 Do-do-do-do do-do-do do-do-do Do-do-do-do do-do-do do-do-do do-do-do-do Do-do-do-do do-do do-do-do do-do-do Do-do-do-do do-do Welcome to The Curious Giraffe Show For curious kids of all ages Where there's always a song And no question is wrong And we'll start with our theme song song here we go giraffe looked over an eagle and said why was I born to walk why were you born to fly eagle just shrugged and gave a high five hey we 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 we all get along because we can all share and we can all care we're different but we all belong giraffe looked over at zebra and said why do I have spots why do you have stripes zebra just shrugged and said we vomit all types but we 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 it but we all get along because we can all share and we can all care we're different but we all belong giraffe looked over at jaguar and said why am I so tall why are you so fast jaguar just shrugged and said it's all a blast but we 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 we thought we all get along because we can all share and we can all care we're different but we all giraffe looked over at rabbit and said why is your family big why is my family small rabbit shrugged as long as there's a place for us all and we 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 we thought we all get along because we can all share and we can all care we're different but we all belong so we did have that new verse again not quite we had that new verse again what do you think this new topic will be today what is giraffe asking about neah about family yes about families and that last time we had homes last time which is very closely related to families good remembering no we had it being last time not like two weeks not two recordings but good good remembering the last showtime or one of our showtimes we had homes which is very related to families but we're going to start today with our own families and i want you okay you can turn it now to the new song and um as you hear the different verses if you notice something about your family in the verse you can put your hand up say yeah that's true for my family put your hand down listen again that's true about my family oh that's not true okay so you don't have to sing the verses unless you want to but i'll be singing lots of different things about families but i also would like to teach the sign language for this song so the sign language for family is the sign for the letter f bring it together and then you bring the people together so that's a sign for family take time you touch where some people wear a watch take time to see put your fingers just below your eyes and stretch them out like you're seeing and then the fact about no that families are different different you cross two pointer fingers and pull them apart different and then love cross your heart is the key you hold one hand like it's the door you take the other hand and make a key and turn it love is the key yes it's love that makes a family okay so try that with me here we go and remember to listen to the verses and notice what's true about your family okay goes like this there are all kinds of families when we take time to see when we look at our family they're as different as can be but the fact about a family is it's love that makes a family some families have a mom or dad a boy anybody have a mom or dad oh my oh good okay a boy or a girl some of us have folks who came from all around the world and some families have two moms or dads and maybe boys or girls oh it's love that makes a family everybody on try there are all kinds of families when we take time to see when we look at our families they're as different as can be but the fact about a family is that love is the key yes it's love that makes a family some families have lots of pets and some families have now oh let's wait a minute how many have lots of pets anybody if we have a dog how about anybody have no pets oh not in this group okay some of us have none but all of us have chores to do anybody help out at home but when the chores are done there are special days and special ways our families have fun oh it's love that makes a family there are all kinds of families when we take time to see when we look at our families there is different as can be but the fact about a family is the key yes it's love that makes a family some families stay together families that have always been together and some families change minded and they live in separate houses but the love remains whether mommy or your daddy or grandparents tuck you in oh it's love that makes a family they take time to see when we look at our families they're as different as can be but the fact about a family is use one last name and some families use two some are easy to spell and some are hard to do but each and every family has folks like me and you oh it's love that makes a family we look at our families there is different as can be but the fact about of the makes a family some families come through marriage and many adoptions all over the earth to be our families have great worth for it's love that makes a family everybody there are you look at so that's a new song for us and about a topic you think you know a lot about but we're going to use our little house like you remember our show about homes and houses and to talk about our family so would you take that one then the first opener and open that up and tell us what question we're going to think about what or who is a family okay read it slower one more time what or who is a family who would like to try to answer that what or who is a family