(soft playful music) - Hello little learners.

Welcome back to Camp Read-A-Lot, the place where we read books, sing songs, and keep the learning going all summer long.

My name is Ms. Lara, can you tell me your name?

I'm so excited that you made it back this morning.

Of course I have my friend, Miss Maria the mail person, and we're gonna start off with a good morning song.

You ready, Miss Maria?

Here we go.

♪ Good morning, good morning ♪ ♪ It's a sunshine kind of day ♪ ♪ Come join Ms. Lara ♪ ♪ for some learning and some play ♪ ♪ Will we sing a song ♪ ♪ Of course we will ♪ ♪ Make our brains strong ♪ ♪ Like, super strong ♪ ♪ So come along ♪ ♪ Yes, come on, friends ♪ ♪ For some learning and some play ♪ ♪ Hello jello, what's up, buttercup ♪ ♪ We have so much to do ♪ ♪ I'm glad that you woke up ♪ All right, Miss Maria, let me put you down because it's true!

We've already had such a busy week.

We're reading "Henny Penny" now for the second time.

We're gonna look at our letter.

I wonder who wrote to us.

And then we're gonna work on our foundational skills.

Today, we're working on rhyming words.

Do you remember what those are?

That's right!

Words that sound the same.

And of course we're gonna end our day with a project.

Now, today we have a fun project.

We're gonna try to keep the acorns off of Henny Penny's head and we have to try to construct something to do that.

I can't wait to do it!

So I hope you stay with me for the whole time so we do our lessons together.

Right now I think I hear, what is that?

Is that Miss Maria?

(doorbell rings) Yes, it's her!

She left a letter for us.

So let me take our door here off.

Now do you remember, when we start to read, we start where?

On the left, and then we slide to the right.

So let's do our song.

♪ This is the left ♪ ♪ This is the right ♪ ♪ When we read ♪ ♪ We start at the left ♪ ♪ And slide to the right ♪ Now I haven't told you, what do we do once we get to the end?

Oh no, do we just fall off?

Nope, swipe on over and keep going.

So, here we go with our reading.

Dear Mrs. Lara, I am writing this as I sit inside the stomach of the fox.

Oh no!

Do you know which character it is?

Inside the stomach of a fox!

Oh, it's true!

Worry and panic led to my demise.

Which is just a fancy way of saying (chokes) death.

(laughs) Our characters in our story worried so much and panicked that it led them right into a fox's den, didn't it?

Oh that fox, he's so sneaky.

I think that we're gonna read our book for the second time.

Do you remember the title?

"Henny Penny."

So if you have it, you can get it out so you can read with me, and I have a special friend I'm gonna introduce you to here.

Who do you think this is?

Do you see it?

It's the fox.

Oh, applause, applause.

The fox, fox, you ate all my friends!

I don't think you're welcome here.

Oh, he's a little bit shy.

Oh, he wants to tell me that he's not really a villain.

He was just really, really hungry.

I don't know.

I don't think that justifies it, but I'm gonna read a book about you.

He says you're gonna like the book.

Okay, I'm gonna put you down here on my lap and then I'll come back to you and see your thoughts at the end.

Don't hide, you know what you did.

Okay, "Henny Penny."

Here's the title.

It is a classic tale but it's been retold lots of times.

This time it was retold by Bonnie Dobkin and it's illustrated by Sean Akin.

The illustrator, if you remember, draws the picture.

Now look at this.

You'll see at the very front, there's our character, Henny Penny, who's been writing our letters.

And there's that acorn.

Oh, it's foreshadowing, let's see what's gonna happen.

Henny Penny lived with her friends in a wonderful kingdom of forests, meadows, and ponds.

It was as perfect a place as you can imagine, unless, of course, you were Henny Penny.

Now look at her expression here, she's going like this.

She's worried.

We learned that she worries all the time, doesn't she?

She needs to feed her worries to the worry monster that we learned about.

One morning, Henny Penny was talking with her friend, Ducky Lucky.

The sun was shining and the sky was blue, breezes played with the leaves of the trees.

Sounds beautiful.

"What a perfect day," said Ducky Lucky.

"Yes," said Henny Penny.

"I just hope it doesn't get too hot or too windy.

"Or, my goodness, what if it rains?"

I don't think Henny Penny is enjoying herself.

Ducky Lucky shook his head.

Can you shake your head with me?

(clucks tongue) "You worry too much.

"Why don't you go look for something to eat?"

(sighs) "All right," sighed Henny Penny.

"I suppose I could go hunt for some nice crunchy bugs."

So let's see.

So Henny Penny wandered down the road, picking and flicking and pecking and checking.

Finally she stopped under an old oak tree.

And what did she find?

Bugs and grubs everywhere!

"Well, those look tasty," said Henny Penny.

