 Before we start, we want to recognize that we are here on the lands of the Ramatush Aloni people. These unceded lands include San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay, and the Lower Valley of Salinas. We are so happy that you are here with us today. Before we start, we want to recognize that we are here on the lands that have not been unceded by the indigenous Ramatush Aloni people. In an area that includes the San Francisco Bay Area, and also the Monterey Bay Area, and the Lower Valley of Salinas. Welcome and welcome to Day of the Children, Day of the Books, Virtual Celebration. While we wish we could be here in Parque Ninos Unidos with you, this year we'll bring the thrill of being outside and celebrating Bookjoy into your home. No podemos estar juntos este año en el parque, pero queremos traerles la alegría de los libros a su casa. En inglés se llama Bookjoy. What is Bookjoy? It's the warm fuzzy feeling you get from reading books. What was your last Bookjoy experience? Dime cuándo fue la última vez que un libro le trajo alegría. Day of the Children, Day of the Books, Virtual Festival is brought to you by the letter N. N is for nature, naturaleza. Nature is everywhere and it's good for us. So come on, let's go out and play. My name is Ranger Maria Jose and I am a community programs and outreach ranger with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Hello everyone, my name is Fatima Colindres and I am also a park ranger with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and the community outreach team. We are so happy to be here with all of you today. Today we are going to be reading one of our favorite books called Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner with art by Christopher Silas Neal and published by Chronicle Books. Thank you to Chronicle Books for permission to read this book. I'm so excited. Let's begin. Over the pond we slide, splashing through lily pads, sweeping through reeds. The water is a mirror reflecting the sky, sunshine and clouds, then a shadow below. What's down there? I ask. Under the pond, mom says. Under the pond is a whole hidden world of minnows and crayfish, turtles and bullfrogs. We're paddling over them now. Over the pond we skim past tall rushes, whirligig beetles loop and twirl, skaters on a warm summer surface. Under the pond, minnows dart through waving forests of grass while a brook trout lurks, ready to lunge. Over the pond we lift and dip and pull past a row of painted turtles on a waterlog tree. One, two, three, they slip off and away, splash, gurgle, splash under the pond. Over the pond, cattails rustle and shush in the wind. Listen close. Red-winged blackbirds race by. One has a grass for her nest. Under the pond, a cattle's fly larva builds a home of her own, a secret shelter of pebbles and sand. Over the pond, the shadows of trees lean out from the shore. We coast under a low-hanging branch. A moose looks up with a mouthful of water lilies. We've interrupted his lunch. Maria Jose, we don't have any moose here in our park, but we used to have tully elk. Yes, and you can still see tully elk if you visit our sister park at Point Reyes National Seashore. Under the pond, beavers dive deep. They pump with powerful tails and rise to the surface with delectable roots from the mud. Maria Jose, we don't have beavers here in our park, do we? I don't know about beavers, but I know for sure that we have river otters in the Marin Headlands at Rodeo Lagoon. Oh, they splash so fast. You hear the sound of the splashing and you turn your head. You can barely see them. Over the pond, the wind gives us a push and stirs the light that believes on shore. There on a branch, a new gold-finched teeters finally ready to fly. Under the pond, tadpoles are changing, learning to hop. They're losing tails, growing legs, growing up. Over the pond, there at the shore, tall and silent and still. A great blue heron stares down into the deep. It tenses, takes one long-legged step and strikes. It catches a wiggly, quick-flavor minnow from where it was hiding under the pond. You know, Maria Jose, this great blue heron reminds me of our beautiful pond or lagoon over in the Marin Headlands. I've seen many great blue herons there. Yes, and also at Chrissy Field at the wetlands there at Chrissy Field. It almost looks like we're at Chrissy Field right now with our virtual backdrop. We are. Over the pond, we drift heads tipped up to the sun. A woodpecker clings to a teetering pine, digging for ants. Under the pond, an otter claws for freshwater mussels. Oh my gosh, Maria Jose, this looks just like the otter that we saw last time we were in the Marin Headlands and also when we were at Land's End. You remember over at the Sutro Baths? Yes, they were swimming and splashing just like this photo in this book. Over the pond, a sleepy dragonfly lands for a rest. His spindly legs tickle my knee. Under the pond, dragonfly