(upbeat music) - Well, hello there, friends.

It's me, Ms. Southern.

Can you say, "Hi, Miss Southern"?

I am so glad I get to be with you again.

Before we get started, let's put on our thinking caps.

Lock 'em in and type in "ready to learn."

Now that we're all ready, let's get right into it.

Say, "Right into it."

Friends, I was looking everywhere right before we started and I could not find my letter bag!

And I had something so special in there for you.

Now let's see, can you help me find it?

Raise your hand if you wanna help me find it.

Okay.

So let's think about this.

We're gonna describe it.

It's white, it has handles, and it has question marks all over it.

And it's somewhere in here.

I know!

Last time, it was behind me.

Mm, no.

Ooh!

No.

Can you say where it's at?

I can't hear you.

Look everywhere.

What?

Behind me?

Hmm.

Ooh.

I see ABCs, but that's not it.

What should I do, stand up or sit down?

Stand up?

All right, all right.

I'm standing up.

Let's see.

Uh, no.

(gasps) Right there.

All right.

There it is.

Oh, silly letter bag.

You were everywhere.

I've been looking everywhere for you.

Thank you for helping me find it.

I have a special guest in here.

Hi!

You guys ready?

He's really shy.

He's really shy.

Oh, there he is.

It's Barry the Letter Bear.

Hi, Gary Barry.

He says hi.

He wants to go back in the bag.

It's okay.

My friends are nice.

If you're nice, give him a little wave.

He's really shy.

This is Gary Barry the Letter Bear.

All right, Gary Barry.

What'd you bring for us today?

Letters!

Oh, we normally only have one letter of the day.

You wanted to go over some letters with our friends?

Oh, he is really excited.

Who's excited?

Raise your hand.

Oh, look at, Barry's trying to raise both of his hands.

All right, Gary, so this is what we're gonna do.

Can we read a book first?

(gasps) You're hungry?

You wanna eat the letters?

Say no, we don't eat letters, unless it's letter soup.

How about we read, you grab a little snack, they can grab a little snack, and listen to the story.

And then when we come back, we will get right into our letters.

How does that sound?

All right.

Right now, friends, we're gonna jump into our letters.

So let's get the book.

On the count of three, we're gonna get our book.

Ready?

We're gonna jump into the vortex.

Ready?

One, two, three, let's go!

I'm gonna be reading a book called "Sign Language ABCs."

Sign language is a way that people who cannot hear use their hands to communicate.

This is by Lora H. This is A, A is for astronaut.

Can you make the letter A in sign language using your hands?

Look at the picture for help.

B is for bird.

C is for crab.

Look at, snap, snap, snap, snap.

Can you make the letter C with your hands?

And D is for dragon.

E is for elephant and F is for fish.

Wow, look at that boy.

He caught a big fish.

G is for giraffe.

And H is for hippopotamus.

Can you spell hippopotamus?

I is for ice cream and J is for juggle.

Can you say juggle?

K is for kangaroo and L is for lion.

M is for mermaid and N is for night.

O is for octopus and P is for pirate.

How many legs does this octopus have?

Q is for queen and R is for robot, robot!

(laughs) S is for skiing and T is for tiger.

Hey, it looks like this tiger is having a birthday party.

I wonder how old he turned.

U is for umbrella and V is for vegetables.

Mm, I love vegetables.

Do you like vegetables?

They're good for your brain.

W is for whale and X is for xylophone.

Hey, we have a xylophone in our classroom.

Can you make the letter X with your finger in sign language?

Look at the picture right under the letter X. Wow.

You're doing a good job.

Y is for yo-yo and Z is for zebra.

Can you practice the letter Y by using your thumb and your pinky?

Good, and the letter Z is your pointing finger and drawing the Z in the air.

Wow!

Good job.

That was such an amazing book.

You should practice your ABCs in sign language.

Let's sing them together and do the ABCs.

And if you mess up, don't worry.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P. Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z.

