 Welcome to the Curious Giraffe Show, where there's always a song and no question is wrong. So we are so glad we have a new crew this year and I want to introduce the Curious Giraffes first. This is George. George has big ears and big eyes, but he has trouble finding words to make the questions. And so he learns from his friend, Jeanette. And Jeanette has big ears and big eyes, but she often talks so much she can't hear what someone else is saying. So she learns from her friend, George, how to listen and learn, and he learns from Jeanette how to speak up and use his voice to learn more. Hi, Jeanette. Hi, Dorothy. Hey. Well, let's find out. Okay. What's your name? Bella. Hi, Bella. What's your name? Meia. Hi, Meia. What's your name? Brendan. Hi, Brendan. What's your name? Levi. Hi, Levi. What's your name? Lila. Hi, Lila. And what's your name? Megan. Megan. Well, I'm so happy to meet you. What's your name? My name? Oh, sorry. You can call me Dorothy or Nana, Dorothy or Nana. That's confusing. Okay. Just call me Dorothy. All right. So I am going to let you start by holding Jeanette Giraffe. And George will watch. And I'm going to do a rhyme with you a rap about getting to know the giraffes. Giraffe was curious, curious about the world. And so he was determined to find a boy or ask him all the questions that kept puzzling him all year and hope that working together, some answers they could be fine. Okay. And now what did you remember her name? Anybody remember her name? Jeanette. Good. Excellent. Jeanette. Jeanette Giraffe was curious, curious about the world. And so she was determined to find a boy or girl and ask all the questions that always came to mind and hope that being together, some answers they could find. You guys are doing great. Okay. Now the last part. These were fascinated by the questions you asked your ass. Sometimes it made them wonder. Sometimes it made them laugh. Sometimes it made them think of things that they too wanted to ask. And so they got together with the curious giraffes. And I forgot the hum part before. But the reason we say hum is that most people say that giraffes, real giraffes, don't make any sound. But somebody else who was very curious said, I wonder if they make sounds at night time but are quiet in the daytime. And they put a microphone by where the giraffes were. And late at night when no one else was listening, they heard these little sounds. Like that. Can you do it? Yes. So that's why I put that sound into the rap. Okay. So let's start with our first song about the curious giraffe. Giraffe looked over at the children and said, how do I get to know them? What should I do or say? The kids just shrunk. Just ask if you can play and we'll all share one big sky. Oh, yeah. Share one big sky, share one big sky. Give the world a big high five. Yeah, we're different and we know and we all get along. Because we can all share and we can all care. We're different but we all belong. The first question they're asking, what are they wanting to learn? Yes. How do I get to know them? How do I get to know them? So what's a way that if you were with someone you didn't know and you thought, gee, I bet they were nice if I got to know them and we could be friends. But what can I say? Can anybody think of something? Yes, Megan. Hi. That's a great idea. Just start with hi. That's a beginning. Yes, Brendan. My name is Brendan. What's yours? Oh, beautiful. Tell them your name and ask what's theirs. Okay. Any other ideas? Not yet. But questions are a great way. Saying hi, sharing your own name and then ask them a question. That's a great way to begin to know someone. So this song is about that beginning of a friendship. Okay, so you can pass Jeanette down so someone else can help her to sing along. Okay? Okay, if you want to grow a carrot plant, there's something that you will need. If you want to grow a carrot plant, there's something that you will need. Nothing else will do. There's just one thing and you know it's a carrot seed. It will need some soil, some water and light and in light. If you want to grow a carrot plant, you start with the carrot seed. If you want to grow a really good friend, there's something that you will need. Nothing else will do. There's just one thing and you know it's a friendship seed. A seed can grow if it sits on the shelf. If you want to grow a really good friend, start with the friendship seed. I'm sure you know just what it takes to be a friendship seed. An open heart, an open smile and a willingness to proceed. When someone's alone can begin if you want to grow. Another song about beginning friendships, because no matter how much you grow, you will always meet new people and you have to sort of