♪ Good morning to a brand new day ♪ ♪ Time to learn and games to play ♪ ♪ Learning things is so much fun ♪ ♪ Learning is good for everyone ♪ (upbeat music) (playful music) - Hello, little learners.

My name is Miss Lara.

What's your name?

I'm so glad that you made it back today.

Let's start off with a song.

♪ Hello, how are you ♪ ♪ Hello, how are you ♪ ♪ Hello, how are you ♪ ♪ Let's meet someone new ♪ My someone new is Gertrude the grasshopper.

Let's check in with her.

Gertrude, I bet you're loving these rainy days.

Say hello!

Say how you're doing, Gertrude.

How are you doing, Gertrude?

Oh, I fell into that one, didn't I?

How are you?

I'm feeling silly this morning, Miss Lara.

How are you feeling?

Oh, I'm so glad that you asked.

Have I ever told you about my pet dog?

Her name is Luna.

I'm gonna put you down, Gertrude.

I'm gonna show you a picture of Luna this morning.

So this morning, Luna wanted to go out for a walk, but guess what?

It was raining again.

So look at Luna's face.

Oh no, she was not happy.

I could not take her for her walk.

Now, let's see, how do you think Luna was feeling, not being able to go on her walk?

Do you think she was feeling sad or happy?

Yeah, I think she was pretty sad.

Look at her face right there.

Don't worry, I'll take her for a walk later when it's a little sunnier.

Now, you already know I like to check in with how you're feeling.

So help me pick out my mirror this morning.

I'm going to make a letter.

Are you ready?

This one just takes one big curve.

So here we go.

And there we go.

We start our letter at the top, one big curve down, and it's the letter C, that's right!

So let me grab my letter C mirror, which is right over here.

Happens to be red, and we'll check in on our emotional check-in.

Now I have a song that we're gonna sing together that's gonna tell me how you're feeling today.

So let's watch that together.

(playful music) Get ready to sing along with me, and Shy Bunny.

Shy Bunny doesn't like to sing, but maybe if we sing with him, he'll sing along too.

♪ If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands ♪ (hands clapping) ♪ If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands ♪ (hands clapping) ♪ If you're happy and you know it ♪ ♪ Then your face will surely show it ♪ ♪ If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands ♪ (hands clapping) Whew, that was fast.

♪ If you're surprised and you know it, stomp your feet ♪ (feet stomping) ♪ If you're surprised and you know it, stomp your feet ♪ (feet stomping) ♪ If you're surprised and you know it ♪ ♪ Then your face will surely show it ♪ ♪ If you're surprised and you know it, stomp your feet ♪ (feet stomping) ♪ If you're silly and you know know it, jump around ♪ (spring boinging) ♪ If you're silly and you know know it, jump around ♪ (spring boinging) ♪ If you're silly and you know it ♪ ♪ Then your face will surely show it ♪ ♪ If you're silly and you know know it, jump around ♪ (spring boinging) (children cheering) Our feelings are so important.

Thank you, Shy Bunny.

I hope you loved singing to the song with Shy Bunny.

Now we're gonna check in with one of our friends, this is Hunter, see?

Special letter H for Hunter.

Can we say hi to Hunter?

Hi, Hunter!

Now, in this picture, Hunter would like to play soccer with his friends, but he can't play soccer outside right now.

He has to stay inside where it's safe.

Now, I took this picture of Hunter when he was feeling a certain kind of way.

Can you guess how that was?

Let's look at his face for clues.

Do you see his lip, his lower lip?

It's kind of out-turned like this.

And his eyes are droopy.

Also think about how you would feel if you wanted to play and couldn't.

Do you think that Hunter's feeling sad?

Make a sad face like this.

Or do you think that Hunter is feeling excited?

Make an excited face like this.

Ooh, I see a lot of sad faces.

Yeah, Hunter is a little bit sad, but don't worry, Hunter, you'll get to play again soon.

Now, remember, boys and girls, I'd love for you to share your picture and your story with all of us here.

And as a bonus, if you send in your picture and story to the address below, you get these fun activity books from our friends at PBS.

So I have one from Curious George and Super Why!

So I hope to hear from you soon.

Let's do our visual schedule.

(bell dinging) Lots to do today.

We did our emotional check-in, do our weekly investigation with "The Grouchy Ladybug."

and then sing our goodbye song.

So let's do a quick movement to our intentional message.

Are you ready?

Here goes the card!

♪ Da da da da ♪ Letter S!

We're gonna slither like a snake.

Now you can do this on the floor, but I'm gonna do it with my hands over to the intentional message.

Are you ready?

Here we go.

Ssss!

So now our focus text is "The Grouchy Ladybug."

So we're gonna match some beginning sounds.

You ready?

Here are the characters.

Let's see, what character starts with a G?

Let's look.

Is it the yellowjacket or the gorilla?

Think about the sound that G makes, guh.

Yellowjacket or gorilla?

That's right, it's the gorilla.

