 It's time. It's time. It's time. For what? For God. Curious Giraffe Show. Sit back and relax and we'll sing chat and laugh along the curious Giraffe Show. Hello. Welcome back everybody and I'm happy to say we have some old friends and new friends and so Emily's going to help us with Jeanette, the curious giraffe named Jeanette is going to help us know who's who on the curious crew today. Hi daddy. Hi daddy. What's your name? Lauren. Aria. What's your name? Emily. Hi Emily. What's your name? Hi domain. Hi Sam. I'm Dorothy. Hi Dorothy. Hi. So, like always, the giraffes, Jeanette is chatty. Yes? It's the Pelican's name. Oh my goodness. Who has an idea for good name for the Pelican? Since you asked a question, let's hear your idea. Penelope. Penelope. Penelope Pelican. That's a mouthful. And what's your idea? Fishnatcher. What he does is his name. What's your idea? Ocean. Ocean pelican. Cool. Anybody else? Because pelicans usually go to water at the beach. Yes they do. So you would name it ocean which is a great idea. Fishnatcher is a great idea. Penelope is a great idea. Well I'm going to keep thinking unless anybody else wants to give an idea. They're all great ideas. I don't know Sam. That's an awesome question. I've got to think of a name for our new pelican. So today we're going to sing, giraffe looked over at pelican and said, why were you born? Why was I born to walk? Why were you born to fly? Okay? Ready? Sing out everybody just like Jeanette would. Giraffe looked over at pelican and said, why was I born to walk? Why were you born to fly? Pelican. So we just shrunk and gave a high five. Hey we all share one big sky. Oh yeah here we go. 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. We can all share and we can all care. We're different but we all belong. Here's the new question for Q-Day. Giraffe looked over at the teacher and said, I'm on a quest with questions. What's Qigong and what's a quartz? At the end of this you can quiz me about Q words of all sorts. Underneath this 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. Cause we can all share and we can all care. We're different but we all belong. So that pelican looks sleepy. Are you tired of holding him? Or do you want to hold him? Okay you can hold him. So I'm on a quest with questions. This is Q-Day. A quest. Who has an idea what a quest might be? Donate. A quest is something that you do like where you go on this like a long trip and you like I think you could do all sorts of things. You could walk, you could fly, you could drive a car. Okay really great description. Emily? It's like a mission where you go places. You're going someplace but with a mission or a purpose. Yeah. It's like a journey to find something. Is that exactly what you were going to say? Exactly. Wow. Okay so I put this fun painting that a friend gave me of this giraffe. Looks like that this giraffe is on a quest also. We don't know exactly what it's looking for but it's on a quest. It's in the water. That's why it's purple and blue. Maybe that's where it met the pelican. Maybe they made that painting because they might have written it on a piece of paper. They must have saw it so they drew this picture. Okay he's got a question in his mind. How did this painting get made? Maybe they drew it on paper and then on this special paper. Awesome thoughts. Okay now we're going to look back at these questions but we'll take any questions at all today on Q-Day. What's Qigong? That's spelled Q-I-G-O-N-G. Do you have an idea? Sounds Chinese. Sounds Chinese. Good beginning. Aria? Well it's one of the only words that doesn't have a Q-U. Yes there are very few words but in Chinese some of their words just go Q-I but in English almost every Q word has a U. Yes. There is a word that's only three letters and it's Q-I. And what does it mean? I have no idea but it's in Chinese. I think it's actually another word that's spelled Q-I maybe? Yes? It's not a question but it's hard to find a Dragon 3 and they're talking about a quest to find the hidden world to keep their dragons safe. Exactly, that's a kind of quest. Okay I'm going to ask Emily or Aria right behind you George is our quiet curious giraffe and he has a pouch on him that if you open it it has something in there. You have a question Dona, speaking up clearly. Why is he wearing glasses? He's wearing glasses so he can see better on his quest. Yes you go ahead and open that. Oh and he's also wearing a different hat. And he has a traveling hat on. That's right. Then why does George have no glasses in the picture? Oh that's maybe a different curious giraffe. There are many you know just like there are many curious people. And there's many ones in the zoo. Okay who would like to read that aloud? Okay loud clear voice. Or actually you know what you had to turn to open it. Can you pass it to Sam? I saw him volunteer. Loud clear voice. Might have a hard word and Ro might help if you want. Cheek on. You want to pass it on either way? Yeah cause those have new words from China. An ancient Chinese exercise and healing technique that involves breathing and movement exercises. Cheek means stuptile breath or life energy. Gone, skill, cultivated through study practice. Okay it's a practice of breathing and moving your energy. We're going to try a little bit of it. I'm going to let the pelican come sit near the psalms. And I'm going to have you stand up for a minute. We're going to move breath or energy. Cause this is an exercise that I've done sometimes and it makes me feel so good. So gently bring one hand up and you let it come down over you and down your front. Gently bring the other arm up. Inhale in. Let your breath out as it comes down. Now inhale again with both arms gently. You're doing a good job. That's all right. Let your breath down. Now gently