larvae watch what swims by. They catch minnows and the monster-fast jaws. Over the pond, the shadows stretch, osprey circle on quiet wings. Raccoons and minks stalk the shoreline for supper. Under the pond, with a flip of a tail, a crayfish disappears in the dark. I've seen raccoons at Crissy Field doing exactly this looking for yummy treats when the sun is setting. I've seen those crayfish at Mirror Woods in the river. What about you, MJ? I see raccoons all the time in my neighborhood, though I don't live near a lagoon or a pond. Usually they're over by my trash cans, but I don't know about you, but I don't think I've ever seen a mink in our parks. Have you? No, I have not, but I definitely see raccoons every day since I'm right here at the Presidio. Over the pond, we head home. We glide, swish, bump, right up onto the shore as a far-off loon calls goodnight. The sky turns from sunset to dusk to dark. Night settles over the pond. The prowling catfish and drowsy turtles, the scuttling crayfish and tadpoles turn frogs. Waiting herons and stalking raccoons. And the hidden world under the pond. You can learn more about the animals that we saw in this book if you check out this book at your local library or you go to hoopla.com and download the e-book. And please come and enjoy your national parks. You might be able to see some of these animals if you go to the Marin Headlands and check out Rodeo Lagoon. Or if you go to Christie Field or even at Land's End or Mountain Lake. So these are just some places that look a little bit like the pictures in this book and where I've seen some of these animals. Thank you for reading over and under the pond with us. Yes, I had so much fun. I hope you did too. And I hope that you'll come and visit your national parks soon. And when you do, please wear your face coverings and social distance so we can all safely enjoy our national parks together. See you soon. Bye-bye. See you in the parks. Recreate responsibly. Dia de los Niños, Dia de los Libros has been celebrated here in San Francisco since 1999. This is produced in collaboration with the San Francisco Public Library and many community-based organizations that form the San Francisco Early Literacy Network. Dia de los Niños, Dia de los Libros se ha celebrado aquí en San Francisco desde el año 1999. Se produce en colaboración con la Biblioteca Pública de San Francisco con varias organizaciones comunitarias que forman the San Francisco Early Literacy Network. Bienvenidos a la fiesta, amigos. Welcome to our party, friends. I'm Lucky. And I'm Alicia, and we are the Lucky Band. Y hoy celebramos Dia de los Niños, Dia de los Libros with you at the San Francisco Public Library. Book Joy! Woo-wee! Kids, oh, let's do it! Ya salísos, vámonos! Virtual celebration! Pailamos, Pailamos, you know you wanna dance. Here come the Paleteros! Woo-wee! Yay! You guys ready? Come on! Here we go! You ready? Lucky. Thank you so much for being with us, everyone. It was absolutely fabulous. This made this special time in our lives feel even more grand. We'll see you in person soon, but until then, stay safe. We love you! Thank you, guys. Bye! Adiós, hasta luego. Dia de los Niños is a day to honor children that is widely celebrated in Mexico and in Latin American countries. The celebration was started by author Pat Mora and Reforma, the national association to promote library and information services to Latinos and the Spanish speaking, in partnership with the American Library Association to make it a national event. At Dia, we joined this beloved day for children and celebrate the importance of books and literacy. In San Francisco, on the last Sunday of the month of April, we celebrate Dia de los Niños and Dia de los Libros and we are so excited to keep the fiesta going. La celebración la comenzó la autora Pat Mora, en colaboración con Reforma, la asociación nacional para promover servicios y información de bibliotecas a los Latinos y los hablantes de español. Y con la American Library Association lo hicieron un día al nivel nacional. Se celebra el Dia de los Niños en México y en otros países latinoamericanos en honor a los niños. Y en Nuest, ahí aquí, en San Francisco, celebramos Dia de los Niños y Dia de los Libros, celebrando la importancia de los niños y la importancia de la lectura. En San Francisco, celebramos la fiesta en el último domingo del mes de abril. Hola amigos, mi nombre es Daniel. Mi nombre es Daniela. And we are counselors at Tree from Treks. Throughout these difficult times, there's nothing better to do than celebrate the positive. Y por eso estamos hoy con ustedes para decirles un fenomenal Dia de los Niños 2021. Best wishes from our family and all our animal friends here at Tree from Treks to your family and friends at home. Just remember, be safe, be respectful and be positive. Have a great Dia de los Niños. Bye. Bye. Hi everyone. My name is Sheema and I'm a librarian