(upbeat guitar 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 ♪ (playful music) - Hello, little learners.

Welcome back to our learning space.

My name is Ms. Lara.

Can you tell me your name?

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

Let's start off with a song.

Okay, here we go.

Ready?

Ready.

♪ Good morning ♪ ♪ Good morning ♪ ♪ It's a sunshine kind of day ♪ ♪ Come join Miss Lara for some learning and some play ♪ ♪ Will we sing a song ♪ ♪ Of course we will ♪ ♪ Make our brains strong ♪ ♪ Like super strong ♪ ♪ So come along ♪ ♪ Yes, come along ♪ ♪ For some learning and some play ♪ Now, I'm gonna show you what we have planned for the rest of our day.

♪ Play day, the boats say aye.

♪ They rhyme, don't they?

Here it is.

We're doing our emotional check-in, and all this week, we've been using our superhero cape to check on people and show that we care.

And we'll do that for the last time today.

Our weekly investigation is around Black History Month, because when you're seeing this, it's the end of February, and February is Black History Month.

And I'd like to remind you that I can't do justice to Black History Month in the time I have here.

But I'm hoping that you use my work, and our projects, to start a conversation with your family, and the people around you, around skin color, justice, race, all of those important things.

Then we'll sing our goodbye song, and think about what we're gonna do next week, some more fun.

Okay, so let's get our capes out.

Now remember, I told you, if you don't have a cape like Ms. Lara, that I decorated with stickers and a badge, that is okay.

You can use an old long sleeve T-shirt and kind of just tie it around your neck.

Or you can use a blanket.

Or you can pretend you have a big waving cape behind you when we go exploring for feelings.

Okay, let me stand up, and I'll put it on.

You know, I feel so fancy.

I need some of those glasses that superheroes wear, huh?

Give them X-ray vision.

Ready for our song?

♪ Feeling superhero ♪ ♪ Flying through the air ♪ ♪ Gonna find some feelings ♪ ♪ And show people we care.

♪ All right, let's see.

Who are we seeing as we're flying around?

(gasps) It's Ishmael.

Look, here he is, special letter I, for Ishmael.

Hello, Ishmael.

Look at, he is sitting in front of his computer, and I can tell that there's some boys and girls on the other side of that in his class.

Now how, as superheroes, would we know how he's feeling?

Hmm, we can look at his face for clues.

So he's smiling bright.

He has open bright eyes.

And he's doing an activity that we all love, which is going to school.

How do you think he's feeling?

Yes, I think he's feeling happy too.

Now, as good superheroes, we join him in his happiness, and we smile.

We can even do a dance.

Thank you for sharing your picture, Ishmael.

Now remember, you can send in your picture too and your story.

This!

We have an address that we'll put up.

And if you send in something to that address, you also get a wonderful project book, where they have stickers and different activities that you can do.

And of course, a little note of hello from Ms. Lara.

So let's put our capes away.

Here we go.

I love wearing my cape.

I'll put it down, and I'll give you a clue about our final person for this week, who is a symbol and an inspiration for me.

Let's flip our letters over.

We have the letter R. We have the letter E. And the letter S. Ooh, I wonder if S is your special letter out there in TV land.

The letter I.

Another letter S, that's two Ss.

And a final letter T. Now those are letters.

And remember, ♪ Letters together make words ♪ ♪ And words they help us read ♪ So I'm going to read this word.

And I'm gonna do it slow like a snail.

And then, super fast.

And you're gonna yell it out as soon as you know it.

It's kind of a harder word, you might not know this one But let's see.

Resist.

Resist.

Resist.

Resist!

That's our word, that's right.

Resist means to stand up for something, hmm, to not go along with it.

So the person that I want to introduce you to today, did that.

She resisted.

She resisted something that she felt was unfair.

Her name is Rosa Parks.

Here she is.

Doesn't she have wonderful style?

Look, she has a wonderful button.

Now, Rosa Parks is known for the person that didn't want to let another person take a seat on her bus.

So remember, I told you, back in the day, people were segregated.

That means, they were separated by the color of their skin.

So if you were on the bus, there was a section for white people, and there was a section for people of color, and they didn't fit together.

And if the white section of the bus got full, than a white person can go back to the bus, and tell a person of color to stand up, and they would take their chair.

Now, does that sound very fair to you?

Rosa Parks didn't think it was fair.

So what she did, is she refused to stand up.

She said, "No", she resisted.

And that started a movement that involved another person we talked about, Martin Luther King.

So she's known as the mother of the freedom movement.

Now, I like to tell you where they're from, where our people are from.

So remember, we live in Fresno.

She was born in Alabama in 1913, which is a very long time ago.

So I always wants you to be thinking about our map, and where we are in the world.

Now, how we honor Rosa Parks now is, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which is the highest honor a president can give.

But we can also honor Rosa Parks by resisting things that are not fair.