get over that difference of I don't know you to the place that I do know you and not only do I not know you but I enjoy you and I count you as a friend. Can anybody think of another way? So we plant, we start by planting by saying hello. We start planting by telling them our name and asking their name. See if we can stretch for maybe one more way. Do you want to play? Do you want to play? I was hoping somebody would ask that. I love to play. How many of you like to play? Okay, so would that be a good thing for someone to say to you if you were the new person? Yeah. Okay, great. Megan, what were you going to say? How are you doing? How are you doing? And they might say, well I'm kind of nervous or they might say, I just need to run. Do you want to run with me? Something like that. Excellent. Okay, so what do you think this show is all about? Curiosity. Curiosity, absolutely. And today we're focusing on friendship and how to grow will make friends and grow in friendship. Okay, now this is a very gentle song. You are my friend. And this song sings about some ways that some kids figured out to be friends. So there are times that friends are very gentle with each other, right? Sometimes silly. See, can anybody think of a time that someone was friendly to you? Yes. That would make someone feel so welcome. She wants to have a play date with me. Yes, let's do that. What a friendly thing. Yes, Megan? My sister likes to have sleepovers with her. Sage and Shannon, they're really best friends. I was going to say once you get to really know them, you might want to have a sleepover. And you want to tell them how old your sister is? Eight and a half. Eight and a half, so she does have sleepovers sometimes. Okay, now I have a little surprise for you. This is a story song. And this is my mystery box. And I have a way, a surprise for you. I did tell you that. Here we go. I made some sock puppets. And sometimes there'll be different characters for stories on our show. So that stool makes a funny sound. So which one would you like? Okay, take that and slip it onto your arm. Actually, you can help sing the song and the others can take it. I need, yes, I need, and then you two choose. This one is a long one too. Very long. Look at that. So can you make it like it has a little mouth? This one's eye came off. Oh, okay, so we'll fix that. That's real high. She needs surgery. Well, it certainly needs help. So this will get fixed by next time, okay? It has surgery. It's going to go back in the box. Okay, then he's an eye doctor. Just pretend. Oh, just pretend. You know, I just use it like a puppet. I'll take yours. Okay. There you go. Now has anybody ever had a friend who couldn't see? Not yet. I have met a new friend this past weekend who couldn't see. And he was grown up and married. And we were moving chairs. And he came out of the room, carried two chairs. And somebody said, what are you doing? And his wife said, well, his arms work fine. His eye, he can't see, but his arms work fine. And he's carrying a chair. Nope. Nope. He just could sense. I think his wife was sort of touching his arm to show him where to come. But he was strong and able and has a good tongue. Don't they have those sticks that will help you? I know someone who is blind. Do you? And how do you know them? A very good dancer who's blind. How cool is that? So his ears work. He can hear the music. Yeah. And his body works fine. So he can dance. Yeah. Cool. That's very cool. But he has a walking stick. So he can still like know where he's going. So what does the stick do to tell him where he's going? How can he use it? His eyes are locked too. Absolutely. Just keep it there. Okay. Okay. Let's just try this story. That was an experiment. Okay. Okay. A tiger's gun and a zebra belong to the same club. The leopards tried to join it, but they said no way because you gotta have stripes to join the club. Can you make them sing? You gotta have stripes to join the club. You gotta have stripes to join the club. You gotta have stripes have stripes to join so much. They bought some paint at a shop. They painted themselves and when it dried they painted some stripes on top because they had to have stripes to join the club. They had to have stripes to join the club. They had to have stripes to join the club. They had to have stripes have stripes just like family can. Leopards jumped in and washed away all their stripes one by one. They washed away all their stripes one by one. They washed away all their stripes one by one. They washed away all their stripes no stripes. The tiger's gun and the zebra they could not believe their eyes. The leopards looked themselves over and then they started to cry. We don't have