"I only hope I don't get sick from eating too much."

Oof, I wouldn't want to get sick from eating too many grubs.

Just then, the wind puffed through the branches of the oak tree.

It loosened an acorn.

The acorn fell straight down, and clunk!

It hit Henny Penny on the head.

"Ouch," cried Henny Penny.

"What was that?"

She looked around but didn't see anything.

"My goodness, the sky must be falling.

"I must go tell the king."

Now why do you think she thought that an acorn falling on her head meant that the sky was falling?

I wonder.

Henny Penny fluttered back down the road.

Soon she passed the pond where her friend was still swimming.

"What's wrong?"

asked Ducky Lucky.

Henny Penny didn't even stop.

"The sky is falling!

"The sky is falling!

"I must go tell the king!"

"Are you sure?"

asked Ducky Lucky.

"I remember when you lost a feather "and thought your wing was coming off."

"Look at this bump on my head," said Henny Penny.

"I tell you, the sky is falling."

"Then I'll come with you," said Ducky Lucky, and he jumped out of the pond.

So in the story, he said that Henny Penny lost a feather and thought her wing was falling off.

She has a history of exaggerating, huh?

Soon they came upon Turkey Lurkey who was gobbling berries from a bush.

"What's the matter?"

he asked.

"Why are you running?"

"The sky is falling," cried Henny Penny and Ducky Lucky.

"We must go tell the king!"

So there they are running.

And there's Turkey Lurkey.

"Are you sure?"

asked Turkey Lurkey.

"I remember when you--" "Ducky Lucky believes me," said Henny Penny.

"Besides, look at this bump on my head."

"Well," said Turkey Lurkey, "if you have a bump and Ducky Lucky believes you, "then it must be true."

He spit out the berries and joined them.

So now how many friends are going to tell the king?

Let's count.

There's Turkey Lurkey, Ducky Lucky, and Henny Penny.

That makes three.

Next they saw another friend, Goosey Loosey.

She was arranging some twigs on the nest.

When you arrange something, that means you put it in order.

"What's the matter?"

she said.

"Why are you running?"

"The sky is falling," cried Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, and Turkey Lurkey.

"We must go tell the king!"

"Are you sure?"

asked Goosey Loosey.

"I remember--" "Look at this bump on my head," said Henny Penny.

"I tell you, the sky is falling!"

"Well," said Goosey Loosey, "if you have a bump and Ducky Lucky believes you "and Turkey Lurkey has joined you, "then it must be true."

And she began waddling beside them as fast as she could.

Now when ducks waddle, they walk back and forth like this, don't they?

All right, next character.

The four friends were nearing the forest.

Cocky Locky was roosting in a tree branch, practicing his crow.

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

"What's the matter?"

he asked.

"Why are you running?"

Now, do you remember why they were running?

That's right, the sky was falling, according to them.

They had to go tell the king.

So that's what Henny Penny said, and Ducky Lucky, Turkey Lurkey, and Goosey Loosey said, "we must go tell the king too."

"Are you sure?"

asked Cocky Locky.

"Look at this bump on my head," said Henny Penny.

"The sky is definitely falling."

"Well," said Cocky Locky, "if you have a bump and Ducky Lucky believes you "and Turkey Lurkey has joined you, "and Goosey Loosey says it's so, then it must be true!"

And he fluttered down from the branch.

When you flutter, you go like this.

Can you flutter with me?

All right, let's see.

Oh, here comes the character.

You're not going anywhere, fox.

He eats them all up.

Now the five friends hurried into the forest.

They had gone only a little way when Foxy Loxy stepped out from a cluster of trees.

"Oh my," he said, "You all look so distressed.

"Whatever is the matter?"

Distressed means nervous, where you get very scared about something.

Look at this face.

You can tell he's up to no good.

"The sky is falling," cried Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Turkey Lurkey, Goosey Loosey, and Cocky Locky.

"We must go and tell the king."

"Why, of course you must," said Foxy Loxy.

"Listen, my friends.

"I know the king well "and I also know a shortcut to the palace.

"So follow me, there isn't a moment to lose."

Oh no, we all know what's going to happen, and I can't help but turn the page.

The fox led them further into the woods, down a twisty, turny trail.

"Are we almost there?"

asked Henny Penny.

"Almost," said Foxy Loxy.

"But oh dear, you all look so tired.

"Should we stop at my den for a moment?

"You can meet my family and rest for a while."

"Yes, please," said Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Turkey Lurkey, Goosey Loosey, and Cocky Locky.

"Right this way," said Foxy Loxy.

As they walked, he told them about his lovely wife, Roxy Loxy, and told them about four little Loxies, Moxy, Soxy, Poxy, and Doxy.

What he didn't tell them was that all five were sitting around the dining room table waiting for Foxy Loxy to bring them some dinner.

