(bright instrumental music) - Hello, little learners.

Welcome back to our pre-K and TK classroom.

My name is Ms. Lara, and I'm gonna be your teacher today.

Hello!

Now today is day four of the five days that we're gonna be learning all about the weather, and the that's how hot or cold it is around us.

If it's windy or cloudy or sunny like where I am.

So let me add another magnet to my board so that I know where we are.

So I have two on the bottom, one on top, makes three.

And if I add one more to the top, it makes four, that's right.

Two and two make four.

All right, so I love to start our day off with a song, and we have a fun weather song this week where we're doing some hand movements.

Do you remember them?

We're being the sun and the rain and the wind.

Then of course, we learn our Spanish version of the song.

Okay, so let's start with our song "What's the Weather".

Here we go.

♪ What's the weather, what's the weather ♪ ♪ What's the weather like today ♪ ♪ Is it sunny?

Is it rainy ♪ ♪ Is it windy out today ♪ ♪ What's the weather, what's the weather ♪ ♪ What's the weather like today ♪ ♪ Is it sunny?

Is it rainy ♪ ♪ Is it windy out today ♪ I haven't checked the weather outside.

You have to let me know.

What does it feel like outside?

Go out, take a look at the sky.

Are there lots of clouds, is the sun shining, or is it cold and gray where you are?

Now let's practice our Spanish words that we've been learning.

We learned the word (speaks in Spanish), which means rain or to rain.

(speaks in Spanish) Which is girl.

And yesterday, we learned (speaks in Spanish), which is cave.

So our little girl is hiding in the cave.

Now we're gonna learn another word.

It's (speaks in Spanish).

Can you say (speaks in Spanish)?

(speaks in Spanish) Means clouds.

Clouds in the sky, and in our song (speaks in Spanish), "The Clouds", (speaks in Spanish) which means to rise.

The clouds rise.

Ready to sing it?

(Ms. Lara singing in Spanish) Oh, good practicing.

You're gonna be speaking Spanish in no time, if you already don't know it.

Now I love teaching you new words, so let's find out a few before we get to our story.

So behind this door are a few of the words that you're going to hear in our story today, "The Umbrella".

So our first word is prowling.

Can you say that with me?

Prowling, that's right.

And it means to move around slowly and secretly.

So you might prowl around your kitchen, reach over the counter, and grab that cookie you're not supposed to.

I hope you don't do that.

Next one is squabbling.

Squabbling.

It means to argue or fight, especially over something silly.

It's just a small thing that you're fighting over.

The third word is another word that starts with S. Silhouette, and a silhouette is an outline shadow drawing of an object.

And I'll point it out when we get to our story.

So here it is.

Jan Brett is the author, and here's our book "The Umbrella".

Look at all the characters in the front cover.

I see a toucan, monkey, and a bird.

I wonder how all of those characters are going to interact.

And look, a boy with some leaves.

So let's check it out.

Here we go.

"Hey, little Carlos, where are you going with that umbrella?"

"Into the cloud forest, Papa, to see what I can see.

I'll be spotting a jaguar and a monkey.

For sure, I'll spy a toucan and a kinkajou.

I'll keep my eyes peeled for a shy tapir."

"Buena suerte, Carlos, good luck," Papa said.

So if you can't see, that's Papa way in the back, and he's by the shed with the cow.

And there's Carlos, and his umbrella is made out of something, can you tell?

It's leaves, and he's going to a place called the cloud forest.

Look, Jan Brett always gives clues about what's coming next in the story in the pictures the next to the pages.

(paper rustling) Carlos walks into the cloud forest.

How silent it is.

The only sound is the drip, drip, drip of drops falling down the tall trees.

"There's not so much as a tiny tree frog down here," said Carlos.

"I'll have to climb up for a better view."

Carlos drops his umbrella, and starts up the giant fig tree.

So it sounds like Carlos is trying to find some animals, but did he find any on the floor here of the forest?

No, so he's gonna climb up, up, up the fig tree.

I wonder what he's gonna see.

Do you remember about the clues?

What's he gonna see?

Let's see if you're right.

Drip, drip, drip.

A little puddle appears in the green umbrella.

A tiny tree frog leaps down and slips into the water.

"Hola," Froggy croaks happily.

