(bright upbeat music) - Hello, little learners.

Hello.

Welcome back to our Pre-K and TK classroom.

My name is Miss Laura.

And I'm so excited and grateful to be here with you.

This week we're learning all about what?

That's right.

Oviparous animal.

Special letter O.

Can you make a big O with your finger?

Oviparous.

And that means that they lay eggs or come from eggs.

Animals do, right?

Humans are not oviparous but chickens are and crocodiles and turkeys and frogs.

And we've been studying them all week.

So I want to introduce you to my little friend I forgot yesterday.

Henrietta, you didn't make your debut yesterday.

And she left us such a special gift, some eggs and we've been counting how many.

So let me grab those eggs and we'll put them in our basket.

Will you help me count?

I know I love math and counting too.

So let's see.

First egg, a soccer ball egg.

So I'm gonna put that in my basket as one, two, three, a football one.

Next comes four.

That's right.

And five like five fingers, and six, and seven.

Add one, makes eight.

Now comes the tricky part.

I have two left.

So if I have eight in the basket and I wanna add two more eggs, how many will that be?

Take your guess.

Are you ready to learn?

Okay, eight and nine and 10.

That's right, 10.

And we happen to have 10 fingers on our hands.

And that's what we're going to use to sing our song about our two chicks today.

So get your fingers ready.

Do a little finger aerobics.

Ready?

Ooh, ooh, up, down.

(sighs) Important to strengthen those.

And then we're gonna start with five and add five more.

Here we go.

Five bags and five eggs, that makes 10.

Sitting on top is the mother hen.

Crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, (claps hands) what do I see?

10 fluffy chicks as yellow as can be.

Therefore, the fluffy chicks make 'em wiggle, make 'em jump, make 'em spin.

Now they're dizzy.

Give them a rest, okay.

Then we've been learning a little finger play in Spanish as well, and I've been teaching you a few words.

Let's see if you remember the them.

(speaks in a foreign language) means?

Yes, chickens.

And they say pew, pew, pew, pew, pew when they are hungry, which is (speaks in a foreign language) in Spanish.

Hungry is (speaks in a foreign language).

And when they are cold, which is (speaks in a foreign language) in Spanish.

Now we learned (speaks in a foreign language) last time too.

(speaks in a foreign language) means to search for, and you might see me put my hand like this so it reminds you what it means.

And then (speaks in a foreign language) which is corn and (speaks in a foreign language) which is wheat, which is what the chicks eat.

And (speaks in a foreign language) is our new word.

(speaks in a foreign language) means food.

(Laura speaks in a foreign language) And then last one (speaks in a foreign language).

That means coat.

So let's sing our song and see if you know what the chickies are doing today.

(Laura singing in a foreign language) Did you get it this time?

Oh, I hope so.

All right.

Now remember, words are so important to learning about and understanding about what's in stories.

Of course, I have a story for you, but I also have some words that you're gonna need to know in order to understand what the story is about.

So let's check 'em out.

The first word is dull.

Special letter D, dull.

It might look like this.

(yawns) When something is dull, it is boring.

It's not exciting at all.

Dull.

The next word is also special letter D and it's disappear.

That means when something goes away and you can't see it anymore, it disappears.

You might use a magician's wand to make things disappear.

The last word we're going to need to learn is hatched.

Special letter H, hatched.

Can you clap that word for me?

Hatched.

(claps hands) Ooh.

Or is it hatched?

(claps hands) Hmm, I have to investigate that one.

And it's to come out of an egg.

So when you hatch or something hatches, it comes out of an egg.

So dull, disappear, coming out of an egg.

What could this story be about?

Let's see.

Here's my box.

"The Runaway Egg."

Now let's look.

It looks like in this story, there's a little egg, and it has legs and I have a feeling it's gonna run away.

The story is by Katy Hudson.

She's the author and illustrator.

So let's find out why this egg is running away.

Do you think it's gonna run away from this chick?

Maybe it's looking for food or excitement because things are dull.

Let's see.

(paper rustling) So look, here's the little chick with the little egg.

"The Runaway Egg."