Let me put the G there.

Let's do a few more here.

How about the letter S?

Is it the sparrow or the skunk?

Now, S makes the sss sound.

Sparrow or skunk?

I tricked you!

They both start with S. Let's put it here in the middle.

One more.

Let's see.

How about the W?

Now, the W makes the wuh sound.

Let's see.

Is it rhinoceros or whale?

I think it's whale!

All right, my friends, right now we're gonna continue our learning with beginning sounds by watching a video.

Let's watch together.

♪ He's tiny and he's flyin' ♪ ♪ He's crossed his legs a-tryin' ♪ ♪ Has aphids in his tummy ♪ ♪ My grouchy ladybug, ladybug ♪ (fingers snapping) - [Miss Lara] All right, boys and girls, let's get ready to play a beginning sound game.

Ready?

Here we go!

Which one of these characters from the story starts with the letter P?

Is is the whale, or is it the praying mantis?

(bell dings) Yes, the praying mantis starts with a P. (children cheering) ♪ The P says puh ♪ ♪ The P says puh ♪ ♪ Every letter makes a sound ♪ ♪ The P says puh ♪ - [Miss Lara] Here's another one.

Which character from our book starts with G?

Is it ladybug or is it gorilla?

(upbeat music) (bell dings) Yes, it's gorilla.

Gorilla starts with G. (children cheering) ♪ The G says guh ♪ ♪ The G says guh ♪ ♪ Every letter makes a sound ♪ ♪ The G says guh ♪ - [Miss Lara] One more.

How about the character that starts with the letter E?

Is it elephant or rhinoceros?

(upbeat music) (bell dings) Yes, the answer is elephant.

Elephant starts with E. ♪ The E says eh ♪ ♪ The E says eh ♪ ♪ Every letter makes a sound ♪ ♪ The E says eh ♪ - [Miss Lara] Let's play a bonus round.

Ready?

- [Announcer] Final Round.

(upbeat music) - Get your pointer finger ready.

I want you to point to something in your house that starts with the letter B.

(upbeat music) If you can't find anything, hit pause for more time or ask a grownup to help you.

Thanks for playing!

My friends, it is so important to read books so that you learn all of your letter sounds.

Now you can read books on the Soar app, or you can look for books around you.

Now, I have a special song about "The Grouchy Ladybug" that I'd like to share with you.

It goes like this.

♪ I'm a grouchy ladybug ♪ ♪ Don't talk to me ♪ ♪ I pretend I'm as tough as tough can be ♪ ♪ First I find some aphids, but I don't share ♪ ♪ I'd rather pick a fight and fly out of there ♪ ♪ I meet many animals and pick a fight ♪ And do you remember what animals that the ladybug meets?

Let's see, there's a yellow jacket, and a stag beetle.

Do you remember it opened its jaws?

Then there's a praying mantis, and a sparrow, that's right!

Now, sparrows like to eat insects.

That ladybug is very lucky.

There's a lobster, and a skunk.

I wouldn't pick a fight with a skunk, they're smelly.

And a snake.

A gorilla, who pounded his chest.

The ladybug still wasn't brave, didn't want to pick a fight with the gorilla, moved down to the hyena, rhinoceros, elephant, and a whale, that's right!

♪ Until a while gives me an awful fright ♪ ♪ In the end I return to my little leaf ♪ ♪ Not quite so grumpy, whew, what a relief ♪ So there he is sharing the aphids with a friendly ladybug.

I hope we learned all about beginning sounds in "The Grouchy Ladybug" today.

Let's ring our bell and quickly go through our visual schedule.

We did our emotional check-in, our weekly investigation, time for our goodbye song.

Please sing with me.

Gertrude, you too!

Let's see, it goes like this.

♪ A, B, see ya later ♪ ♪ D, E, F, gee I'm gonna miss ya ♪ ♪ H, I have to go now ♪ ♪ J, 'kay, bye-bye now ♪ ♪ L, M, N, oh, I had a good time ♪ ♪ P, Q, are you gonna miss me ♪ ♪ S, T, you are my best friend ♪ ♪ V, W, X, Y, Z ♪ And you are, you're my very best friend.

So boys and girls, I hope that you join me back here tomorrow, where we're gonna learn some rhyming words.

Now I want you to start thinking, cat, mat, hat.

Why do they rhyme?

That's right, all the endings sound the same.

I'm going to ask you to find words that rhyme with ladybug, I want you to find a word that rhymes with whale, and I want you to find a word that rhymes with gorilla.

Do you think you can do that?

Until I see you again, my friends, Miss Lara sends you a big squeeze!

(groaning) And a big smooch!

(smooching) And reminds you to read and to play, and to enjoy the rest of your day.

Goodbye, my friends!

Come back tomorrow!

We'll see you then, goodbye!

(upbeat music) ♪ Good morning to a brand new day ♪ ♪ Time to learn and games to play ♪ ♪ Learning things is so much fun ♪ ♪ Learning is good for everyone ♪