"I have this puddle all to myself."

He sinks down until only his eyes peep out.

So now there's a tree frog in the umbrella.

What animal might come next?

Do you recognize this bird?

He has a very unique or special beak.

Plop.

A juicy, ripe fig falls smack into the umbrella.

Toucan is not far behind.

Froggy sees Toucan's sharp beak.

"Vete!"

Vete means go away, he peeps.

But Toucan is not moving.

He's waiting for another fig to fall.

So now there's the toucan and the tree frog in the umbrella.

And where's Carlos?

Do you remember at the beginning of the story, he was climbing the tall fig tree.

What's going to come next?

High in the tree, a scratching sound starts.

Scratch, scratch, scratch, scratch, scratch.

Something is sliding down the tree.

It gets louder and louder until thump!

Kinkajou tumbles in.

"Muy grande!"

Froggy squeaks.

"You can't stay here!"

Toucan says.

But Kinkajou is just getting comfortable.

And after prowling around all night for food, he's found just the right place to rest.

So remember, prowling means to move around slowly and secretly.

Swish, swish!

A most beautiful bird sails down onto the umbrella handle.

Quetzal looks down at Froggy, Toucan, Kinkajou, and Baby Tapir looking back and forth.

"Fly away," they call up, but proud Quetzal is too busy arranging his tail to listen to them.

Suddenly, frisky Monkey jumps down.

He grabs the umbrella, flings it into the river, and jumps aboard.

(gasps) No, so now they're riding the umbrella on the river.

"Que pasa?

What is happening?"

Froggy asks as water starts to pour into the umbrella.

"We will sink for sure!"

Toucan, Kinkajou, Baby Tapir, and Quetzal all say together.

"That Monkey never thinks before he acts."

"Attencion," attention.

"Who's sitting on me?"

Froggy calls.

"Stop taking your beak and putting it on me," Kinkajou shouts.

"Oh, get away," he says to Quetzal squawking to the Monkey.

Jaguar is cleaning his silky back when he spots and hears all of the squabbling animals.

So remember, squabbling is to argue about some thing.

And the Jaguar I know eats animals like a toucan and a monkey.

(gasps) What's gonna happen?

Is this gonna be a sad story?

As the umbrella floats by, that Jaguar pounces in, making it sink even deeper into the water.

The animals scramble and squirm out of Jaguar's way.

"Oh no, just don't eat us up," they say.

So there they are, all sharing the one umbrella.

Then there they go.

Ker-plash!

Splashing in the river.

I think that Jaguar's a little scared of the water more than the animals are scared of the Jaguar.

The umbrella tumbles over, and everyone falls out.

And all of a sudden, they drift back to the shore.

So there they are, drifting back to the shore.

Luckily, none of them drown.

But look, can you spot Carlos?

Carlos is way up high, looking for the view.

Up in the giant fig tree, Carlos looks out onto the sea of green.

"No animals today," he sighs.

"I wonder where they all are."

He climbs down, picks up his umbrella, and walks towards home.

So Carlos just wanted to see some animals, but he was too high.

All the excitement was happening in his umbrella down below.

The sun shines through the green leaves of the umbrella, and Carlos sees the silhouette of a tiny tree frog.

Remember, a silhouette is an outline or shadow of something.

"Hey, little froggy, try hitchhiking with me tomorrow, and I'll show you a real adventure.

I'm going back to the cloud forest to find a toucan, a kinkajou, maybe even a monkey.

And I'll bet I'll even see a jaguar too.

And I'm gonna find that Quetzal for sure."

(paper rustles) Carlos props the umbrella outside his door.

Drip, drip, drip.

Water falls from the roof.

A little puddle appears in the green umbrella.

Froggy slides down the handle and slips into the water.

"Hola," hello, Froggy splashes happily.

"I have this puddle all to myself."

And that is Jan Brett's story of "The Umbrella".

I hope that you liked reading about the cloud forest and all the fun animals that got into the umbrella when Carlos was way up high.

Now I thought since it's a very fun week and we are kind of doing things a little different, that we would try "A Mindful Minute" with Mrs. McCarthy.

Do you remember those?

So let's watch together so we calm down and get ready to go to the project place, as Mrs. McCarthy leads us in some movements to help us stretch and calm down.

