(carefree, cheerful music) - Hello little learners, welcome back to our pre-K and TK classroom, here on PBS.

My name is Miss Lara and I'm your teacher today.

Hello.

Now I'd love for you to introduce yourself, so wherever you are, as loud as you can, tell me your name when I put my hand to my ear.

Are you ready?

Here we go.

Oh, I feel like I caught someone's special letter.

Let me see if I caught yours.

So for today's special letter, we're gonna use a big line down.

What letter could it be?

And a big curve.

What letter did I make?

That's right, the letter D. Do you remember what sound it makes?

It makes the duh.

♪ The D says duh, the D says duh ♪ ♪ Every letter makes a sound, the D says duh ♪ And won't worry if that wasn't your special letter, I do it all time.

We'll see which one I catch next time.

Now right now, I'm going to get my magnet board because today is day four of the five days that we're going to be together.

I'm gonna add another magnet to my day four.

So I have one on top and three on the bottom and one and three together make four.

And all this week, we're talking about Thanksgiving.

We read a book about being grateful and gathering around with your family.

And today, I think Miss Maria has another book that we're gonna read about sharing, which is what Thanksgiving is all about.

But before we get to our book, we have to do our "Turkey Pokey" song.

So wherever you are, stand up and get ready to do the "Turkey Pokey" with me.

Here we go, I'm gonna stand up.

And we're going to get ready, remember, we need our wings, and we need our drumsticks, which are our legs, and we need our stuffing, which is our tummy, and we need our waddle, which is our head.

Okay, ready, get your wings ready.

♪ You put your right wing in, you put your right wing out ♪ ♪ You put your right wing in and you shake it all about ♪ ♪ You do the Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around ♪ ♪ That's what it all about (claps hands) ♪ ♪ You put your drumsticks in, you put your drumsticks out ♪ ♪ You put your drumsticks in ♪ ♪ And you shake your drumsticks out ♪ ♪ You do the Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around ♪ ♪ That's what it's all about (claps hands) ♪ Next comes your stuffing, your tummy.

♪ You put your stuffing in, you put your stuffing out ♪ ♪ You put your stuffing in and you shake your stuffing out ♪ ♪ You do the Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around ♪ ♪ And that's what it's all about (claps hands) ♪ Last one, our waddle.

♪ We put our waddle in, we put our waddle out ♪ ♪ We put our waddle in and we shake our waddle out ♪ ♪ We do the Turkey Pokey and we turn ourselves around ♪ ♪ That's what it's all about (claps hands) ♪ I hope you enjoyed our song.

Let's see what Miss Maria has in our letter today.

Oh, come on, let's see here.

Here it is, it says-- (doorbell rings) Oh, there we go.

Dear Miss Lara, remember when we read, we start on the left and go to the right.

♪ This is the left (snaps fingers) ♪ ♪ This is the right (snaps fingers) ♪ ♪ When we read, we start at the left and go to the right ♪ Let's see what it says.

Sometimes I have trouble sharing.

Oh, sharing can be really hard.

I have trouble sharing too sometimes.

I know that Thanksgiving is all about sharing and togetherness, but what is the big deal about sharing anyway?

What's the big deal about sharing?

Why do we need to share?

I think Miss Maria left us a book about a woman who shared some soup and she actually had all of her friends and neighbors share the ingredients to make the soup, but they didn't even know it and guess what she used as a secret ingredient?

A stone!

A stone in some soup?

Hm, let's read this story to find out what happened.

"Stone Soup," now this tale is a folktale.

That means it's been passed down from generation to generation.

And I want you to look at this picture in the beginning.

What do you think the story is going to be about?

I see a village.

I see a woman with some potatoes.

I see a little boy, onions, carrots.

Maybe some neighbors?

I wonder, let's read on.

Once upon a time, there lived a married man and women who were so poor they never knew where their next meal was coming from.

Their neighbors were no better off and had barely enough to feed themselves and their families.

So they didn't have any money, right?

So they didn't know where their food was gonna come from.

And their neighbors didn't have any food either.

One day, the woman came up with an unusual plan to create a hearty meal with their neighbors.

