♪♪ -This program was made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.
Additional funding was provided by Joan Ganz Cooney.
♪♪ -♪ Camp TV ♪ ♪ It's time for us to start ♪ ♪ From furry animal encounters ♪ ♪ To summer reading and the arts ♪ ♪ No matter what the weather ♪ ♪ We'll explore it all together ♪ ♪ It's a place for you and me ♪ ♪ It's Camp TV ♪ Welcome back.
It's great to see you.
Hanging out with you on "Camp TV" is always a highlight of my day.
Another highlight -- something I've loved to do ever since I was little -- reading before bedtime.
I find it the perfect way to wind down right before I drift off to dreamland.
Some of my favorite books are "The Cat in the Hat," by Dr. Seuss, "Where's Waldo?
", by Martin Handford, "Goodnight Moon," by Margaret Wise Brown, and "Angelina Ballerina," by Katharine Holabird.
And that got me thinking.
I have no idea what some of your favorite books are.
At this point in our friendship, that just feels wrong.
So I ask you, what are some of your favorite books or characters from stories that you really love?
Why don't you give it a think?
Because today is My Favorite Character Day on "Camp TV."
See you in a few.
Ready for some math that counts?
Count on.
-♪ Doh ♪ ♪ Doh, doh doh, doh, doh doh ♪ ♪ Doh doh ♪ ♪ Doh, doh doh, doh, doh doh ♪ ♪ Doh ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ This here, that three times ♪ ♪ That 3, 6, and then 9 ♪ ♪ That 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30 ♪ ♪ We're counting, so astounding ♪ ♪ I can count by 3's in my sleep ♪ ♪ So simple that I think y'all see the world now in 3-D ♪ -♪ Times 2?
♪ -♪ You get 6 ♪ -♪ No fingers to count on, man, you got this ♪ ♪ Times 3?
♪ -♪ You get 9 ♪ -♪ Keep singing along, you'll have it memorized ♪ ♪ Times 4?
♪ -♪ You get 12 ♪ ♪ You're on fire, man, now it's easy to tell ♪ ♪ Times 5?
♪ -♪ Oh, my!
♪ ♪ So easy to try, you get 1 to 5 ♪ ♪ 3, 6, 9, 12 ♪ -♪ Whoo!
♪ -♪ 15, 18 ♪ -♪ Whoo!
♪ -♪ 21, 24, 27 ♪ -♪ Whoo!
♪ -♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ -♪ Whoo!
♪ -♪ 3, 6, 9, 12 ♪ -♪ Whoo!
♪ -♪ 15, 18 ♪ -♪ Whoo!
♪ -♪ 21, 24, 27 ♪ ♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ ♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ ♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ ♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Stop ♪ ♪ Let me try ♪ ♪ It goes 3, 6, and then 9 ♪ ♪ 12, 15, 18 ♪ ♪ 21, 24, 27, 30 ♪ ♪ We're counting, so astounding ♪ ♪ I can count by 3's in my sleep ♪ ♪ They'll be humming this till the numbers stick ♪ ♪ From Australia to U.B.
♪ ♪ Times 6?
♪ -♪ 18 ♪ -♪ Get louder people ♪ ♪ Wanna hear you scream ♪ ♪ Times 7?
♪ -♪ 21 ♪ -♪ Now that's more like it ♪ ♪ See, we're having fun ♪ ♪ Times 8?
♪ -♪ 24 ♪ -♪ Keep counting people ♪ ♪ Wanna hear some more ♪ ♪ Times 9?
♪ -♪ 27 ♪ -♪ Get so loud you might get detention ♪ ♪ 3, 6, 9, 12 ♪ -♪ Whoo!
♪ -♪ 15, 18 ♪ -♪ Whoo!
♪ -♪ 21, 24, 27 ♪ -♪ Whoo!
♪ -♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ -♪ Whoo!
♪ -♪ 3, 6, 9, 12 ♪ -♪ Whoo!
♪ -♪ 15, 18 ♪ -♪ Whoo!
♪ -♪ 21, 24, 27 ♪ ♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ ♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ ♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ ♪ Count it out to 30 ♪ ♪♪ -Hey, there.
That last segment, a real standout.
Speaking of, did you have a chance to think of some of your favorite characters?
Well, I thought of another one of mine, "The Lorax," by Dr. Seuss.
I love him because he stands up for what he believes in.
He -- or is it an "it"?
Well, either way, The Lorax speaks for the trees and fights to protect the environment.
So in honor of his bravery, we will make our very own Lorax out of a potato.
Yep.
You heard me right -- a potato.
Here's how.