Okay, let's watch together.

♪ I need to slow things down ♪ Let's slow down and follow along as Ms. McCarthy leads us in "A Mindful Minute".

♪ I need to slow things down ♪ - Hi, boys and girls.

Welcome to Mrs. McCarthy's "Mindful Minute".

I'm so glad you could join me today.

Today, what we're going to do is we're gonna make a rainbow to practice some mindful breathing.

You're going to need a paper plate, crayons, glue, toilet paper for the streamer, and some child scissors.

First thing you're gonna do is you're gonna take your plate.

You're gonna fold it in half, make a line, open it.

See the line right there?

That's what I'm going to cut on.

Cut your paper plate in half to make two halves of a circle.

You need 1/2 for your rainbow.

Take your crayons, color your rainbow.

Here's mine.

You can color your rainbow any way you'd like.

After you're done coloring it, take your toilet paper, and go one, two, three.

You're gonna need three squares.

Tear on the perforated line.

You're gonna do that a second time.

One, two, three.

Tear on the line again, gotta be very gentle.

Then I take it and I fold it in half, and I'm gonna fold this in half as well.

And I'm going to cut, going longways.

This is cutting my streamers.

The streamers that I'm gonna use on my rainbow.

I need three streamers for my rainbow.

What you're gonna do is you're gonna take three of the streamers that you cut, and you're gonna glue it on the back.

I've already glued two.

I'm now gonna glue my third one.

Glue is sometimes hard to get out, we know how that works.

Take your streamer, press it onto the glue, and now you have a rainbow with three streamers.

Now you can practice your breathing.

Remember, when you're doing mindful breathing, you breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.

So you're gonna do that three times because you have three streamers.

Let's practice.

(Mrs. McCarthy breathing) Very good.

Boys and girls, I hope that you're able to make a rainbow and practice your mindful breathing.

Remember, do your mindful breathing when you're upset.

It always helps you to calm down.

Thank you for joining me today, boys and girls.

I hope to see you next time.

Bye-bye.

♪ Take a big, deep breath ♪ ♪ I need to slow things down ♪ - Wasn't it nice to slow things down with Mrs. McCarthy before we did our project?

I always enjoy taking a little breathing break before moving onto the next activity.

So we do have a project today that involves an umbrella.

And just like Mrs. McCarthy's rainbow to help you breathe, this project can also help you be creative and remember the characters and theme of the story.

So for our umbrella art, we're gonna need some materials, and here they are.

Some oil pastels, watercolors, water and a cup, and some paper.

Now if you don't have oil pastels and you happen to go to a Fresno Unified School, all of our teachers were given oil pastels.

So you may ask to borrow one or two so you can try this project at home.

So let's go over to our project place to get our umbrella art started.

Here we go.

So this is what our umbrella art is gonna look like when it's all done.

For this art, you kind of need to understand the concept of resisting.

That means it doesn't absorb into something.

So our oil pastels don't absorb or take in the water.

So when you paint with the water colors over the oil pastels, it doesn't take on that color.

So you'll see what I mean in just a minute.

So the first thing we have to do is get our paper, and we're gonna get our black oil pastel.

I'm gonna put this here and we're gonna make an umbrella shape.

Now I can make mine pretty good by just memory, but if you need help remembering what an umbrella looks like, you can go to your closet and see if a grownup has one, or you can maybe look on your computer to see an umbrella coloring page, or you can follow me.

So the first thing we need to do is make like a sad face or a rainbow.

Just half of a rainbow like this, I'll show you.

See?

And then you're gonna wanna make little rainbows like this.

One, two and three, so they connect just like that.

Now as my umbrella is not perfect, and I don't like to be perfect, so that's exactly how it turns out.

It is exactly how it's supposed to be.

So next, you're gonna go to each of the points.

You see how there's two points here, one and two?

And you're gonna draw one dot at the top right here, and you're gonna connect to them and draw a line from that point down here to the top.

And it's gonna be kind of a curve line.

You're gonna draw another curve line that kind of curves the other way like this.

Next, you're gonna draw a handle.

So to make your handle, you're gonna wanna make like a tail like this, almost like the letter J.

And I want my handle to look like it's thick, so I'm gonna curve it around and go back up the other side.