Now I signed my A, B, C. Next time won't you sign with me?

Wow.

You did an amazing job.

Good job, friends.

Let's head back to the classroom to do our letter sort.

Wow.

Gary Berry, wasn't that an amazing book?

Okay.

You ready?

Okay, he said today, we're gonna be looking at letters.

Letters have, some have straight lines, and some have curved lines, and some have both.

So we're gonna be looking today.

Can you go in the bag and get me the first letter?

Or do you wanna shake the bag up?

Okay, he said he wants to shake the bag up.

So go ahead and grab it, friend.

Ready?

Shake.

We're gonna do three shakes.

Ready?

Everybody count.

One, two, three.

Good job, you're a great counter, and so are you.

All right, the first letter is, ooh, let's look at this letter.

I'm gonna sit you right here, okay, Barry?

Don't move.

V!

Look at the letter V. The letter V has two curve, or two straight lines.

So we're gonna put it here on the silly face or here on the happy face, what do you think?

Yep.

You're correct.

It goes there 'cause it has two curved lines.

Let's draw that in the air.

Are you ready?

Good job.

All right, the next letter.

Tell me when to stop.

Whoa, okay, you guys are doing an amazing job.

How you doing down there, Gary Barry?

All right.

Ooh.

Look at this, this is a fancy letter.

This is the letter Z, that's right.

If you said Z.

The Z says zuh, the Z says zzz.

Every letter makes a sound.

The Z says zzz.

Then you are correct.

This is the letter Z.

Does it go here with the curve letters?

Or here with the the straight line letters?

Right here.

Good job.

Aw, don't be sad, curve lines.

We're gonna get some letters to you.

All right, let's dig in our back.

Here we go.

Stop.

Good job.

Oh my goodness.

Look what I pulled out.

W, can you believe it?

We have so many straight line letters.

W goes here.

Good job.

So how many letters do we have so far on our straight line?

One, two, three.

Let's name the letters together.

V, say V. Z. W. Say, "We have three letters with straight lines."

Hopefully right now we can pull out some curve line, let's see.

Woo hoo!

Look what we pulled out.

A curve line letter.

The letter B.

So we can't put it, we can put it here.

It has a straight line.

Or we can put it here.

Where do you guys wanna put it?

Yeah, I think this would be great right there.

Now he's happy again.

What do you think, Gary Barry?

Oh, good job.

So we have one curve line and three straight line.

All right, here we go again.

Oh ho, who remembers this letter from the beginning of the week?

What letter is it?

Oh, I heard someone say it!

F!

It's a lowercase F. So we're gonna put this with the straight line, good job.

It's a fancy F, it's lowercase.

So it has a little curve there.

We'll put it there.

Looks like straight line is winning.

Let's pull a few more.

I'm gonna let you pull this time.

There's a lot of letters in there.

Stick your hand in there.

Use your imagination.

Good job.

Stop!

All right, let's see what you pulled out.

What letter is this?

J!

The J says juh, the J says juh.

Every letter makes a sound.

The J says juh.

This one is a little bit tricky, 'cause it goes straight, and then it's got the little loop curve, but we're gonna put it here.

Raise your hand if your special letter starts with a J.

It could be Julian or Jessica.

All right.

Two more.

Ooh.

This is a fancy letter.

Q!

If you said Q, you were right.

The Q does have a curve in there.

You see that?

So we're gonna put that with the B, so the B can have a friend.

Q, what sound does Q make?

Qua, qua.

Good job.

And last letter.

Let's see what we pull out.

What's that, Gary Barry?

You're ready to pull the letter out?

But you were just a little shy earlier?

It's okay.

Sometimes we can be shy.

Especially when we're at a new place, huh?

You ready to pull the letter out?

Don't be shy.

My friends are so nice.

They've been helping me all week.

All right, I'm gonna let you pull.

All right, tell Gary Barry when to stop.

Oh, Gary.

Don't eat the letters.

Oh my goodness.