at the San Francisco Public Library. And today I'm going to share some songs and a book with you. Hay que empezar con la araña pequeñita, let's sing the itsy-bitsy spider. We're going to do it in Spanish. Even if you don't know the words in Spanish, I'm sure you know the movement so you can follow along. Okay, ready? Let's get our spiders. You can't do it like this. You can't do it like this. You can't do it like this. You can't do it like this. Ready? Let's get our spiders. You can't do it like this. Si no lo puedes hacer así. Lo puedes hacer así. Okay, listos. Vamos a cantar en español. Uno, dos, tres. La araña pequeñita subió, subió, subió. Vino la lluvia y se la llevó. Salió el sol y todo lo secó. Y la araña pequeñita subió, subió, subió. Great job, everyone. Nice work. Hay que hacerlo en inglés. Let's do it in English this time. And I'll do my hands like this for the spider. Ready? Listos en inglés. The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again. Great job. Buen trabajo, todos. Okay, the book I want to share with you today is Green, Green. A Community Gardening Story by Marie Lamba and Valdez Lamba. Illustrated by Sonia Sanchez. And it's published by Ferraro Strauss-Giro and we're reading it today with permission for McMillan publishers. Thank you so much, McMillan publishers. Here's what looks like a garden growing in a bathtub. Un jardín en un baño. Green, green. Fresh and clean. Brown, brown. Dig the ground. Looks like that grandmother is looking over the fence to see the kids gardening. Parece que esa bolita está mirando los niños jugando en el jardín, trabajando en el jardín. Space peaceful. Rakes, grape, seeds and rows. Tampen water. The garden grows. Y esta mamá y este niño están jugando. Ella está tratando de mojar con la manguera, pero él tiene una paraguas. The robot is protecting himself with an umbrella while they're raking in the garden. Brown, brown. Dig the ground. Look at all these construction tracks. They're coming and they're digging up what used to be the garden. The kids look sad. Aquí vienen algunos troques de construcción y mira qué tan triste se parecen los niños porque parece que se están llevando los troques están llevando su jardín, ¿verdad? Dozers lift. Concrete flows. Stone and metal. The city grows. Están haciendo mucha construcción en la ciudad y la ciudad está creciendo. And grows. Mira los apartamentos tan grandes que están a los apartamentos seem really high up. Kind of looks like parts of San Francisco, right? Se parece tantito como algunas partes de San Francisco. Green, green. In between. Aquí están creciendo algunas plantitas. La gente en los apartamentos tienen plantas para tener un tantito de verde. So people are growing plants on their fire skates. And it looks like what used to be the garden. I see some trees, but looks like there's some other stuff too, right? Some junk. Squirrel, gray. Pigeon blue. Weeds and wildflowers. Two. El basura, pero también hay animales y algunas flores. La gente está caminando usando sus parabas, pero veo a dos personas que se están fijando de lo que está pasando adentro de lo que antes era su jardín. Brown, brown. Take the ground. Mira, la niña tiene una idea. Dice, deberíamos empezar. El hadlín de nuevo. She said, what if we take the ground and we can start the garden all over again. Brown. Take the ground. So it looks like it's kind of hard work. Everybody is straining. Parece que sí es trabajo duro, ¿verdad? Pero todos están trabajando juntos. Uh oh, except for that guy up here taking a nap in the trash. Lifting clear, shovel rows, working together, our garden grows. Mira, qué hermoso se ve el hadlín. Look how beautiful the garden looks. Already see some flowers and everybody is working together and that's beautiful too. And grows. Está creciendo más y más. Las flores están tan bejas. The kids are playing in the garden with the tire swing. I think the tire was there before and before it was trash, but they turned it into a toy. And grows. Creció más el hadlín. Tantas flores que hay en el hadlín. Espacio para tener un picnic y también una casita de árbol. So there's room for a picnic now and a treehouse for the kids in the neighborhood to play in. Green, green, keep it green. Todos tenemos que trabajar juntos para mantener el hadlín. The end. How can we make our world more green and green? A city is an exciting place to live, but there are a lot of buildings and pavement covering the ground. Where can you dig and make things grow? At a community garden. Did you know San Francisco has its own community gardens? To find out more about San Francisco's community gardens, go to sfrecpark.org and search for community gardens. Before I go, I want to share one more rhyme with you. Antes de que me voy, quiero compartir una rima más con ustedes. Es de la colmena. It's about a beehive. Aquí está la colmena. Here's the beehive. ¿Pero dónde están las abejas? Where's the bees? Escondidos adentro donde nadie los ve. Hidden inside where no one can see. Aquí vienen. Here they come. Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco. All of the Librotero for music, stories and special visits to places in our beautiful city where we can connect with nature. Siga el Librotero para cuentos, música y paseos especiales dentro de nuestra bella ciudad. Es nuestro placer traerles día de los niños día de los libros San Francisco 2021. Children's garden is at the far west end of the Botanical Garden and San Francisco families can get in for free. Let's go in and see what's going on. Barnhouse for bean sprouts family days. Reserve a bucket in advance full of cool supplies to explore the garden. Take a closer look. Popular with kids of all ages, the stump jump is a physical challenge and a mental challenge. Kids, can you jump from stump to stump touching the ground and spell a word at the same time? Look for the colorful nature yoga signs in the garden. Attach your body to the shape in the picture. Welcome to my very special, inspiring, magical and loving nature corner in my home. My name is Yakuta Poonawala and I am so excited to show you how I've created this space and how you can create your own nature corner in your home. The story of this corner began 10 years ago when I bought my first baby plants. They came in tiny little pots like these and grew from tiny little seeds like these ones. And look how big and tall they've become. Meet Ali and Piggy and Bambi and Shotty and Tiny and Smolly. I spend most of my time working and playing outside in the Golden Gate National Parks but when the pandemic began and we couldn't go outside very easily I miss playing outside so much that I decided to bring the joys of nature inside my home. I added feathers and pine cones that I've found on my hikes and all the animal friends that I have at home. Some big ones like Nemo the Clownfish. Remember the film Finding Nemo where Dory teaches us to just keep swimming and some other animal friends too like this Mr. Moose and these alibri hairs that I found in Oaxaca in Mexico. Remember the film Coco where all the alibri hairs are fantastical creatures and have all these cool superpowers? Miss Owl right here she reminds me of the owl in my neighborhood who does and wakes me up every morning and Miss Pretty Peacock she makes me feel closer to my home in India where all these peacocks would go dancing and froncing around on the streets. Oh my nature corner is so full of life sometimes I come here to read books like Dino Duckling and then sometimes I come here to learn more about nature from books like the Curious Nature Guidebook and when I miss my family and friends I pull out this big treasure box full of cards and letters and photos that remind me of my friends and family who love me and care for me so deeply. But my nature corner would be incomplete without a photo of my family so I added this one right here and this beautiful table cloth that my mother made for me and when I'm in need of a hug and look at this girl hugging a bear and I give myself a big bear hug or a small butterfly hug so let's all give ourselves a hug again a big bear hug and a small butterfly hug where you join your thumbs twist them like this and give yourself a butterfly hug so now it's your turn to create your nature corner here are some ideas you can keep a little plant or you can grow a plant from seeds and you can decorate your corner with art and crafts that you've made or received little pins from friends in the library and the parks or you can keep your favourite book and come here and read you can sing songs and listen to music you can come here when you're happy you can come here when you're sad you can say good morning nature corner when you wake up good night nature corner when it's time to go to bed so friends I hope you create your own nature corner I can't wait to see it good luck Young readers and explorers my name is Ranger Sochi and I am a park ranger at 4 point National Historic Site and I'm excited to be part of the A Little Sliños today I wanted to go ahead and bring a little of what I love to do in my free time and mix it with what I get to do every day at work one of my passions in life is to read and write especially when it comes to poetry poems are always fun to write because it is about telling a story but in as few words as possible making it an entertaining little challenge poetry also has so many forms that it lets us be super creative and now more than ever we have access to reading and writing more poetry especially when we have such modern inspirational figures such as Amanda Gorman being the first ever youth poet laureate to read a poem during a presidential inauguration as we look to create history by showing off our abilities to be creative I wanted to give you an idea for one style of poetry that you can use to help you develop your skills as poets