an interest in.

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And how can parents turn 
ordinary daily events into fun

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science lessons?

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I think there is many wonderful 
opportunities as we go about

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our daily experiences to be able 
to incorporate science in.

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I think these are things that 
many times parents

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have not really thought about.

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The meal time is an especially 
important time when children

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are eating their foods to be 
able to say

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what shape is that carrot or 
what about the cookie

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that you're eating?

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Can you tell me what shape that 
is?

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Or during their bath times when 
they are normally playing

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with toys to be able to identify 
the colors and the shapes

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of the toys that they're playing 
with.

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And also when they're driving 
around, their experiences

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driving from home to school, to 
be able to say what shape

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is that stop sign?

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What color is that?

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Also there's wonderful 
opportunities when you're just

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in the kitchen to be able to 
say, baking cookies.

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Children like to be involved in 
baking cookies

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or helping parents in their 
baking to be able to say,

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what do you smell?

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How does it smell to you and to 
be 
able to broaden

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their experiences in knowing 
that all of our senses

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are involved in the smelling and 
the shapes and just other things

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that we don't oftentimes really 
pay attention to.

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Those are teaching moments.

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Tell us, can you 
suggest some simple 
science experiments

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that parents and 
children can do 
at home?

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There are many things that 
parents and children can do

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at home with the things that you 
have available around the house

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without spending any money to do 
those things.

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Children love experimenting with 
colors using food coloring,

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several cups of water

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could be placed before the child

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and using red and yellow and 
blending those colors together

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and having the children

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answer or probing the child

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into finding out what color do 
you think this might become

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if I add this to this color.

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I think we could also do a lot 
with the measuring things

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that we have to be able to take 
- fill up a cup and ask

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the child if they know how many 
cups it would take to fill up

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this container.

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Or a bowl perhaps or maybe even 
a gallon jar and to be able

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to teach the concept of cups and 
gallons and cups to quarts

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or whatever.

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So those are teaching moments 
that a parent could use

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with just simple everyday things 
that they have at home

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on hand and available to them.

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And what are the benefits to 
introducing preschoolers

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to science?

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And how is that going to help

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when a child enters first grade?

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I think the child will then come 
to us with the concept

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of what science is really about.

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From the time that they've been 
a preschooler their thoughts

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about science has been one of 
something that's magic,

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something that's unpredictable, 
and I think it will help them

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to make the transition between 
the magical world

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and the real adult world of 
study, observation and fact

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and information and I think that 
they will have a stronger

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background as it has to do with 
the subject of science.

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It will be much easier for the 
teacher to be able to explain

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those things that they often 
have questions about at home.

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And that strengthens as they go 
on 
through school.

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It does.

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It's a building process.

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Bonnie, thank you 
for taking your 
time to be with us

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on Parent's Corner 
and helping us to 
understand the importance

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of preschool science.

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Thank you for 
allowing me to 
be here.

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I've enjoyed it.

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We've enjoyed her, 
too, and the important 
information

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that we as parents 
can use in helping 
our children prepare

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for first grade.

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Bonnie Jamerson, 
preschool teacher 
and first grade teacher

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here on Parent's Corner.

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♪♪♪

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You know, there are shapes all 
around you so why not turn off

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the TV and go look for shapes 
where you are.

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Well, that's all the time we 
have for today,

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so goodbye for now.

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See you around.

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♪♪♪