(paper rustling) "Mama hen said, 'Chick, would you watch your baby brother for a bit?

Keep him safe and warm until I get back.'"

There's mother hen.

"But why do I need to watch him?

All he does is sit.

It's not like he's going anywhere."

So, does he sound like he's happy to watch his baby brother, the egg?

Remember, little eggs turn into chicks, and it looks like this baby brother hasn't hatched yet.

(paper rustling) "Chick looked at his baby brother and could not see what all the fuss was about.

He decided his new brother was very dull."

Remember boring.

Little brother is not doing anything.

Why do I have to watch him?

"I can watch him with my eyes closed," he thought.

So that's exactly what he did.

Closed his eyes and soon chick fell asleep.

(snores) "As chick lay snoozing, there was a crack."

What popped out?

A little tiny leg.

Look there it is.

And then another crack.

There's another little leg.

"And off he ran."

So there's the little brother running away down the coop ladder.

And he's off.

"Chick raced after his little brother and was just in time to see him disappear."

That means he couldn't see his little brother anymore.

How do you think chick is feeling?

How would you feel if you lost something that you were supposed to take care of especially if it was your brother or sister?

You might be feeling a little bit worried.

"Oh, no," cried chick.

Where do you think the egg is going?

Look there he is running.

I'll make noises and then you try to guess.

Ready?

Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink.

Yes, a pigsty.

That's what it says right there.

And there are all the pigs going oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink.

"Wait," He called.

"Stop little brother."

Here he is running through the mud.

Do you think he's very happy to run through the mud?

Cause look, there's the little brother.

He's doing somersaults on top of the pig.

I wonder if pigs like to eat eggs.

Run little brother.

Run chick.

"But his little brother just bounced out of the pigsty and kept going."

Where is he going to go next?

All right, here are the sounds.

Ready?

Baa, baa, baa.

That's right.

That's a sheep sound.

It says shearing in progress.

So he's gonna go to where the sheep are.

Look, what are those things coming out of the sheep?

Are they horns?

Huh?

Let's see.

It says snip, snip, snip, snip.

Oh, they're cutting the sheep, they're shearing the sheep.

That must be what?

That means they're taking all the wool off.

And look, snip, snip, snip.

"Hey!"

Chick says, "That's my bottom."

They got feathers from his bottom.

Look, "Oops, sorry.

Coming through."

There goes this little brother and he is still running off.

He goes.

Where is he gonna go next?

Ooh, I'm scared.

I know what these words mean.

They mean do not for any reason go in there.

Don't do it.

It says danger.

Keep gate closed.

Keep out.

There's even a lock on the gate.

Ooh, what dangerous animal could be behind that gate?

I'm scared for brother and chick.

There's chick.

Chick caught up with his little brother just in time to see.

Oh, I don't wanna show you.

Don't be scared.

It's a bull.

Oh, luckily the bull is asleep.

Go, chick tiptoed around the bull.

Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.

Closer and closer.

Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.

There's the baby brother.

But then let's see.

Thip, thip.

I think I missed a page.

Crack, missed those words.

What should he do?

Chick took a deep breath (sighs) and the bull was awake and looking right at chick.

Thip, thip, thip.

He didn't know what to do.

The bull didn't like the chick one bit and he let out a huge sneeze.

Can you help me let out a huge sneeze.

Achooo!

Chick grabbed his little brother.

And what is he gonna do?

Do you think he's gonna make a run for it?

Do you think the bull is gonna chase him?

Oh, I'm so nervous.

"Ran back home."

It looks like the bull was trying to chase him, but chick and brother were way too quick.

"Come on, run chick, come on little brother."

"Just in time to see mama hen return."

Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do.

What is she gonna find?

Do you think little brother has hatched or come out of his egg?

Ooh, there's mama hen.

She says, "Look chick, your baby brother is hatching."

Crack, crack, crack, crack.

"Are you ready to be a big brother?"

Look, there's the baby brother.

So cute.

"As ready as I'll ever be," says chick.

Oh, and look, they gave each other a big hug at the very end.

Oh, I love this story.

I love it because it's good for sequencing and remembering what came first, what came next, and it has a very happy ending, doesn't it?