this form is known as an I am poem with a little bit of a twist using things from where I work with these ordinary objects and try to see yourselves in them now you must be thinking what do I have in common with some old brick from Fort Point well here's an example when I look at this brick I think of how it used to be part of the walls that were packed together tightly to make soldiers that lived there feel protected from those harsh winds but this brick also reminds me of how with the help of my family trying to protect and support me when I was little it's what let me work really hard and be where I am today within that little packet you have there will be some instructions and a list of words and objects with pictures to help give you some inspiration about an object that you can use for this activity once you have a word picked out look at the last page where you can start to write your own poem you can also look around your personal space and use any objects near you in case you have a hard time picking a word there are two examples to help give you an idea of what it can look like one of them is one I wrote which I'll read for you today you are more than welcome to read along with me too when you are done feel free to share it with us if you ever get the chance to come visit us at Fort Point I am a brick I am the brick in the walls of Fort Point I often wonder if I stand out from the others I hear the call of birds flying above I see waves crashing beneath me I want to be pretty I am the brick in the walls of Fort Point I pretend my pillow fort is a castle I feel warm sitting in the sun I touch the air that I breathe I worry someone will make me crumble I cry when I think of my grandma I am the brick in the walls of Fort Point I understand my family keeps me strong I say to let go of anger I dream that we can be happy I try to do one good thing a day I hope to make a mark in the world I am the brick in the walls of Fort Point I am a wave I am the waves crashing by the fort I often wonder if I push too hard I will knock it down I hear loud music and can't hear myself think I see a closed door and an open window I want to have a lot of money to buy a PS5 I am the waves crashing by the fort I pretend that I can fly I feel wet from all the water I touch all the boats and the Golden Gate Bridge I worry if I push too hard I will push all the boats away I cry when I'm all alone I am the waves crashing by the fort I understand I can't control everything I say to keep moving forward I dream to buy my dad a big house I try to always smile I hope to see my friends again I and the waves crashing by the fort Hello, my name is Rebecca and welcome children and families to the Presidio of San Francisco We are so excited to be celebrating Dia de los Niños Dia de los Libros this year Today I'm going to share some of my favorite places with you Let's go discover Vamos a conocer First stop Mountain Lake and Mountain Lake Playground Bienvenidos al Lago y el Parque Juvenil de Mountain Lake Mountain Lake is important to the Presidio's landscape and wildlife San Francisco's first people the Yalamu Ramaytush Oloni had a close relationship with the lake When the Spanish arrived to the Presidio, they camped along the lake's shores When you visit, look carefully to see plants, turtles birds and other wildlife and learn more from the signs with beautiful pictures and translations in Spanish and Chinese Nearby, there's a wonderful playground for kids big and small where you can climb swing, slide and make friends There's also a nearby trail where you can read pages from a story walk The one at Mountain Lake is called I Wrote You a Note Another great spot to visit in the park is El Polín Spring Here we are in El Maratial del Polín Like Mountain Lake this spring has always been a source of fresh water in this area once for Yalamu Oloni families then for the Spanish settlers as well as for the Mexican settlers who came after One of my favorite stories of the Presidio is about Juan Juan moved to El Polín in the year 1813 when she was 11 years old She learned about traditional healing from indigenous people in her community and used these skills to heal people from all over El Polín Spring has always provided water and habitat for birds, butterflies and other wildlife You can follow the trickle of the spring water as it flows down the cobblestone path Are you getting hungry for lunch? Use the picnic tables nearby for a snack in nature and learn more about El Polín Spring through the bilingual signage Our final stop today is Crissy Field Crissy Field es una playa perfecta and this fall Presidio Tunnel Tops will open near Crissy Field We've seen so many neat places in the Presidio today for kids and families and there's so much more Come and visit us have a picnic in the main parade ground hike on the ecology trail or go visit the Walt Disney Family Museum Feliz Dia de los Niños Dia