Unusual means it was kind of strange, not the same as any other plan.

"We shall spend our last pennies to purchase a cauldron," she said, "then we will use the large pot and a stone "to create a nutritious soup for us all."

A cauldron, that's a very big pot to put soup in.

I wonder what her plan is.

The woman's husband did not really guess how a stone and a pot could be used to make nutritious soup, but he knew his wife was clever.

That means she was really smart.

And her plans usually turned out to be quite successful.

So he followed her directions, filling the cauldron with water and lighting a fire under it.

So there he is, filling the cauldron full of water and lighting a fire under it.

So the husband doesn't know what the wife's doing because can you make soup with a stone?

No, not really.

If you try to put a stone in some water, you'll just get a boiled stone.

What was she up to?

Meanwhile, their hungry neighbors gathered to observe, that means they watched.

So there they are, observing and watching.

Hm, what is the woman up to?

As their neighbors watched, the woman dropped what appeared to be an ordinary stone into the pot, plop.

Now we will make delicious stone soup, she announced.

The woman's husband stirred the pot, can you stir?

Stirred the pot and the neighbors mouths watered.

All of them wished to have a bowl of delicious stone soup.

However, they realized that if they wanted to have the soup it was only fair that they contribute something.

So contribute is a word that means they have to bring something to share.

So one neighbor dashed home to fetch some carrots from his garden.

When he returned, he said, "I wish to have some soup with you.

"May I add carrots too?"

So there he is, he wants some of that stone soup and he brought some carrots.

"Yes, indeed," replied the woman, "carrots would make the soup tastier "and even more nutritious."

The woman's husband smiled as he stirred the pot.

So he's starting to get an idea of what her plan is.

Now it's a carrot and stone soup.

Then another neighbor and his daughter ran home to fetch some onions from their garden.

When they reappeared, the neighbor said, "We wish to have some soup with you.

"May we add our onions too?"

So there they are with the onions.

"Yes indeed," replied the woman, "onions would make the soup more flavorful and nutritious."

And the woman's husband smiled as he sliced the carrots.

So now they have carrots, onions and a stone soup.

Soon, another neighbor and her son rushed home to gather some potatoes from their cupboard.

When they returned, she said, "We wish to have some soup with you.

"May we add our potatoes too?"

"Yes indeed," replied the woman, "potatoes would make the soup "more appetizing and nutritious."

So do you know now what the plan is?

I want you to think, is the plan for them to eat stone soup or was the plan for all the neighbors to share and create a soup of their own?

Hm, what a clever woman.

The woman's husband smiled as he added onions to the soup.

Soon, everyone was enjoying a bowl of nutritious, tasty soup.

As they ate, the neighbors exclaimed, "It is remarkable that soup made from a stone "could be so delicious!"

And the woman and her husband smiled and agreed.

The end.

Look at that, at the very end, they're all celebrating, eating their soup.

So when everyone shared an ingredient, they came together and made something wonderful and that's what sharing is all about, it's adding a piece and everyone's pieces makes something more than what was originally there.

The end.

Now there's lots of different versions of this story.

You might find some with different villagers and different ingredients.

So I hope that you check this one out in your local library.

Now of course, I love reading books to you, but it's time for you to learn to read, so you can read books to me.

So I'm gonna do a foundational skill lesson which is retelling or comprehension because you can retell a book even when you just have the pictures.

And that's what we're going to do today.

So our book is "Stone Soup."

Now here's our giant cauldron and we're gonna think about what happened first in the story.

Let's see.

Oh, I have my dollar bill here to remind me, did the woman and man in this story have any money?

No, they didn't have any money, huh?

They were poor and so were the neighbors.

So all they had to put in their soup was a stone.

So that's the first ingredient, they put the stone in, but can you make soup from a stone?

No.

So then they had to get other ingredients.

So what was the next ingredient that they got?

Think, hm, a neighbor came over and brought something orange and crunchy, (mimics crunching) it was, carrots, that's right!

They brought some carrots and the husband started slicing 'em.

By then, he had a smile because he knew what the wife was up to, which is to encourage sharing.