But there they are.

"Well, here are," said Foxy Loxy, stopping in front of a low rock ledge.

He bowed and waved his arm toward a dark opening underneath and Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Turkey Lurkey, Goosey Loosey, and Cocky Locky all marched down into the fox's den.

Oh no.

Now, two things didn't happen after that.

The sky didn't fall and no one met with the king.

But Foxy Loxy's family still talk about the wonderful feast they had that day.

The end.

So, fox, what do you have to say for yourself?

You ate all of my five friends.

Can you tell me?

(growls) Burp.

(gasps) Burp?

No!

Naughty fox.

Let's put you away.

Now, in our story of Henny Penny, she was so worried that it led them to make some bad decisions.

Now we've been talking all week about worry.

I think my friend Rusty has something to say about worry.

Let's watch Rusty's story now.

Figuring out Feelings, featuring Rusty the Robot.

- Let's rock.

Hi, my name is Rusty.

I am a robot learning about feelings.

What does feeling worry mean?

Activating robot research.

(mechanical beeping) Feeling worried means you're sad or scared about something that's going to happen, like starting school.

Do you sometimes feel like that?

What can we do to feel better?

Activating robot research.

(mechanical beeping) Take deep belly breaths until you feel calm.

Put your hands on your stomach and breathe.

When you are calm, you can think of solutions, like talking about how you feel.

It takes practice.

I'll practice more later.

Right now, I have a concert to get to.

Heavy metal, of course.

(rock music) I'm so glad that Rusty was able to teach us some techniques to calm down when we feel worried.

Of course, you can always read a book when you feel worried.

Or have someone read a book to you, that always helps calm me down.

Now, in order to practice reading by yourself, you need to learn a few foundational skills, and one of them is rhyming.

Do you remember what rhyming words are?

They're words that sound the same as the end.

♪ Now let's make a rhyme ♪ ♪ A rhyme, a rhyme ♪ ♪ Let's a make a rhyme ♪ ♪ With all these words.

♪ Okay, we're going to try to rhyme with hen.

So let's see the words that rhyme with hen.

What is this from our story?

Hen.

This is a pond.

Do pond and hen sound the same at the end?

No, boo to that, nope, you get to stay here.

How about, oh, what is this?

This is an interesting set of people.

What do you notice about them?

They're all men, that's right.

Men and hen, do they rhyme?

They do, they sound the same at the end.

Mean, hen.

They both say "en."

All right, I'll put you up here with our hen.

How about feather?

Does feather sound like hen at the end?

No, hens have feathers, but they don't sound the same, do they?

How about pen?

Pen, hen.

Does that sound the same?

Yes, hen, pen.

They both say "en."

Coming up here.

Let's try this one.

Do you recognize this one?

It's a den.

Den and hen, do they rhyme?

Den, hen.

They both say "en," they do.

Let's do two more.

A tree, does a tree sound like hen?

Hm, tree and hen.

No, they don't sound the same.

Tree and hen.

No, boo to that.

No.

One more.

Penny.

Like Henny Penny.

Penny and hen, do they sound the same?

No.

Boo to that.

So looks like our rhyming words for hen are men, den, and pen.

They all sound like hen at the end.

I hope you continue to practice your rhyming words.

Right now, to end our day, I have a fun project that goes with our book, "Henny Penny."

So let's go over to the project place.

So for this activity, you will need a little cutout of a hen.

So I just printed one out and then kind of taped it to a cup so it can stand upright.

You can use a rock and pretend it's a hen, or you can use any other thing that you want and just imagine that it's a hen.

But what we're trying to achieve, our objective or our goal is, do you remember in our book, something fell on Henny Penny's head, it was an acorn.

We're gonna pretend these little beads are acorns.

And it fell, boop, right on her head, and she thought that the sky was falling because of it, right?

So we need to protect her so she doesn't go running off to the king and into the fox's den.

So I have all these recycled materials, and you can use any materials you have lying around your house, but I want to construct something to go over our hen so that when the acorn falls, it does not fall on her head.

So let me start with a plan.

I wonder, I have some tape here as well, a ruler, scissors, paper bags, and a couple of boxes and a tube.

So I think I'm going to make something with a tube on either end.

So let me cut my tube here.

I think that's what I'm gonna start with.

So much of this is just trying it out and experimenting.

So here's my tube, okay.

I think the acorn will still fall on her, but what if I make something that goes on top, like this?

I think I'm gonna cut out a piece of cardboard from my cardboard box.

That should help.

Let me see.

Cutting, hm, that's a little thick.

You might have to have your family member help you with this.

It's not gonna be straight, I'm telling you right now (laughs).

But when have I ever made anything too perfect?

Nope, not me.

All right.

That seems like it's long enough.

