 When we sing together I feel so much better When we sing together the day just gets better I love making music with you Here's Giraffe Show this year We had some stories with me Here's another episode of the Curious Giraffe Show Hi to some of the Curious Giraffes Hi, hi, hi, I was waiting for this time for the Curious Giraffe Show I'm curious I look around with my eyes I listen with my great big ears I stretch up with my long neck And look around I'm so curious And I have curious friends too They're not quite as noisy as I am But we are good friends George, come on over a little closer George is a little shy today Hi George, you are all your new friends to be able to see And we have a game for those of you at home If you're watching from day to day Look and see if you can tell Who has changed position over there in our new Curious Crew And I think you're waiting to see my other quiet friend, Tiger Hi, Tiger I think Tiger's getting a little more comfortable A little bit, a little bit, she says Okay, you want to know what's happening today? Of course you do Tiger's curious too So let's sing our song Giraffe looked over at Dorothy and said I'm curious what book and songs you'll share with us today Dorothy said the Greatness Chair Will lead the way as we share under one big sky Oh yeah, share one big sky Share one big sky A big high five Yeah, we're different and we Because we can all share And we can all care That's a question Dorothy, Dorothy That's the same song you sang yesterday Yes, but it wasn't a mistake Huh, well then why are we doing the same book again? Because we only read part of the book And even though I said people could get it on their own and read the ending I had other people saying But we can't go to the library right now So I agreed to do a second show about The Greatness Chair by Kathleen Frant And we're going to find out the end of the story Yay, yay, yay, yay I had a hard time sleeping last night Wondering how the story ends Okay, but Jeanette, some people watching might have missed yesterday So we're going to review the story quickly Okay, here's The Greatness Chair by Kathleen Frant And it's beautifully written But we're going to go through the first part Avi woke up late, he was sleepy, he rolled over He didn't want to give up So he started his day with his mother being very impatient And saying, get moving And his chest felt tight to start the day badly And he had to run and grab his stuff and run out the door And even though he tried He was still last on the bus and his sister teased him And everybody laughed at him and he felt badly But he had wanted to have fun Even though the day had started badly And so he bounced on the bus and had a good time anyway But once he was in his classroom His teacher said, hurry and do your work quietly And where is your homework? And he had forgotten his homework in such a hurry And his day was going very badly But it recessed, he went out and ran Felt good running, but then the teacher said Slow down, slow down, you might bump somebody We don't want you to get hurt or you to hurt anybody And then at lunchtime he was late to the lunch table And he couldn't sit near his good friends And he sat with kids he didn't know And they didn't pay him any attention And so he thought, well at least when I get home Maybe, maybe, mom or dad will have a good snack for me So he hurried home but he accidentally Tracked in mud on the floor And the first thing his father said was Don't you remember to take off your shoes And so he was so upset by that time He just threw down his backpack, kicked off his shoes And just went off to his room So his father followed him to his room And saw what a mess he left his room And his father said, clean up your room And Avi finally said, no, and you're being mean And so his father said, sit in the timeout chair And he sat in the chair but very quickly fell asleep And in his dream he dreamed of a very special chair In the woods And as he got closer he saw that there was a special person And her name was Zoe and her eyes twinkled And she welcomed him and said he was just in time And he said, what, another on time And she said, you're in time to sit in the greatness chair But the chair isn't great all by itself You're the one who makes it great The greatness of you He said, what, I can't think of anything great about me I had a really, really bad day And when she heard about his day she said, oh But you have the energy You have good, good energy When you need, you need, know that you need to move fast You do it And then he said about how He had been in trouble for running and she said, oh But you have the greatness of enthusiasm and energy And then he said how he didn't want to get up When the alarm went off and she said, but that's your body Telling you you were tired So you have good self-care Paying attention to your body And he said, what, Zoe turned everything he said upside down Or maybe was she turning things right side up So he liked this game and he suddenly got into it And he said, you know, when I play my sister's game Even though I don't want to, that's me being kind She said yes And he said, you know, even though I was sad on the bus I turned it around and had a good time bouncing So I have the greatness of having fun She said yes, you're getting it And he said, I didn't yell at dad at first So I was using some self-control She said yes And Avi felt his greatness growing So Zoe, this twinkly fairy Gave him some cards to write down those words So he could remember his greatness And then he woke up And he was still in the timeout chair But then he saw a basket like Zoe's basket And he remembered about writing down the words So he tried his best to remember his dream And to remember the words that helped him Remember his greatness So now this is the part we stopped reading yesterday So I'm going to pick up actually reading The way that Kathleen Friend tells the rest of the story Avi grabbed a paper and pencil and wrote down All the greatness words he could remember from his dream The afternoon sun shone through the window Its light and warmth reminded him of how flowers Need the sun to grow Avi was hard at work when he heard his dad Walk into the room What are you doing? I'm sitting in this greatness chair I love this chair Do you