any stripes. We just have spots. We don't have any stripes. We just have spots. We don't have any stripes. We just have spots. We don't have any stripes no stripes. The tiger's gun and the zebra they saw what they had done. They told the leopards they changed their club. Now it's open to and have to have stripes to join the club. You don't have to have stripes to join the club. You don't have to have stripes to join the club. You don't have to have stripes no stripes. You don't have to have stripes. You can be yourself. You don't have to have stripes. You just be yourself. You don't have to have stripes. Just be yourself. You don't have to have stripes. No stripes. All right. Very nice. Well, that was an experiment with the puppets. So, um, yeah, you can slip them off and pass them up. Bella, you can collect them right there. Stay past them, too. And... Just do one last song called Navigating Friendship. And you're going to get to stand up. And while I sing about navigating friendship, won't you take a ride? You're going to sort of weave in and out of each other. Just sort of dance. Like you're steering a boat. Like you're navigating through the ups and downs and ins and outs of friendship. And then when it says, but it's more fun when you are by my side, then you'll join with someone. You can hook elbows. You can have two or three or four or five or six together. You can decide. Yes. Megan, you have a question? Yeah. Okay. Well, we were rowing our boat actually last week, so I'm kind of... Oh. So you've been on a boat already today? Yeah. And I... When were you on a boat? It was like a long time ago. And I was like... Go to Martha's. And... In Boston you were on the boat? And Levi, when... When else? Did you say Baltimore? No. Oh, I'm sorry. What did you say? I said, uh, we want to... We want to... Oh, what is it called? Martha's. Oh, so you were on a ferry that took you across to the island? Not a ferry, just a boat. No? A boat. Okay. We were like pretending we were rowing a boat. The kind that took cars. Okay. That's what I thought. And you were pretending you were on the boat today? Yes. Okay. All right. So just watch your step. I think I'll do that. Okay. So I will play the music and we're going to finish up. So remember that when I'm singing about navigating friendship, the blue words, you could be nosing around in and out of each other. And then when we sing about the purple words, then you stand with a friend either with hooked elbows or holding hands or your arm over each other's shoulder, something friendly. Okay. Now you can walk around. Oh, won't you take a ride? It's more fun on my side. Okay, link up with somebody. There we go. Someday that's when we have to steer. Navigate your own boats for a little bit. Try to hook up with someone new this time. Okay. Navigating. You need to. Wow. Okay. Six. Excellent. Okay. You can hook up. There is Harvard. There you go. Good. Excellent. I can. Come with everybody again. Down again. That was great. Pretty good for the first time you ever heard that song. Yep. You can change spots or that's fine. Look at that. A new combination. Let's practice. Let's practice each other's name. Maybe let's get to know each other just a little bit more. Is there a question we could ask to get to know each other? Yes, Megan. How are you doing? How are you doing? Okay. Let's ask that. Okay. So everybody, all of you say, hi Dorothy, how are you doing? Hi Dorothy, how are you doing? Hi. Well, I'm happy to get to know you and I hope that you've had a good time. So I'm a little nervous. Did we have a good time? Yeah. Oh, yay. Thank you. You made me feel so much better. Okay. Let's say hi to her. Everybody remember? Hi Bella. Hi. How are you doing? How are you doing? Yeah. You wanted to... You're good? Yeah. Okay. Anything else you want to say? No. Not right now. Hi, Levi. Hi. Boy, great. Can you remember his name? Hi, Brendan. Hi, Megan. How are you doing? Good. Excellent. All right. Hi. Good. All right. Hi, Megan. How are you doing? A little off. A little tired? Staying up on Saturday night. Oh, you were sick a few days ago. Let's say Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Four days ago. Four days ago. But you're still a little tired from that? Okay. I could sort of tell in your face. And thank you for telling us. Then, just like in this song, if you tell me... I was guessing you were tired, but you're really kind of tired for a really big reason. And now I can respond my best and make gentle and kind to you. All right. Thank you. Hi, Maya. How are you doing? Good. All right. So, let's tell our group, thank you for coming. Thank you for joining us for the Curious Giroud Show. We'll see you next time.