de los Libros Los Esperemos Pronto Adios Hi, my name is Fiona Solomon and I'm going to teach you two techniques on playing the steel pan The steel pan is a musical instrument that originated from the British Caribbean and the English-speaking countries of the West Indies It is one of the newest instruments invented, only just invented in the 21st century and what's really cool about it is that the instrument was actually made for children That's one of the reasons that playing the steel pan is so easy So I'm going to show you two simple techniques for playing any song on the steel pan The first technique you'll see is hitting You can play almost any song by striking each note with these These are the mallets The second technique I'm going to show you is rolling Now that's when you strike each note multiple times so you create an elongated sound These are the only two techniques needed to learn how to play the steel pan Once you know them, you can practically play anything So in the remainder of the video I'm going to show you how you hit and how you roll Thank you guys for watching my video I hope you really enjoyed it I'm Fiona Solomon and I'm so glad to be a part of the Dia de los Niños Dia de los Libros virtual celebration I want to thank the San Francisco Public Library for inviting me to share this brief tutorial on how to play steel pan with you My name is Katherine I'm an environmental educator here at the Eco Center in Heronshead Park located in the beautiful and sunny Bayview neighborhood Today we're going to do an activity for Dia de los Niños Dia de los Libros event But before we do our activity we're going to talk a little bit more about Heronshead Park The Eco Center is located here in Heronshead Park Heronshead Park is home to many California native plants and animals That means that these plants and animals have been living in California for many, many years Some examples are the hundreds of different birds that are located in Heronshead Park Some of which include the brown sparrow, the snowy egret and of course our namesake the great blue heron For our leaf rubbing activity we're going to need three things We're going to need a piece of paper a crayon and a leaf or coin Para nuestro frotaje de hoja, vamos a necesitar tres cosas un pedazo de papel un crayón una hoja o moneda First, I'm going to do the instructions in English and then I'm going to do the instructions in Spanish Primero voy a hacer las instrucciones en inglés y después voy a hacer las instrucciones en español Hello friends So today we're going to be doing a leaf rubbing activity which means that we're going to be taking some leaves and making some cool designs with them but if you don't have leaves that is totally okay We're going to explore texture today and leaves and other things like coins have a very interesting texture and texture what that means is that it has a very, like you can feel the bumps and the edges of things it's just like very interesting to feel for example this leaf has little bumps on it and I can feel the bumps with my finger If you guys have ever held a coin it has little ridges around the edges and you can feel that with your fingers like this and some of them even have pictures on them you can feel the pictures and see these pictures so we're going to be using objects like this so if you don't have leaves you can use coins or maybe your table has an interesting feeling to it I know this picnic table does it's like kind of rocky and rough so our first step to doing a leaf rubbing is we're going to take our object and we're going to take this leaf looks like a little hand and I'm going to put it under my white piece of paper like this got my paper and my leaf I'm going to put it on my paper on top of my leaf like this and I'm going to hold it as flat as possible and then I'm going to take my favorite color which is green I like the color green and then I'm going to rub my crayon across my piece of paper so you're going to rub it across where you placed your leaf so my leaf is somewhere in the middle here and I can show you that it's indeed there in the middle of my paper so you're going to try to rub your crayon against your object like so and at first you're not going to be able to see your object but the more you rub and sometimes even the harder you rub you'll be able to see a print of your object so I'm going to keep on rubbing my crayon across my paper where my object is and then we have ourselves a leaf rubbing so here's my leaf you can see these little lines on them that I didn't notice before, I just noticed that my leaf looked like a little hand it's like I have my own personal picture of my leaf and that's how you do a leaf rubbing Hello friends Today we're going to make a leaf rubbing that means making a impression on the paper using a crayon and a leaf if you don't have a leaf then you can use things that you can find in your house like