bring your hands up and the key word is to relax. I can already feel you all relaxing. Bring your hands out. And as you exhale bring them in. Bring them out. See if you can sort of feel like there's a balloon between your hands. Let it have some air in between. You do feel it? Let's do it a couple more times. I feel it more and more. The more I do it I start to almost feel like something's pulling between my hands and then they come together. Okay now we're going to try something. Do you feel that? There really is some energy that we're moving between our hands. Now we're going to try a new thing. You're going to come out and bring your hands in and then gently imagine you're pushing energy out. Bring them in front of you. You're doing beautifully. Let them go down and then you're going to pretend there's water in front of you. Scoop it up. Bring it over your heads. Let it flow down over you. Oh it feels so good. Let's do it again. Arms out. Why? Bring them in together. Oh I forgot. I'm sorry I forgot a step. Arms out. Why? Bring them in. Now gently push out energy. You're spreading good energy. Okay brand. Now bring them together. Let them come down. Then you can bend gently and scoop up some water. You feel the traction. You feel the attract. Good. You're feeling the energy. The chi. It's just another word for energy and air. One more time. Last time. Let's see if I can get the pattern right. Okay let's see. Bring our hands up. Close to our bodies. Now gently push out. Nice. Slowly bring them to the front. Last time. Scoop some of that nice refreshing water. Now not only have we talked about chi but you've experienced it. So you can have a seat. Okay now I'm going to ask a very, just an unusual question. Where does corn come from? Anybody's idea. I think I've done a maze before and they were growing corn. They were growing corn in the maze. I've seen those too. Yes. Husks. Corns come on a husk and you have to, yes they're growing on the husk, yes. It grows from the ground. It's a plant on a stalk. It's a plant on a stalk. It grows out of the ground. They're all correct. Sam and farmers have learned how to grow them for lots and lots of corn. More ideas Maddie? Do they really grow in gardens too? Sure. If you plant them. My grandchildren grow corn at their house, yes. They usually like warm places. They need a warm sun. Yeah. They really like the sun just the right amount of water. Very likely. They have a favorite amount of water. Don't name. This is about, I actually planted corn once. You have planted it? Yeah. And did it grow? Yeah. Popcorn and only corn. You planted both? Yeah. It was on the scoop I could not tell. Okay. Is there a lot to tell about? Well that is cool. Well I'm going to tell you. I learned about a Native American. The first people who lived in our land were the Native people, the indigenous people. And they loved to look at nature and ask questions as if they could think of a story that would explain things. Did you want to say one more thing, Arianna? Yeah. Okay. They called it the Three Sisters. Yes. Like chlorine squash and peas? Beans. Oh, beans. Beans. And peas are sort of like beans. Alright. That is exactly right. They planted them together like sisters. Okay. So here is the story they came up with. I'm going to put this one away for a minute. Okay. So one day some of the hunters from the tribe went out hunting and they were gone quite a distance from their village. They were so far that when they did get some meat, they cooked it at a campfire. And the good smell of the meat rose up to the clouds. And as they were just following the smoke, they saw a beautiful woman come down from the clouds, down to the ground. And her feet did not even seem to touch the earth, but she came near. And the hunters said, she must have smelled the good smell of our meat. Let's offer her some. They said, are you hungry? She nodded. Would you like to share our meal? She nodded. And she ate with them. And they felt so good sharing their meal and being together. But she said, I must go now, but I thank you so much for being generous to me. I was a stranger who you never saw before and you shared your good food. To thank you, I will come back to this very place in a year and please bring your whole village because I have a gift for all of you. So come back in a year. And she left. And they said, could it really be? Can I tell the whole story and then you ask again? So they hurry back to the village and they said, oh, oh, we must go back in one year. This amazing woman came from the sky. We have to go back. Oh, we can hardly wait. But they had to wait. They waited the whole year and they finally came back. And they again cooked some food over the fire and all the people in the village this time looked up and she came. And she touched the earth with one hand and corn started to grow. She touched the earth with the other hand and squash, beans. She touched the earth and different kinds of food that would feed the people always came from the earth. And she said, for your generosity, one kernel of corn can grow a whole ear and one ear has so many kernels you plant and there will always be enough food if you share your food and take care of the corn. Okay, now Sam. Did this really happen? I can't say for sure. But it is the story that the native people told their children, who told their children, who told their children. And so it is true that they are the ones who taught us to plant the corn and how to care for it and that we always will have enough food if we take care of it. I know that they have stories with her, many different stories with her in them. So I see a couple more hands and then we are going to sing another song. Maddie. Can we take turns playing with the dolls? Okay, you know what, you could hold them. We can