okay go ahead it's a group of people that love each other a group of people who love each other nice definition everybody like that definition or anybody want to say anything else okay oh yes also a family could be related to each other they can be related like we're like the children are related to the mom and dad uncles cousins grandparents great grandparents definitely definitely all right excellent now the others don't have a number you'll each get a turn lila can go next she's ready I don't know yeah so pass it to someone next to you once you open it I'm sorry I rolled them tightly to fit in the house but they're hard to unroll you got it what does your family do at bedtime what does your family do at bedtime here I'll take you on me okay anybody tell us about how your family what they do at bedtime savior you just say time to go to bed we do prayers and then we go to bed okay and remember say that again slower but so we all can hear you um so we get ready for bed and then they take us upstairs we do prayers and then we go to bed okay how about your house well we get ready for bed then we go upstairs and I tell my sister's story uh-huh read your story and then we go to sleep great so your sister that you tell a story to is she older or younger younger she's lucky you're there yes lila your parents put you to bed do they read you a story or just tuck you in that's nice okay remember to speak up so our friends can hear us okay you're ready to take a question all right try that but here you know what no I can take it okay who do you want to be with when you're happy or excited your family yeah but who in your family who do you enjoy sharing when you're happy and excited hmm my brother and my sister and my mom and my dad and my big brother great see me in my entire family okay that's true for you yes lila my grandma and your grandma grandparents that's a funny answer too that's my whole family including my pet parrot and your pet parrot you have a pet parrot cool see we learned something new about each other it's a real parent all right with when you're sad or mad or worried sad or mad or worried who in your family would you be with when you're feeling that way maya I like to be with my sister because she makes me happy usually wow isn't that nice your younger sister makes you happy so she can help you with those feelings anybody else yes my name I like to be with my mom or my brothers or sometimes my dad uh-huh yeah that's great I like to be with my mom and also my siblings which is my big my big brother my brother and my sister yeah yeah depending on the case right if my sister's mad at me then I'll talk to my mother that's true that's true which is something that we need my mom my mom and your mom helps you and max made a point that sometimes you can be mad or sad with someone in the family so you look for someone else in the family so that's a good point oh you didn't get a turn you can choose okay yeah she can do you help sometimes help do you help sometimes in your family okay keep thinking you'll each get a turn my name in our family we have to pull our own weight which means do cooking um chores mostly and they call that pulling your own weight helping out so mostly cooking mostly cooking and doing like chores around the house because my parents both work days and stuff so it's really hard wow so if family helps out both your parents are working so you all help yes chores like washing the dishes or uh maybe uh cleaning the basement or something yeah um not a lot of families have their kids do chores actually you don't think so no I know so oh my kids aren't I know a few kids I my sister knows a few kids I think I know one kid who does her chores though some kids aren't grounded yes kids are when I was growing up we almost all helped and I'm very happy to hear that your family can count on you maya well sometimes if somebody's sick of my family I have to take care of them like like for example my sister six I have to take care of her and while my mom's working and I watch my sister help take in the groceries with my bed a lot of chores lots of ways you help out wow okay thank you okay and Lyla what did you want to share um I help my mom and my parents fold fold the laundry that's a big help too all right thank you so I'm going to take the giraffe while we stand up and take a take our exercise stretch and you would like to lead us okay so stand up please carefully and Monet will lead our exercise do you want to shoot this way first sure you lead us exercise your body exercise your mind learn about the world around an exercise kind this way exercise your body exercise your mind learn about the world around an exercise kind in this other way exercise your body exercise your mind and learn about the world around an exercise kind all right thank you Monet excellent excellent so Monet you can hold this now because I want to open the mystery box for our story you're curious about the last question but we don't know we need to keep moving so I'm going to open this because today's story is close to my heart and pretty soon you'll know why this is a true story and it's about two of the children that are in this picture I'm not going to tell you which two but if you listen carefully you will learn about them do you know them I'm not if you don't recognize their faces I'll have to say you decide I don't know if you know them or not okay so I'm going to tell you a true and terrible and wonderful story now every time that I say did George give up you're all going to answer no he didn't so let's practice did George give up no he didn't okay so once upon a time there was a little