want to know about my greatness? He told dad all about the dream And how Zoe helped him see his greatness qualities Like when I was running too fast on the playground That was my enthusiasm And letting Angela play her game That was my kindness The greatness chair What a creative idea Yeah dad, if we shine a light on what is going right Maybe we will all grow Like flowers do in the sun I see the greatness of your imagination And resilience, Avi Avi smiled a real smile But I don't know what resilience means That's when you can snap back from a bad day quickly Avi realized that was true He turned his very bad day right side up His father smiled one of those goofy grins And said let's get mom And practice the greatness chair on her too Next morning the alarm rang Avi sprang out of bed He wasn't tired at all He heard mom coming up the stairs and peeking into his room I see you are already out of bed That shows the greatness of knowing just what you need to do Avi felt his heart expand This was going to be an extraordinary day Avi smiled the biggest, bestest, greatest smile ever And the wonderful thing is when he shared about the chair Everybody wanted a turn I thought this was a really nice book Especially for while many of us are staying at home with our families And we sometimes annoy each other We sometimes forget that we're great And the wonderful thing about the way that Kathleen wrote her story Is that Avi had this dream And then he shared it with his family And everybody could be happy about each other's greatness So when I read this book I felt so good That I made up a little song to go with it Oh the greatness chair I love going there Turns my day around So I can rebound When a new point of view This chair I love going around So I can rebound That was the song that came out of my little heart and head After reading the story But something you might like to do after reading the story Is to get your own cards and your own markers And make your own work cards So I liked two of his words One of them was kindness So we're going to turn this word kind Into the word kindness And I had fun with the K in the word kindness Because I drew a happy face A smiling face Because when someone is kind They smile It was Avi practicing smiling And when someone is kind They wave and say hello They reach out and say come on over So I drew my word with a picture So you can make yours the way you'd like to Choose your own words And they used a really big word in that book Resilience So I'm going to show you how to write that R-R-R-R-R-R-R-R-E-S-I-L-I-E-N-C-E It's a long word But it's a very wonderful word And I thought to help us remember What that means That I would draw a ball That is bouncing Okay, resilience It means you might go down But you come back up again and you feel better And I think another greatness word I know many, many children I'm going to write the word and show it to you I think this is a greatness word I know many, many children Who are helpful They look around with their curious eyes and ears And they say, how can I help? And this, just like the word kindness It has the little word help And then full Just like kindness, helpful And here again, maybe Maybe we'll show some A helping hand And we'll draw a thumb And a four fingers Helpful, okay? So you can make your own Basketful of greatness words That you notice about yourself Or about others in your family So I wanted to repeat some of the songs That we did yesterday Since we're finishing the same book And actually songs are fun When you know more of the words And so, let's do Linda McCarthy's greatness chair song Because hers was so very good Here's a greatness chair A special place for you Where you can turn your frown around And let your smile come through Just think of all the love that chair Is great because of you This chair, it helps you be your best It gives you time to keep the great And toss away the rest Some people may not know The little picture going through Or how that chair is great Because of you Under square, it can hold on Just go and find I just had to try a greatness Of trying hard Because I just recently learned this song And for a minute there I couldn't think of the tune Concentrating Finally it came back to me So I could teach it to you I like that song a lot I also like Vincent Noon's song No one's gonna keep me down This is a song about resilience And remembering your greatness Okay, I don't need my guitar for this one In fact, I can let Jeanette and Tiger Help us do it Okay, here it goes Wanna try it? Oh yeah You're ready to try? Okay, here we go I am smart And I am strong And no one No one No one's gonna keep me down I said no one No one No one's gonna keep me down I am smart And I am strong And I am brave And no one No one No one's gonna keep me down I said no one No one No one's gonna keep me down I am smart And I am strong And I am brave I tell the truth And no one No one No one's gonna keep me down I said no one No one No one's gonna keep me down I am smart And I am strong And I am brave I tell the truth Gonna keep me down I said no No one's gonna keep me down Nobody's gonna keep you down When you remember your greatness Alright, let's do one more song That we did yesterday And then I wrote this song And it's how I feel about Meeting new people And noticing What's great about them When I see you You are so bright to me The eyes of my heart And I know what you can be Just waiting It's right there Is someone special Each one of us As full too When I see First of all, Zoe could see his shine Then he saw himself shine Then he saw his father shine Who then shared it with his mother and sister We can all shine and bring a better light to the world We can be the sun that shines on each other Hope us to grow Thank you for joining us today And we'll see you soon But in between I want to say the words Okay, okay, go ahead Jeanette Okay, please remind me Keep singing Keep looking up Keep asking questions And never give up Okay, here we go Keep singing Keep looking up Keep asking questions And never give up Keep singing Keep looking up Keep asking questions And never give up See you next time Bye-bye I see you You are so bright to me I see you With the eyes of my heart And I know what you can be It's all right there inside you Just waiting to come