pass them along if you like. Dona? Um, yeah, I forgot what I was going to say. Okay, I'm going to go on to sing the next song. Where does corn come from? And this is the song when I learned the story, I made up the song. Okay, so sing with me, it's a gentle song. Where does corn come from? Tell us, where does corn come from? It comes from being generous, my daughter and my son. It comes from being welcoming to a stranger long ago. And in this way, the wise ones say the corn began to grow. Where do friends come from? Where do friends come from? Tell us, where do friends come from? They come from being generous, my daughter and my son. They come from being wherever you may go. Wherever the wise ones say our friendships grow. And verse, where does peace come from? Same way. Where does peace come from? It comes from being my daughter. It comes from, and in this way, the wise ones say a piece. Plant a little piece, and then there'll be more piece. And then you can plant lots of piece and have lots of pieces. Okay, so you may pass those back. And, oh my goodness, let's see. I'm going to have a short little quiz. I promised you that in the beginning of the song. Okay, thank you. Yeah, we can just pass them. Pelican can help us. Okay, I brought a quiz. Let's see. And what I'm going to do this time is, if you know the answer, you can just call it out in a clear way. And if nobody knows the answer, but you think you do, put your hand up and we'll have you think about it. So what is a quiz anybody says? It's a test that you do. A test that you do. Lauren? It's like someone asks you questions and you have to answer them. Perfect, perfect. A test where people ask you questions and you have to answer. Okay, good. Okay, this one we already reviewed, but just to check for comprehension, what is a quest? Okay, now some of you already, okay. Yes. It's like a journey. A journey. Okay, great. And what was the special about the journey? I just, you have a purpose. Okay, I'm going to have to turn this over. That sounds familiar. Would you say that again? What's the purpose of the journey? To find something out. Okay, this one. Oh, we forgot to do this one. What's a quartz? Kind of a crystal. Kind of a crystal. Is that what you were going to say? Because there's, well, there's like black quartz. There's rose quartz, which is pink quartz. There's white quartz, clear quartz. Yes. There's lots of different types of quartz. Yes, and what did you want to say? I found a half quartz and it was half quartz, half rock. Oh, interesting. That is so cool. We formed together and got cut off many years ago. Also a quartz is a place for people that go to a court. Oh, interesting idea. A court is a place to go, which sounds a lot like quartz. There's also like a food court and a mall. There's a food court or a legal court where you, if you have to ask questions about the law. And I thought of, so, and this is a kind of court, a musher, a quart of milk or quartz, when you have more than one, is sort of a pun. They sound a lot alike. And just like you said, I brought some of those special stones. So again, we'll pass them around so you can hold those while we do the rest of the quiz. You children have so many great ideas. All right, let's see. I bet you could. Let's see what else is on this. Okay. Who can answer? You didn't know this before, but maybe somebody can answer now. What is Qi Gong? Lauren, you have an idea. Slow movements. Yep. And do you remember? It's an achievement. All right, I'm just reading. Okay. Anybody else? Slow movements. That's exactly what we did. And it's moving your breath and moving energy. Right. Okay. What's a quarter? A quarter. A quarter. Maddie. It's kind of shaped like a penny, except it's bigger. There you go. All right. I'm going to. Okay. Quarter is. Yeah. Go ahead. It's something. It's a type of money. It's worth 25 cents. There you go. Who else wants to add? Yeah. Okay. I love me anyway. A quarter. People keep telling me. A quarter is one-fourth of a gallon. And a quarter is one-fourth of a dollar. Wow. And so a quarter is like one-fourth. That is exactly right. So as you quarter, if you cut something in half, it's two pieces. If you cut it in quarters, it's four pieces. Very smart. Yes. And also, I'm pretty sure this is amethyst. Yes. Well, actually, amethyst is a kind of quartz. Okay. Good. You know your stones, too. What's a quilt? A quilt is something. It's sort of like a blanket. Okay. And Emily. It's a blanket that has a bunch of little squares sewn together. That's right. It's a square made out of a square. It's a square made out of very tiny squares. And oftentimes in the olden days, people used to make it for their children. Oh, nice. And for grown-ups, too, maybe? Did they make quilts for grown-ups, too? Or for older children? Sometimes. I don't know. I'm asking. Okay. And last question. What's a queen? A queen is a king's wife. A king's wife, mostly, but not necessarily. I've always made you wait. Your turn. A woman ruler. A woman ruler can be the queen. Anybody else? That pretty much answers it. And it is time. Our time has flown by, Maddie. So queens sometimes wear crowns, too. And they can wear a crown to show that they're the ruler? With gems, too. And gemstones? Yes, Sam. The queen and kings are sometimes rich. And they are supposed to have all they need, aren't they? They're rich. All right. So let's stand up. And we are rich in our hearts always, even if we don't have a lot of things. Oh, yeah. Okay. Okay. So now, oopsie. It's okay, Maddie. Okay. We'll just set those down. Thank you. All right. It's time already to say goodbye, but keep singing. Keep looking up. Keep asking questions and never give up. Right. 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. Thanks for watching. We'll see you next time. Bye.