boy named George he was my big brother the boy grew up and his grown-up job was to listen to children troubled children children who were hurting in their hearts or minds when Dr. George listened to their troubles he searched his heart and mind for how he could help them to get better his job was a child psychiatrist he always wanted to help this is a picture of George as a grown-up that's my brother that is my brother yes he is so did George give up no he didn't one day 18 years ago as he did his job at the hospital Dr. George met and listened to a new little girl she was seven years old the girl had been placed in the hospital because she had no one to take care of her this happens sometimes and it happened to her her hair was dirty and all she owned fit in a small plastic grocery bag her paperwork said she was unmanageable and unadoptable do you know what that means yes no one wanted to adopt her no one wanted to adopt her because because she was kind of wild and out of control but I'm betting the parents okay I'm going to keep going so we can keep going did George give up no he didn't Dr. George looked at this little girl and he said there has to be a home for her in his heart of hearts George believed that every child belongs in a family and that there must be a way did George give up no he didn't so Dr. George picked up the phone and called the Department of Health and Human Services I need a family for this girl now to help her through treatment and then to adopt her but there wasn't any family through that department did George give up no he didn't George and his wife Carolyn were part of a church so George called them next this was George's community someone else may have called on their Jewish Muslim Rastafarian or Native American or whatever community that they are close to that takes care of the young and the weak who will take this child he asked but taking a child you've never met before is a very big commitment and there was not even a church family who felt ready to do that did George give up no he didn't George went back to listen to the little girl but he knew that sometimes you can get to know someone in other ways than just talking so she asked he asked her to draw a picture draw me a picture of what makes you happy she drew a picture of herself going to church oh when did you go to church George asked she told him she had never been to church but had heard about church when she went to camp especially for kids who had had a hard life like hers did George give up no I'll see what I can do and because it was such a simple request George was able to find a family who was happy to pick her up on Sundays and take her to church every week they were happy to take her and so she joined the Sunday school and joined the children's choir did George give up no he didn't so meanwhile she lived at the hospital for many months one day she got a big surprise her brother who she hadn't seen in a long time was brought to the same hospital he too had nowhere to live and was described as unadoptable did George give up no he didn't George was able to get permission to take the brother to church too by going to church both children were practicing getting along with lots of different people and people were getting to know them and care about them and want them around they took these kids to swimming lessons and sports teams did George give up no he now Dr George was thinking it was time for the children to think about being adopted but the little girl said no forever families are scary I want a family where I can practice and learn how to be part of a real family did George give up no he didn't Dr George listened to her idea again he went to the church which by now really knew the children and asked would anybody like to be a practice family for them they don't want to be adopted yet that is too frightening to be assigned forever but they do want to practice and the wide church family can be their extended family of aunts and uncles and grandparents did George give up no there was a family in December six months after George first met her the brother and sister moved into the practice family and by August eight months after practicing they all decided they were ready to adopt each other and that was not the end of the story George and his wife Carolyn had found a real medicine for real kids loved in families who had love enough to share and so now they started an organization called hope and home and they have helped over 200 children find homes in loving families and so this is a story of hope did George give up no he didn't so here are the kids again you're guessing and I'm not going to tell you because I'm going to respect her privacy but it's a true story and I wanted you to know it so I'm going to officially name our new giraffe Dr George because Dr George is asked lots of questions he's curious he asks questions he listens to their answers and he tries to help and so I think that's a great mascot for the curious giraffe show would you please turn the page to the next song and we'll finish with home is where the heart is which you learned last time does it would anyone else like to hold this or shall this okay you hold it and help the giraffe to sing with us okay here we go ready home is where the heart is where I lay me down the heart is it's the place I know the best it's the place I feel most settled safe and sound it's the place I learn forgiveness for we all make mistakes it's the place I learn acceptance even on where I just hang out where so thank you for joining us for the curious giraffe show for curious kids of all ages we'll see you next time bye it's the place