Like, do you think it's fair that some people get a longer recess than other people, if they're in the same class?

No, I wouldn't think that's fair either.

What if your brother or sister got ice cream but you did not get ice cream?

Would that be fair?

No.

So you have to resist, or stand up, and fight for what's fair.

So in our project lab, over here, I'm going to introduce you to a symbol of fairness and equality for all.

Now remember, we've been talking about symbols as something that represents something else, just like a heart represents love.

So I'm gonna show you our symbol.

It's a peace sign.

A peace sign represents fairness and equality for all.

We're gonna use our water colors for this activity.

Let me run through the materials: We're gonna need a paper plate.

Some masking tape.

Watercolor paints.

Water.

And a jar.

Now, if you don't have watercolor paints, that's okay.

You can actually use old markers, and put them in some water, and that'll make a paint substitute.

Or you can use food coloring.

Use whatever you have.

You can use crayons to color this in.

So the first thing you're gonna do is take strips of masking tape, and put them down at the bottom, down here.

We're going to make a peace sign, peace symbol, like this.

Down one stripe.

You might want to have a parent help you, because parents and grownups have seen a peace symbol before, so they can help you.

It's gonna look like this.

So then what you're gonna do, is take your water colors.

Now, remember your paintbrush, you don't wanna slam it into the water.

You want to take it for a little swim, swirl it around.

And then, put in some purple paints like this.

And some blue paints like this.

Orange, like this.

I'm gonna color the whole thing.

Now what'll happen is, when you paint the whole thing, it's going to look like this.

Okay?

And then, you're going to want to peel your tape off.

Ooh, I hope that it came out okay.

And ta-da!

You have your peace symbol.

Now, what's important about this activity, isn't just the process of making it, although, that can be really fun too.

It's what it means to you, and the conversation that you have around it.

So don't forget to talk to your parents, to your family, anyone around you, what does peace mean to them?

What does peace mean to you?

How can you fight for a more peaceful place where you live?

Now, boys and girls, I want to finish off with a quick video from Mrs. Southern.

She has a special dance.

We're gonna finish off our Friday with that.

So let's watch our video together.

- Hi friends.

It's me, Miss Southern.

Can you say, Hi, Miss Southern?

Well, let's get started.

Go ahead and put on your thinking caps.

(Miss Southern swooshes) Lock 'em in.

And type in, let's move.

That's right, today we're gonna get up on our feet, and we're gonna get our heart rates going.

Now, you know it's February, and that's Black History Month.

But it's also the month where we get healthy hearts, and we show love.

So let's show love to our healthy hearts.

Now, put your hand on your chest.

Do you feel your heart beating?

Mm-hmm.

Let's make our heart say, "Thank you, thank you, thank you."

Now, in African music, there's some amazing drums.

So let's do our first move, which is drumming on the drum.

Drum, drum, drum, drum.

Drum, drum, drum, drum.

Awesome!

Can I see you do that?

Good.

Great.

Next, we're gonna do, step to the side with the arms out.

Ready?

Step, step.

Good.

Step, step.

Keep going!

Step, step.

Good!

Step, step.

Good job.

Now, we always want to keep our feet moving, because that's gonna help our heart say, "Thank you, thank you, thank you."

So let's put all those moves together.

Starting with the drums.

Do you remember the drum move?

Perfect.

Here we go.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Drum (drums beating).

Drum (drums beating) Good job, two more!

Drum.

(drums beating) Drum.

Now let's do the step.

(drumming intensives) Step, step, step.

This side!

Step, step, step.

Other side!

Other side!

Oh, my goodness, friends.

Oh, I want you to put your hand on your heart now.

Do you feel that?

Your heart is saying, "Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you."

Because you're so awesome.

Let's speak our affirmation.

Say, "I'm brave.

"I'm smart.

"No one could tell me different.

"When you look at me, you see the future."

Keep on moving, friends, and keeping your heart healthy.

See you next time.

(Miss Lara mimics drumming) - Oh, sorry, I was drumming with Miss Southern.

So nice to end the day with some music and fun.

Okay, so speaking of that, let's sing our goodbye song.

Looks like we just have enough time.

All right, ready?

Here we go.

♪ A, B, C you later ♪ ♪ D, E, F, Gee, I'm gonna miss ya ♪ ♪ H, I have to go now ♪ ♪ J, K, bye-bye now ♪ ♪ L, M, N, Oh, I had a good time ♪ ♪ P, Q, R you gonna miss me ♪ ♪ S, T, U are my best friend ♪ ♪ V, W, X, Y, Z.

♪ I hope you had fun this week.

Please send me your pictures if you have any for, To Share.

And remember, boys and girls, be a symbol of love and kindness to those around you.

Until I get to see you next week, goodbye, my friends, have a wonderful, wonderful day.

Goodbye!

(upbeat guitar 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 ♪