And then another neighbor came over and smelled the delicious pot of soup, (inhales) and thought, "I want some of that."

But he knew he had to share or bring something.

So what did he bring, do you remember?

It was something that if you cut it, it makes you cry.

Oh, it's onions, that's right!

So they put the onions in the stone soup.

So now they have a stone, some carrot and some onions all in the soup.

And then there's one more neighbor that came and brought something that starts with puh puh.

And you can make French Fries with it.

What was it?

Potatoes, that's right, it was potatoes!

And he's gonna put the potatoes in the soup.

After that, they set the soup in some boiling water and they began to stir, can you stir with me?

They stirred and they stirred and they stirred until they got some delicious stone soup that they all got to share together.

Now that's the whole point of this story is sharing with others.

And that's what Thanksgiving is all about.

Now, all this week, we've been making different turkeys because at the end of our week, we're gonna have five little turkeys for our finger play and I have something special today.

We actually have a friend that's gonna be making the projects with us.

I'm so excited.

So let's go over to our project place and meet our friend, Ben.

Here I go walking.

All right.

Hi Ben!

Hi.

So you're gonna be helping me with our projects today, huh?

So how old are you, Ben?

How many is that?

- Four.

- Four years old.

That's right, now how old do you think I am?

- 15.

- (laughs) I'm 15, oh, I love him already, 15.

All right.

So today, we're going to make some puff paint, Ben.

Do you wanna make it with me?

Okay.

So we can make it two ways.

We can measure it.

We can use a measure and be very official and make our puff paint very fancy.

Or, we can do it the messy way.

What way-- - Messy.

- Messy, how did I know you were gonna say that?

So I have my ingredients here.

Can I tell the boys and girls at home what they'll need?

Okay, so for this activity, you're going to need some shaving cream and some white glue and some food coloring because we're gonna make-- - Remember when I was on the phone?

- Oh, I remember when you were on the phone, yeah, you were telling me that you like shaving cream, huh?

We're gonna make puff paint turkeys.

So they're gonna be puffy.

Does that sound like fun?

Okay, first-- - That's why shaving cream's puffy.

- That's right, shaving cream is puffy, huh?

And you know what, we add glue to it so the shaving cream stays puffy.

So I'm gonna hand you some glue and since we're doing it the messy way, which is my favorite way to do it, we're just gonna pour the glue in the bowl.

- You know which color we should do?

Blue.

- We should do blue, is that your favorite color?

Oh, that's my favorite too.

- Ready?

- Hold on, let me get mine!

(laughs) ready-- - I got it on me.

- Spaghetti, that's okay, we did it the messy way.

Let's go, get it in there.

Oh, Ben got a little bit on his fingers, but that's the messy way, that's the best way.

Look at that glop of glue.

Is it fun to play with glue?

Yeah, all right.

Are we trying to get all of it out?

(laughs) It doesn't all wanna come, you're so strong!

Look at all those drops coming out.

I think I'm going to stop mine here.

What do you think, is yours done?

- No.

- No, still coming out, huh?

Let me see, you're getting every last drop.

You're gonna have to show the boys and girls your fingers 'cause they look amazing.

They're full of gloppy glue.

Oh.

- This one's not.

- That one's not, you're right, that one's clean.

All right, are you ready?

- This one is.

- (laughs) That one is so messy.

That's my favorite part about this recipe because you can get messy.

All right, so I put two whole things of school glue in there because we're gonna make a lot of puffy paint because we're making two turkeys.

(laughs) Look at that, look at your fingers.

Now comes a really fun part and I know you know this part.

Shaving cream, and it's okay if you get it messy.

I like to get messy here too.

Now before we do that, we have to shake it a little.

♪ Shake shake shake, shake shake shake ♪ ♪ Shake your shaving cream, shake your shaving cream ♪ - What if I got every last bit of this?

- Yeah, you're good at shaving cream, huh?

All right, and then we're gonna aim it into the bowl and in it goes.

- Ah.

- You got it?

- It's not working because I have gluey hands.

- (laughs) Here, I'll help.

You put your finger on top of my finger and aim it.