In the end, little brother and big brother shared a nice giant hug.

So what we're gonna do for our foundational skill lesson today is we are going sequence the story and you're gonna have to remember what happened.

And I'll help you because I put some pictures up here and then I'll share my words with you.

But you do it at home as well.

I want you to think, what happened first in this story?

Hmm, do you think you know?

I'm gonna show you a picture and see if that reminds you of anything.

First in the story, there was an egg.

Do you remember who was inside that egg?

That's right.

Little brother was in there.

And was big brother happy to have to take care of little brother when mother hen left?

No, he did not wanna take care of his little brother.

In fact he thought his little brother was dull.

(yawns) Boring.

But then there was a crack.

And what happened with little brother?

Hmm, the next thing that happened is little brother got some legs on him (sighs) and he started to run while the chick was sleeping.

Remember, he ran here and he ran there and ran everywhere.

Where was the first place he ran to?

Hmm, somewhere where there's lots of mud and the animals make this sound like oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink.

Pigsty.

That's right.

So there's little brother running through the pigsty.

And was he finished?

Nope.

He said, "I'm gonna run through one more thing on the farm."

Actually two more things.

The next thing he ran to was something that makes this noise, baa, baa.

And they were being sheared or their wool was being cut off.

It was the sheep.

And remember, they had scissors and they cut off a feather from chick's bottom.

Ouch, but that would hurt.

But chick did not stop chasing after his little brother.

He was responsible for him.

So he went even when his little brother went to a very dangerous place.

Oh, no.

Let's see.

The bullpen where the bull is kept.

And then he tipped over and woke up the bull.

When the bull sneezed, achooo!

Little brother and chick ran, ran, ran right home.

And in the end, what happened in this story?

That's right.

Little brother and big brother shared a big hug when little brother hatched out of his egg.

Thank you for helping me retell this story.

Now, if I was in the classroom, I would have this kind of picture story map out by the writing center and I would have children have special pointers where they can tell this story in their own words.

Right now we're gonna move over to the project place where we have a fun little experiment involving water and eggs and a boat.

Let's go see what that's about.

Come with me to the project place.

And like I said, for this activity, you'll need some water which I have here, some eggs and maybe another dish if we can get to this activity to make our boat.

So the very first thing we're gonna need to figure out is a solution to our problem that we have.

So, I didn't wanna tell you this, but our egg is running away.

It's true he's going over a lake and we have have to help him go across.

So, how are we gonna do that?

What do we need to know first?

I know what you're thinking.

Maybe eggs float.

Maybe we can just kind of guide it across the lake.

That would be a solution.

Hmm, how do we find out if eggs float?

That's right.

We look at water.

So here's my egg and here's what I have to experiment with.

So I'm gonna place my egg in the water right here and you're gonna see if it floats.

What do you think?

It's kinda heavy.

Do you think it's gonna float or sink?

Hmm, let's put it in.

Ooh, that went straight down to the bottom.

That means it sinks.

It doesn't float.

Oh no, that makes our problem even harder.

We definitely, definitely need to build something so that our egg doesn't sink to the bottom and drown.

That would be a tragedy.

That would be so sad.

A little funeral for an egg.

What if I told you there was a super secret, special thing that I can put in the water to make the egg float?

It's a potion.

Are you ready to see what it is?

Okay, I'm not gonna show you.

I'm just gonna to use it.

Don't look yet.

You might recognize what it is.

I'm gonna put it in here.

Put it in until it's nice and white.

Lots and lots of the special potion.

It's really just salt.

Don't tell anyone, okay?

Amaze them with your magic tricks to make eggs float.

Now let's see if our egg floats.

If I've put enough potion in, it's not going to sink.

Well, not enough.

(laughs) I bet if I stirred it and added some more, it would go right to the top.

Let's see.

I'm gonna get my hand in there and give it a stir.

Let's see if that helps.

Will it make my egg float?

Give it a quick stir.

Ooh, you see my hand in there.

Let's see.

Will that help?

Oh, it's kind of floating around in there.

Might be the movement of the water, but if you try this at home like I have, usually it floats right to the top.