See?

Now you can leave it like this, but I like to add some fun pattern to my umbrella using my oil pastel.

So maybe I'll grab a purple, and I'll start making some dots so you can see them here.

And I like to fill it in by coloring.

What other patterns can you think of that I might make?

Now you can make any patterns you'd like.

Maybe curves or lines.

Those are what my dots are looking like.

I wish I had a funky umbrella like this in real life.

Next, I'm gonna make some swirls.

Now to make swirls, you start in one spot, and go around and around and around.

Start in one spot, around and around around, and stop.

Around and around and around.

It almost looks like tornadoes, which is something else that we talked about our first day of weather.

Next, I'm gonna take, what color have I not used?

Green.

And maybe I'll make some flower shapes like this.

All the way down.

Wouldn't it be neat if we could design our own umbrella?

I don't know what mine would look like, maybe something like this.

They have these beautiful, clear umbrellas that I see at the store sometimes, where if you look up, you can actually see the rain.

Okay, so this is what my umbrella is looking like.

Of course, yours might look a little bit different than mine.

So your next step is going to be to grab some watercolors.

Now I had a little spill with mine, and the black got all in my paints.

Does that mean I can't use them?

Goodness, no.

All you need to do is just add a little bit of water and give 'em a little stir, and they should be good to go.

They might be a little bit darker.

Let me put this here so you can see.

There, see how I made a little puddle in each one?

Now I got these paints at the store where everything costs $1 or $1.25, and it comes with a little brush too.

Okay, what color should I try?

Maybe I'll try the red.

Now mix it in there, and then you're just gonna paint over your umbrella.

And it turned more into a maroon because of the black.

A different shade of red.

Now as you're painting, you're gonna see that the water is leaving all the oil pastel there and creating a very beautiful kind of creative art piece.

I don't know if you can see it there.

Let's try another color, how about purple?

Let's get in there.

Great, purple.

It's almost like the umbrella is protecting us from the water.

And the last color, how about orange?

Let's get in there.

Orange, look at that.

And the handle, I'll do a brown because that's what I see, most handles being brown.

And I'll show you what it looks like.

That's kind of what my umbrella is looking like so far.

And I love a really colorful umbrella, but there's a really fun part that we can try too to make it feel more like rain.

So next, for this part, you're going to need some blue water and you're going to need a straw.

Now I have one of those big straws because that's just what I had in my house.

You know I don't like to buy things, I just use what I have.

This activity works the best if you have a short straw, so I'm gonna cut mine about here.

So I'll show you what that looks like.

That's kind of cut it like this little piece is what I'm going to use.

Now I'm gonna take my water, my blue water, and of course, you're gonna wanna use it on a protected surface, and I'm gonna pretend that it's rained on here.

I'm just gonna drop a little blue rain right there, all around my umbrella.

(chuckles) And the process of making this art's really fun 'cause now we get to blow the rain down.

Ready?

And it creates little raindrops.

You have to get really close.

Let's see.

There.

Oh, let's see, here you are.

And you can also just kind of spill it so you could see.

So use your straw or kind of spill the water on so it looks like rain is coming down.

And I know it looks really light from there, but you can see it more here.

But I tried it with a little bit smaller straw, a little bit shorter, and I can really get in there.

So it works.

I hope that you give this processed art a little try.

Now I'm gonna leave you with a little book recommendation before we say our goodbyes.

This book is by Eric Carle, and we love Eric Carle here.

Eric Carle is known for making collage, and his book "Little Cloud" is full of beautiful illustrations.

So I'll show you a few of them so you can check it out.

Look at those clouds in there, and each of the trees is made with painted paper that's been cut out to look like trees.

Isn't that cool?

Now look, I'll show you one more 'cause each of his clouds looks like something different.

What does this one look like?

An airplane, that's right, flying through the sky.

Let's see if we can do one more, oh, two more.

What do these clouds look like?

Trees, that's right, they look like two trees.

Maybe one more.

This one's really fun, are you ready?

What does this cloud look like?

A clown cloud!

Eric Carle is so silly.

I hope you take some time to look at the clouds today, and see if you can find any silly shapes.

Until I see you next time, a big squeeze from me to you.

Have a wonderful day.

Goodbye!

(bright instrumental music)