You will need a potato, some yellow construction paper, some yellow pipe cleaners, a piece of white paper, a black marker, some tape, and some scissors.
Start off by cutting out two eyebrows, a mustache, and two eyeballs colored in with black pupils.
Twist two pipe cleaners into the shape of an arm with hands like this.
♪♪ Then repeat for a second arm.
With the help of an adult, poke the two arms into the side of the potato.
Please tell your adult to be very careful.
Only the potato should be poked.
Tape on the eyes, eyebrows, and mustache.
♪♪ And there you have it.
♪♪ You took the words right out of my mouth.
Write On.
-Hello.
My name is Sarah Faber.
My name sign is S.F.
Why S.F.?
Because I always smile.
Today, I'll be showing you some words that relate to summer in ASL, American Sign Language.
What is American Sign Language?
It's a language that's used by a deaf or a hard-of-hearing person.
Communicating better with each other, communicating with other people, as well.
Before we start learning new words, you have to remember, always use your facial expression and body language.
Why?
Because the best way to communicate with a deaf person like myself.
Are you ready?
Summer.
Play.
Friends.
Sun.
Ice cream.
So, again... Summer.
Play.
Friends.
Sun.
Ice cream.
Good!
So now we're going to use a sentence using the words you just learned.
Summer, I like to play.
Summer, I'm with my friends.
Summer, the sun, outside.
Summer is a time to have ice cream.
Again, let's do the sentences.
Summer.
You want to play.
Summer.
You play with your friends.
Summer.
You have ice cream.
Summer, the sun is outside.
Awesome!
-A little birdie told me it's time to go wild.
[ Insects chirping ] [ Birds squawking ] [ Rain pattering ] [ Rain pattering ] ♪♪ I just can't help myself.
I thought of a few more characters that I love.
How about we play a game using some of them?
It's called Who Am I?
Now, do not worry.
Even if you haven't read all of them, you should be able to judge a book by its cover.
Here, let me show you.
Four books that I love.
Four books cleverly disguised in these nifty paper bags.
I'm going to give you a riddle, and let's see if you can guess which one is which.
Ready?
I wear a tall hat.
I like to play tricks.
I have whiskers and a red bow.
Who am I?
I am... the Cat in the Hat!
Okay, next one.
♪♪ I also wear a hat, but mine is red and white striped, as is my shirt.
I travel all around the world, and some find me difficult to find.
Who am I?
I am... Waldo, from "Where's Waldo?"
[ Cellphone vibrating ] Oh.
Uh, sorry.
[ Vibrating continues ] Uh, could you excuse me for a second?
Hello?
Yes.
Oh, wow!
Okay.
Sorry about that.
Yes, uh, they're on their way.
Uh, that was your counselor from the next activity.
It is time for you to head over.
We will continue our game when you get back.
Have fun.
Who's ready for a field trip?
[ Birds chirping, dog barks in distance ] [ Dog barks in distance ] [ Dog barking in distance ] ♪♪ Arts and crafts?
Yes, please!
Let's Get Artsy.
♪♪ -I'm going to show you guys how to make a kind of book.
And this one involves a little bit of sewing, but it is great because you can make it whatever size you'd like.
So, I'm just using random paper that I have.
I have this old shopping bag and some regular computer paper.
Anything that you have is fine, actually.
If you have nicer paper, go ahead and use it.
If you don't, that's fine.
So, I'm taking my regular computer paper.
Because I only have one sheet of paper, I'm going to cut it in half because I want my book to have lots of pages in them.
So you can cut with scissors.
I just tore it because I am lazy.
[ Laughs ] And so I have my two pieces of paper, which will become my four pieces of paper.
And I'm just going to also cut one from my other kind of paper.
Again, this is a really great book because you can literally put anything you want in it If you want a layer of fabric paper, sure, that's fine, as long as they're all roughly the same size.
So, here we go.
I have three pieces of paper all ready to go, and then I just need some string.
And that's all you really need for this exercise.
The first step we're going to do is we're going to fold our paper in half.
And so I'm going to make three cuts because I want three holes for my three-hole book.
If you have a hole puncher, that's cool.
If you do not, just take a pair of scissors, and you can cut out a hole like that by making little half circles.
It doesn't even have to be half circles.
I find that if half circles are too difficult -- 'Cause you want to make sure they go through all three pages or all the pages that you're using -- make a little tiny triangle cut.
And that would work just as well.
As long as the hole reaches through all the pages on the inside.
Okay.
So now I'm going to take my string, and I'm lucky that I have yarn, but it's really difficult to do this without a needle.
And what if I don't have a needle?