Whoa, look at that shaving cream go!

Do you think that's enough?

No!

- [Ben] I'll put a little of that so that's enough.

- [Mrs. Lara] That's enough, oh, I'm glad.

All right, next-- - Now water?

- [Mrs. Lara] Water, we actually don't need water for this.

Guess what, we need our paintbrush.

And you already told me that green is one of your favorite colors.

So I picked a green paintbrush just for you and we're gonna mix it, mix it, mix it.

- [Ben] So (mutters) then why did you get water?

- Oh, that's for our paintbrushes.

That's a great question.

So, you'll notice that I have some water here.

Ben is so observant.

I got some water because our paintbrushes might get a little dirty.

Okay, what do you think, is that good mixing?

No, (laughs) we still mix it.

Reminds me of the story, remember when they were stirring the pot to make their stone soup?

Oh.

(laughs) Have you ever eaten stone soup?

No, do you like to eat soup?

No.

(laughs) - 'Cause I don't like the warm stuff.

- Oh, you don't like warm stuff.

I totally get that.

- I just like cold stuff.

- Just cold stuff?

What about warm pizza?

No?

(laughs) Cold pizza's a favorite too.

- I like a warm breadstick, I mean, cold breadsticks.

- Cold breadsticks, I totally get that.

Okay, so what do you think, is our puffy paint ready?

Not yet, you're gonna keep stirring?

So, while you keep stirring-- - You can stop.

- I can stop, okay.

As long as I can stop.

I'm gonna put a little bit in here because we're actually gonna make different colors.

So the last part of this recipe is just adding food coloring-- - If your arm's tired, you can stop.

- (laughs) yeah, that's right, you're gonna have some muscles when you're done with me, huh?

Do you have muscles right now?

Let me see your muscles, let's see.

Oh my goodness.

- I almost got it in my hair.

- (laughs) Oh, you almost got glue in your hair, huh?

That would not be a good thing.

I've never gotten glue in my hair, but they sell gel that's like glue, you put in your hair.

- That's what's in my hair now, gel.

- (laughs) There's gel in your hair now?

- I'm done.

- All right, all done?

Good, let me get that paintbrush-- - Put this on the plate?

- Yes, we'll put that on the plate so that you don't get it all over yourself.

Okay, so the next part of this activity is we are going to add some colors.

- Glue spider.

- You made a blue spider?

Can we make some blue puff-- - No glue.

- Blue?

Glue spider, oh, I thought he was saying blue.

Okay, a fly's going buzz.

- Bite.

- Ah!

- We sting.

- It got me.

(laughs) All right, let's make some color-- - You keep saying bite.

- What do they do, they sting?

- Yeah.

- So what do you think I should add, should I add some yellow?

Or is this orange, all right, we'll add yellow.

You wanna add the blue?

Now you were telling me blue was your favorite color.

So it makes sense that that's what you would add.

Just add it to this one, right here.

Then we're gonna add some, I think this is red.

We're gonna find out when we stir it, huh?

Should we mix colors?

Let's do one together, red and blue, yeah?

- [Ben] Screw it on.

- [Mrs. Lara] You've gotta get the lid, huh?

There it goes, all right.

Right here, look it, right here.

Let's do red and blue.

What color do you think that's gonna make?

- [Ben] Purple.

- You think it's gonna make purple?

We'll have to see if you're right.

Next we're gonna do green.

- [Ben] I wanna try the green.

- [Mrs. Lara] Yeah, oh here, I did the green, but you can help me mix 'em.

So we're gonna take our paintbrushes and just kinda mix 'em up.

Do you wanna do the red and blue one and see what color it turns into?

- I wanna do these two.

- Those two, okay.

We'll get our puff paint, you can see it stays very puffy when you mix it-- - Look at the blue.

- This blue, huh?

(laughs) - Ah, glue.

- That's okay.

And then I'm gonna mix some other ones here.

This one is red.

What is yours turning into?

- Purple.

- It turns into a very deep purple, huh?

And then here's my yellow.

Wow, you're good at mixing.