coins or something that has an interesting texture what is a texture a texture is something that feels or looks interesting for example I made it interesting because it looks like a hand it has like one two three four fingers it looks like a hand when you have your object it can be a coin a leaf or something that you found interesting we're going to make the leaf rubbing the first step is to place your object in my case I'm going to place the coin under my paper this is my coin don't forget here it is I'm going to move it a little bit then I'm going to feel it I'm sorry here is the coin then I'm going to make a crayon of my favorite color and I'm going to start to scratch the paper on the object and if the first time you can't see anything you can press or scratch harder so that you can see your object under the paper then here I'm scratching on the coin under my paper and as you can see you can see a circle almost like my coin and almost you can see George Washington's face and so a leaf rubbing in this case a coin rubbing so the next time you're in a park exploring and you happen upon a leaf like you can go ahead and collect it and make a leaf rubbing out of it so you can have a memory of this leaf when you go home if you want to take this activity even further there are many different art projects you can do you can make a beautiful collage out of different leaves that you find and you can color them different colors or you can create your own vines with leaf rubbings and punching holes in them and stringing leaves across or you can make beautiful cards for your family friends and other loved ones by decorating the front of your card with a leaf rubbing and writing a beautiful note on the inside thank you so much for joining us today I hope you enjoyed our leaf rubbing activity we invite every single one of you to come visit us at the eco center in Heronshead park we hope to see you soon bye Welcome to Alamany Farm Hi, I'm Mei Ling I work with San Francisco Rec and Park and I help people grow food in gardens a big hello to all of you that are taking part in the Dio de los Niños Dio de los Libros virtual festival if you've attended the festival in the past you may have been to the free farm stand free fruits and vegetables to our neighbors next to Parque Ninos Unidos many of those fruits and vegetables are grown right here at Alamany Farm Farmers and their friends grow tons of veggies and fruits like apples, cucumbers pimiento bok choy and much much more here the interns from Friends of Alamany Farm are planting baby lettuce the farmers will help them grow by giving them water, pulling up weeds and making sure they get lots of sunlight we can grow food year round in San Francisco and there's always something to eat at Alamany Farm all of these baby plants will grow into fruits and vegetables which we will harvest and share can you guess what foods are growing here these plants have yellow flowers that turn into green fruits when the fruit is ready to eat it turns red these are tomatoes what about this one the flowers of this tree smell very sweet though the fruit is very sour this is a lemon some of the vegetables we eat are flowers can you guess what these flowers are they kind of look like little trees this is broccoli many of the vegetables we eat are the leaves of plants can you name some plant leaves that you like to eat bok choy colored greens lettuce all of those plants are leaves this one is kale there's so much to see in a garden and so many different types of plants some are soft and some are sharp some are pointy and some are round there are so many colors what colors do you see we make sure there's always flowers in bloom at alamany farm so that our pollinator friends like butterflies bees and hummingbirds can always have something to eat too next time you take a walk in your neighborhood look for the different plant colors and shapes you see if you want to read about growing the plants we eat you can borrow these books from the library enjoy the festival and don't forget to eat your veggies this is Simon Lester he's going to share this story with you let's take a look at the picture what do we see what is this insect right, butterfly do you remember the butterfly let's count 1 2 there are two butterflies what color is this butterfly yellow is this butterfly red and pink yes, that's right let's take a look what is this animal this animal has a long nose and a big ear where is your ear my ear is here and he likes to walk in the grass three steps can you guess what animal it is let's take a look wow, it's a butterfly a long nose a long nose what color is this butterfly gray let's take a look what animal is here this animal has a long tail and he likes to walk in the grass and he has a gray hair and he likes to use his legs to walk in the grass to walk can you guess what animal it is let's take a look wow, it's a horse let's take a look it has