What I would do, little tip, is to bring out a ruler.

So even though you're focusing on a book and you really want to bring the text to life, you want to kind of bring in math skills and critical thinking skills as well.

So have your child measure out how long they'll need their cover to be.

So for me, it's about 10 inches.

So I'm gonna go here, and I can tell, oh, that's about nine, so we're about one inch too short.

So either I need to bring my tubes together or I need to cut out a longer piece of cardboard.

I think I'm gonna bring the tubes together like this.

Let's measure again.

All right, I think we're good, that's about seven.

Yep, we're good, about seven.

So I'm gonna put it right on top.

Now it's a little bit stable, but I want to make double sure.

I'll maybe tape the sides here.

I wonder what kind of structure you can build with what you have in your house.

Imagine how the story might have ended differently if Henny Penny hadn't gotten that acorn on her head, or if she just learned to calm down when she worried and had those troublesome thoughts, huh?

Oh, it's a little unstable.

I really want to make sure that that acorn doesn't hit it so I think I'm gonna add a little bit of an awning with my paper bag.

I'm gonna cut out, just cut the top of it here.

And I love to use recycled materials for a couple of reasons, the first one being, it's free.

And the second is that it doesn't go to the landfill, so you can actually make toys and different things out of recycled materials that you normally would just throw away in the trash.

Okay, I think I got it.

Let's try it with some acorns.

All right, Henny Penny, you're under the oak tree, under the cover, let's see, here's a couple of acorns.

Did it hit here?

No, I think we were successful.

I have to go pick those up later.

We don't litter.

(laughs) So Henny Penny is safe from the acorn on her head.

So I constructed it using two tubes, cardboard, and a paper bag.

All right, boys and girls, remember, if you try any of the activities that you see here, I'd love a picture or little note.

It just warms my heart.

My friends will put the address where you can send something below.

Now it's gonna be time for us to sing our goodbye song and then I'll tell you a little bit about what we're going to do tomorrow.

So let me get my letters, and we'll start.

♪ A is for amazing ♪ ♪ That's what you are ♪ ♪ B is for brave ♪ ♪ That'll carry you far ♪ ♪ C is for caring ♪ ♪ And community ♪ ♪ And D is for determined ♪ ♪ Be the very best me ♪ ♪ E is for empathy ♪ ♪ Caring for all ♪ ♪ F is for friends ♪ ♪ That'll catch you when you fall ♪ ♪ G is for grateful ♪ ♪ For everything around ♪ ♪ And H is for hopeful ♪ ♪ There's more good to be found ♪ ♪ I is for imagine ♪ ♪ All the fun things we can do ♪ ♪ J is for joyful ♪ ♪ How I feel when I'm with you ♪ ♪ K is for kind people ♪ ♪ And animals too ♪ ♪ And L is for love ♪ ♪ Put it in all that you do ♪ ♪ M is for mindful ♪ ♪ Be present everyday ♪ ♪ N is for nice words ♪ ♪ In everything you say ♪ ♪ O is for original ♪ ♪ Always be you ♪ ♪ And P is for perseverance ♪ ♪ You'll make it through ♪ ♪ Q is for quiet ♪ ♪ Those bad thoughts ♪ ♪ R is for remember ♪ ♪ All the greatness that you've got ♪ ♪ S is for strong ♪ ♪ Body and mind ♪ ♪ T is for talent ♪ ♪ Why not make yours being kind ♪ ♪ U is for unique ♪ ♪ Special and loved ♪ ♪ V is for victorious ♪ ♪ Always rise above ♪ ♪ W is for worthy ♪ ♪ And wonderful too ♪ ♪ X, don't X out those mistakes ♪ ♪ They're what make you you ♪ ♪ Y is for yes ♪ ♪ We're at the end of this rhyme ♪ ♪ And that's the alphabet ♪ ♪ I'll Z you next time.

♪ All right, boys and girls, so let me tell you what we're going to do tomorrow.

If you want to read along with me, get your copy of the "Kissing Hand" out, because that's the book we're going to focus on tomorrow, about a little raccoon that was very worried about starting school.

And that might be some of you boys and girls, a little bit scared and nervous because you might have a new classroom, a new teacher, and you'll have to make new friends.

So we'll see how Chester the raccoon handles his worry.

We're also going to be doing an activity where we're going to be calming down by making a calm-down jar.

So if you want to make a calm-down jar with me, bring a container, some clear glue, some glitter, and a little bit of food coloring, and I'll show you how to make that happen.

Until then, Ms. Lara's going to give you a big squeeze wherever you are, I hope you feel it.

A big smooch (kisses), a little bit slobbery, and remind you to read and to play, to use your five senses to be a scientist everyday, and of course, use your imagination.

We'll see you next time.

(soft playful music)