What did you pull out?

Let's see.

(gasps) What letter did Gary, the Alphabet Bear, Gary Barry, pull out?

O!

You're right!

Aw, you did such a good job.

Look how nice.

He has a calm body, calm hands.

All right, the letter O.

Which side, Gary Barry, does the letter O go on?

Does it go on the straight line or does it go on the curve one?

Curve.

Good job.

And your friends helped you, too.

I heard them helping you.

Gary Barry, that was a awesome.

Give me a high five.

Good job.

You did such an amazing job.

I'm so happy that you came to visit us.

Do you wanna keep helping us?

Maybe you can sit in the chair and then I can go over there and do some fun little science project, yes?

All right, Gary Barry's gonna sit here, but we're gonna do a wiggle mcsquiggle break.

So we're gonna stand up on our feet here in a few seconds.

I'm gonna put my letter bag down there.

Maybe at the end, we'll have more time to add more letters.

So I want you to get up on your feet.

Everybody stand up on your feet and we're going to do a little bit of stretching.

We're gonna put our legs shoulder length.

We're gonna put our magic markers in the air.

And we're going to draw our letter, A.

Ready, starting at the top.

Up.

And we're gonna go straight line down.

Back up.

Straight line down.

And a line in the middle.

What's our next letter?

We can do V. Who wants to draw a V with me in the air, using their whole body?

We can just do our two arms like this.

And we're gonna go down, up.

That's an easy letter!

Hmm, what about the letter Z?

Let's do that.

Remember, we always start our letters at the top.

So we're gonna go here and we're gonna go zoop and zoop and zoop.

And one more letter.

Let's do a curve letter.

The letter O.

We always start our letters at the top, top, tipity top.

Ready?

Draw it around and stop.

Good job.

Now come join me.

I'm gonna show you a little science project with magnets.

Ooh, say, "Ooh."

All right, let's head on over to our table.

So here I have some magnets.

I'm gonna show you magnets work.

I love this.

It's just so much fun.

I don't know if you've ever seen a magnet.

Have you ever used a magnet at home?

Mm hmm, yep.

Someone said it.

There's a magnet on the refrigerator at their house.

Yes.

So I have some things here that are magnets.

Magnets means that it connects, right?

It pulls, it pushes, and it attracts.

Can you say attract?

Some things, like metal products, attract a magnet.

And some things, like a rubber product, doesn't attract.

Can you say the word attract?

Attract means to draw close or near or stick together, okay?

So I have some things here in my magnetic box So I have a little fluffy ball.

I have a little pillow.

This is Gary Barry's perfect size, huh?

Put that right here on the table.

I also have a little piece of foam.

Put that there.

And then I have a rock.

You can find rocks outside.

Have you ever seen a rock outside before?

We're gonna try all kinds of things.

We're gonna be little scientists today.

Ooh.

An eraser.

How many of you guys have this eraser?

Mm hmm.

And let's see.

Ooh, I know what this is.

This is a screw.

Look at that.

Sometimes if you have, like, maybe an uncle or an aunt who's a construction worker, a community helper, they have those screws, maybe, in their car.

Oh, this you can find on clothes.

What is it?

A button.

That's right.

A button.

All right.

And do we have anything else I wanna?

Ooh, a paper clip.

You could find this at a school or an office.

All right, so let's use our magnet to see what connects and what doesn't.

If it works, we're going to put it on this side.

If it doesn't work, we're gonna put it on that side.

So remember our special word is attract.

So attract, everybody say attract.

All right.

Let's see if this is attract.

So, this is our magnet.

And it has a negative side and it has a side that doesn't pull.

All right, let's see if it attracts, if it picks it up.

(gasps) Look what it did.

Did it attract, yes or no?

Thumbs up or thumbs down.

It did.

So we're gonna put it on this side.

Yes.

It's a keeper.

All right.

Look at the button.

Let's try our button.

Does it pick it up?