So we're going to try to build something to make our egg go from one side of the lake to the other.

So here's our baby egg.

And if we were to put it in the water, it would sink.

No, come back.

Don't drown.

So now we have to build a boat.

And I have some materials here that we can use, but you use whatever you have in your house.

I have some... Let's see.

Some kind of paper that's a little bit thicker, I have tape, I have a balloon.

Couple of balloons actually, and some playdough.

I have a sponge and some cupcake liners.

So this is everything that I had in my pantry.

So let's see.

Let's experiment.

If I put my cupcake liner, look, it makes a little boat.

Would be light.

Let's see.

Will it hold my egg?

Nope, sinks right to the bottom.

So I need to put something underneath it.

What if I use this?

It's actually foam, not paper.

Miss Laura, silly.

I'm gonna cut a little rectangle out of the foam because I think that the foam floats.

Yes.

So what if I tied my foam and my cupcake liner together?

Let's try it out and see if that will make a boat.

Here's my cupcake liner, here's my tape.

What do you think?

You think I can make it happen?

Maybe if I put it like this, put it underneath so it looks like a little flower floating on top.

Now, experiments are not an exact science.

So you kind of have to try it out and see what you get.

Ooh, did I make my boat?

I think so.

It is floating in the... Oh no, there.

Oh, not quite strong enough.

If I try to move it, it'll just sink.

But we're getting there, we're getting there.

Maybe if I use some of my balloons.

Let me try to blow one up.

Let's see.

(air whooshing) Okay, let's see here and tie it up.

And if I put it on top, it can be like a hot air balloon.

Oh, that would be a lot of fun.

Maybe take a piece of tape and put it on my foam.

What other materials might you use?

I'm trying to think.

Do you think you can use sticks like Popsicle sticks so that you can build a boat?

That would be a lot of fun.

Okay, maybe this will work.

Let's try it.

Ooh, I like my little invention.

It is quite the beautiful boat.

I'm gonna put it on here.

It cannot sink.

It cannot sink.

We just gotta get it across.

There's our egg.

Maybe we can guide the balloon down.

Sink.

Oh, that's not gonna work.

Hmm, maybe if I add a sponge, I know the sponge absorbs the water, but what if I put it on top like this or at the bottom so it can touch the bottom?

Let's try it out.

If I put this there... Oh, my balloon came off.

Let's tape that back up.

And we tape it all up together, what will happen?

And this is all that scientists do.

They just experiment until they get it right.

Just like my floating egg, it didn't work for me this time.

My magic and my potion must be off because normally when I try that, it floats right to the top.

All right, here we go.

Get our balloon on, get our egg and then we'll be ready.

Here we go.

Here's our egg.

Ooh, I think it's working.

I think the sponge just kind of...

Since it's so shallow, it's kind of acting, make it go across.

Yay!

All right.

And the baby egg is safely across.

I hope that you experiment with making a boat for our runaway egg at home.

Right now we're gonna do our letter song.

I'm gonna give you a big goodbye at the end.

Let's see if we get through all of our letters.

Here we go.

♪ A is for amazing ♪ ♪ That's what you are ♪ ♪ B is for brave that'll carry you far ♪ ♪ C is for caring and community ♪ ♪ D is for determined be the best you can be ♪ ♪ 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 helpful ♪ ♪ There's Mark good to be found ♪ ♪ I is for imagine all the fun things you can do ♪ ♪ J is for joyful, how I feel when I'm with you ♪ ♪ K is for kind to people and animals too ♪ ♪ And L is for love, put it in all that you do ♪ ♪ M is for mindful, be present every day ♪ ♪ N is for nice words in everything you say ♪ ♪ O is for original, always be you ♪ ♪ And P is for persevere until you 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 your being kind ♪ ♪ U is for unique, special and love ♪ ♪ V is for victorious, always rise above ♪ ♪ W is for worthy and wonderful too ♪ ♪ X, don't accept those mistakes ♪ ♪ They won't make you you ♪ ♪ And then Y, yes, we're at the end ♪ ♪ So we'll Z you next time ♪ Goodbye.

(bright music)