If I ever have things to mix, I'm gonna call you on the phone, okay?

Say, "Ben, can you come mix things for me?"

What do you think?

Yeah, you wanna be my official mixer?

All right, now that we have our colors, here comes the fun part, are you ready?

Now we get to paint-- - I'm almost done stirring mine.

- You're gonna still stir yours?

Okay, I'm gonna show the boys and girls what we do.

Once we have all of our colors, we can start to paint.

Now it's very important that you pick some paper that's a little bit thicker-- - Yeah, first.

- First, you have to pick the paper, it's a little thicker.

- Like this one.

- Yeah, like this one.

All right, are we ready to paint our turkeys?

Not yet, you're still stirring?

Okay, you still stir, I'm gonna start painting my turkey.

Now the great thing about this paint is it stays poofy.

Should I paint a body first?

- Yeah but, you know what I'm gonna do?

- Oh tell me, I wanna know.

- I'm gonna add a little, you know what, I'm gonna add it to this one.

- You're gonna add, what are you gonna add to it?

- More red.

- More red?

(laughs) it's not purple enough for you?

- Actually, I'm gonna add all of the colors in this one.

- Oh my goodness, you wanna mix all the colors.

You're gonna experiment with the colors?

And what do you think you're gonna get?

(laughs) You don't know, you're making your own recipe, huh?

Your own experiment.

- I know it's rainbow.

- You know it's rainbow?

But you're gonna stir it all together.

You think you're gonna stay rainbow?

- I want green now.

- (laughs) Okay, I think I have some green here.

Did you know red and these colors all mix together to make one color.

I'm not gonna tell you, I'm gonna let you figure it out.

Okay, so I'm gonna keep making my turkey so we can see what they look like.

So I added a body here and next I'm gonna add some feathers.

My turkey needs feathers, should I add green feathers?

- And do some all the colors.

- All the color feathers, I'm not waiting for your color.

- Yellow.

- Yellow feathers?

Are you ready to start painting?

- I mean yellow, for me.

- Oh yellow, let's see, oh, I do have yellow.

Here we go.

(laughs) Yeah, oh what nice manners, he said please.

- I thought she was gonna say, "I love you."

- You thought I was gonna say, "Love you?"

- No, she.

- Oh.

I see.

Yeah, there's lots of people who love him here.

Let's see, I'm gonna make some feathers on my turkey.

How's my turkey progressing?

Pretty good, good, I'm waiting, can I get a little bit of your mixed color?

- Sure.

- Sure, okay, thank you for sharing.

Oh, I'm curious to see what it's gonna be.

- Brown.

- (laughs) It's brown, that's what it's gonna turn into.

I didn't wanna tell you, but brown's a perfect turkey color.

I'm gonna put some brown on there.

- There's no more green.

- There's no more?

That's okay.

Sometimes we gotta use all the colors just to make our own.

That's how our turkey's coming out, what do you think?

- [Ben] Good.

- [Mrs. Lara] Good, are you ready to paint something?

(Mrs. Lara laughs) - I still need to-- - Still mixing.

All right, I'm gonna get some eyes on my turkey so you can add googly eyes, if you'd like or you can just add with your paint.

Now, of course, with puff paint, this is gonna take a little bit longer to dry so you're gonna need to make sure that you leave it out for quite a while.

Should I add a beak, okay, beak it is.

- Yeah.

- I'm gonna add a beak.

And then turkeys have a waddle, don't they?

Have you ever seen a turkey in real life?

No.

I was told to be scared of turkeys-- - There's a, a little more green.

- (laughs) There's a little more green?

I love that you're experimenting with that color.

I think you made the perfect brown, Ben.

Without you, I wouldn't have had the perfect turkey brown.

And for my boys and girls at home, this is what our turkey is gonna look like when it's all done.

So when you get to the place, when you're done experimenting with colors, then you can make and mix your own colors and make your turkey-- - Look at that color.

- Oh, look like brown.

Okay Ben, you ready to say goodbye to our boys and girls?

No?

(laughs) I'm gonna say goodbye for you.

Goodbye, we'll see you next time.

(carefree, cheerful music)