Thumbs up or thumbs down?

Thumbs down.

It did not attract.

So we're gonna put it on this side.

It did not attract.

All right, next we have our screw.

Let's see.

Did it work?

Thumbs up.

So we're gonna keep it, say, "Keep it."

All right, next.

What do you wanna do next?

Someone said the rock.

All right.

Let's try the rock.

Let's see what the rock does.

Mm mm.

It does not attract, thumbs down.

So we gotta put it over here with the button.

All right, let's try our fluffy little ball.

Ready?

I think it might work.

Does it attract?

No.

All right.

We gotta put it over here with the button and the rock.

Okay.

What about this eraser?

You can use this when you're writing and you make a a little mistake.

You can go, oh, let me just erase it.

All right.

Let's see if it attracts.

Does it attract?

Mm mm, thumbs down.

So we're gonna put it over there.

Oh, here's Gary Barry's little pillow.

Let's see if it attracts.

No.

Oh my goodness.

We have a lot of things that don't attract over there.

And lastly, our little foam, let's see if it attracts.

Nope.

So we're gonna put it over there.

So, so far, while doing our science project, we figured out that how many things attract to a magnet?

Two.

Let's count.

One, two.

Say, "Two things attract a magnet."

Two things.

Let's see how many things did not attract to the magnet.

Ready?

One, two, three.

Four, five, six.

Six things did not attract to the magnet.

All right.

So now what we're gonna do with the magnet, I have some really cool things in my magnet box here.

I have these little tiny magnetic things.

And look at these, they're sticking together, and look!

It grabbed onto the magnet all by itself.

How cool is that?

I didn't even tell it.

Let's see if we could pick up our magnetic things that did work, let's see.

(gasps) Oh my goodness.

Look how long that is.

Will it pick up the nail, what do you think?

The screw, I mean?

Oh, it did, but I think it's a little bit heavy.

Let's put it on this side.

Wow.

Oh my goodness.

Science can be so silly, so fun to explore and learn.

All right.

So yeah.

If you have a little magnet kit at home, you can do some amazing things.

Look at me moving this without even touching it.

All right, let's see if we run it through the things that did not attract, if it would pick it up, to see if it's stronger, what do you guys think?

Nope.

It did not work.

Say, "It did not work."

Oh, we're getting silly here!

All right.

I'm gonna put these things back.

That was so much fun.

Give me a thumbs up if you liked it.

Wow.

I see so many thumbs up.

Good job.

So remember, whenever we take out any project, we go ahead and we clean up because it's super important.

That was so much fun.

All right.

Before we go, I want to go ahead and do some counting with you.

I have some counters here and you know what?

At our house, sometimes we may not have some of these tools, but we can use anything.

You can use cereal.

You can use coins.

You can use anything.

Your favorite, like Goldfish or something.

I want to do some counting with my dinosaurs and with my bears.

And we can even use our magnet to see if the dinosaurs or the bears attract.

What do you think?

Will the dinosaurs and bears be picked up by the magnet?

Our attract with the magnet.

We'll see.

All right.

Let's count.

Count with me our dinosaurs.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.

Can you tell me how many we have?

Use a full sentence.

Say, "Ms. Southern has 10 dinosaurs."

Let's count 'em again.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.

Miss Southern has 10 dinosaurs.

And you know what helps me, a little trick to help me not get all confused when I am counting, I touch each one.

Kind of like petting a little cat.

Ready?

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.

I have 10 dinosaurs.

Let's see if our dinosaurs will attract with the magnet.

Ready?

What do you think?

Here we go.

Oh, no!

They don't attract.

Why do you think they don't attract?

Right, because it doesn't have metal in it.

All right, friends.

Well, that is our time here, but don't worry, I'll see you again.

And before we leave, we always do our affirmation.

Ready to say it with me?

I'm brave.

I'm smart.

No one can tell me different.

When you look at me, you see the future.

All right, friends.

Until next time, bye!

(upbeat music)