a long tail and a gray hair yes, we can learn how to shake it shake it we use our fingers shake it shake it and what is the sound of the horse yes, it's a ghost let's take a look what animal is here what animal is here he said when I open the sound I can hear a loud sound and I have a very beautiful clock and it's all around all around can you guess what animal it is can you guess wow it's a lion it's a lion we shake it shake it shake it wow, it's very powerful ok, our story is done my first pigaboo animals my first animal if you want to know more please go to our website www.tendombayarea.org ok, bye this instrument right here which is called a Korra that's spelled K-O-R-A and it is used by the griots and the master storytellers of West Africa to tell stories the oral tradition, genealogy and so forth and so on so basically it's made out of a gourd cow skin on it then you have wood, then you have strings it's a 22 string harp something like that so again we have the Korra West African harp Kalabash harp used to tell the oral tradition and genealogy so now we're about to move on to the next instrument called balafone that's spelled B-A-L-A F-O-N and it's related to the marimba and all zolophones this one comes from the same place this one comes from and as you can see it's made out of gourds wood and string and high to hold it together and we play with mallets so I'm going to play a traditional song from this culture of the Mandingo or the Mandinka people of West Africa and it's called Mali Saja so now we're on to the next instrument and the next instrument is called Anguni so this instrument is very close to here to the tradition of America because it's related to the banjo so accept that this is the harp the banjo is a lute like a guitar so that's the difference but they both use gourds and skin just a little bit of something that's what the Kamala Anguni sound like again I played the balafone the Kamala Anguni and the Kora from West Africa the Mandinka people of West Africa thank you so much for listening have a good day it's really important that when we're reading to our children that we make sure that they're not only enjoying the story but comprehending it so that means that they understand everything that's going on it means that they can guess what might be coming up next it means that they understand all of the background knowledge involved in the story it means that they understand the words and what they mean and how they contribute to the story and it also means that they have an emotional understanding of the character's mental states so what they're thinking what they might do next, how they're feeling all of these things are a lot easier for us to do as adults so it's really important that we guide our children so that way they can think about these things too some promising practices which include verbal and non-verbal techniques are short explanations and providing your child some context behind the story as well as the non-verbal techniques which consist of your voice and tone gestures facial expressions and props that you can include when reading the story here we have an example from rabbits and raindrops a rabbit's fur is not waterproof waterproof is when something is safe from getting ruined by water like rain boots instead of your sneakers a rabbit's fur is kind of like your hair another really important technique is to use comprehension asides to better explain what characters might be thinking or feeling so going off the script of whatever you're reading to give more context or a better explanation for your kids and this is really important because it allows us to connect what's going on in the story with how the characters are feeling and why they're doing everything that they're doing so for example like in the ugly vegetable one day I saw our garden growing little green stems that looked like grass had popped out from the ground do you remember what she and her mom just planted into the ground on the other page yeah they put seeds in the ground right they're sprouting that means that they're growing that's so exciting here's some more fun activities that are easy to do at home as well as de-stressing to integrate into your daily routine you can do them in the morning afternoon whenever you have some free time in your schedule and if you're interested in any more activities like these you can go on to jstart.org that's J-S-T-A-R-T and check out all the other activities that we have for our at-home learners during this time we hope that you enjoyed the music the stories the crafts and the visits but remember that you can go with your families and take along a book and visit the parks near you and to keep the book joy going we've finished but don't forget that some can visit the parks and can take a book with you and keep the joy of reading books together with your family see you next year at Parque Niños Unidos see you next year