I'm going to show you guys how to make something called an aglet.
Now, an aglet is something that you find at the end of a shoelace, and it's something that is really helpful when you need to get something like yarn through a hole.
What you're going to need is a piece of masking tape or any kind of tape.
Again, whatever you have.
Maybe even an old sticker.
And you're just going to wrap it around the end of the string to become our aglet.
And I just really like to say the word "aglet."
Once I have covered my end with tape, I have a needle.
And so I'm going to sew it from the outside of my book through the middle hole.
Now I'm struggling a little bit, but here we go.
Okay.
And so I'm going to leave a tail and then I'm going to sew from the middle on the inside of the book to one of the holes.
It really doesn't matter which one you have because then I'm just going to take it from the outside and I'm going to sew it to the other hole.
So I'm sewing it from the outside to the other hole.
Now, remember, there's a tail behind, and that's what you want, because our very last step is, we are going to sew from the last hole through the middle again.
So we start in the middle, and we end in the middle, and we're going to have two little tails that come out of the middle and those tails are going to be tied.
So that's what I'm doing right now.
I'm just tying my two tails together.
And if you notice, I tied it around the middle string.
And now I'm going to cut off any extra parts.
And voilà.
we have our three-hole book that is actually really useful because you can add pages whenever you want.
And remember, I only used one sheet of computer paper and one piece of craft paper for this.
So it became a four-page book in no time.
Remember, you can also add as many pages as you want to it later on.
That's the best part about it being tied.
You can untie it and then retie it.
♪♪ -Hmm.
So, where were we?
Four books -- "A Cat in the Hat."
Three books -- "Where's Waldo?"
Okay.
So now let's put the last two books up.
And here we go.
I am small but mighty.
I eat a lot.
I spin a cocoon and turn into a butterfly.
And did I mention I like to eat -- a lot?
Who am I?
I am... the Very Hungry Caterpillar.
[ Chuckles ] Okay.
Well, last but certainly not least.
"If You Give a Mouse a Cookie."
That was fun.
♪♪ [ Laughs ] Wow!
I almost forgot how much fun this one is, too.
Daytime or nighttime, it's always time for storytime.
-Hi, everyone.
My name is Zetta Elliott, and I am the author of this new book, "A Place Inside of Me."
It deals with something important that's happening in our country right now.
You may have seen protests on the news.
You may even have gone to a protest.
People are marching, and they're holding up signs that say "Black Lives Matter" because they're angry and upset about police brutality.
Here's our first page.
We have a boy who lives in a city.
He loves to ride his skateboard.
He has a pet cat who follows him everywhere.
"There is a place inside of me... ...a space deep down inside of me where all my feelings hide.
They wait there in the darkness, a knot of electric emotion, seething, sizzling, burning, until I find the strength to reach inside.
There is joy inside of me, a happiness deep down inside of me that glows bright and warm as the sun and shines delight on everything I see.
There is sorrow inside of me, a sadness deep down inside of me that is cold and dark as a watery grave at the bottom of the sea."
Now we can see here the boy is at the barber shop.
He's getting his hair cut.
But then something comes on the news.
They're all looking at the TV, and they can see that a girl has been shot, and everyone is upset.
"There is fear inside of me, a terror deep down inside of me that stalks me like a sinister shadow and seeps like poison into my dreams."
You can see how scared the boy looks at night.
And there are red-and-blue lights coming through his window because a police car is outside.
"There is anger inside of me, a fury deep down inside of me that is sharp enough to slice through air, flesh, bone, and concrete."
Now, the boy isn't the only one who's upset.
People here in this country have the right to peacefully protest, so people make signs, and they're marching in the street.
The police are there, too.
"And yet there is hunger inside of me, a yearning deep down inside of me that refuses to be silenced or bound with chains and insists on being free."
He goes to the playground, climbs as high as he can and looks down to see all of his friends playing, having fun.
"There is pride inside of me, no shame deep down inside of me, for I know how long and hard we have struggled, and against all odds, my people have emerged strong, triumphant, and beautiful."
And if we go back to that other illustration, I bet you know some of the people that Noah has put here.
You might see Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson, Mae Jemison, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, The Supremes, Louis Armstrong, and, of course, Beyoncé.
"There is peace inside of me, a calm deep down inside of me that flows through my soul like a tranquil stream and hushes my whispering doubts."
The kids at school all together.
They're doing meditation.
Maybe you've tried that before, when you sit very still, you cross your legs and you close your eyes and focus on each breath going in and out.
"There is compassion inside of me, a tenderness deep down inside of me that tries to heal the wounds of the past and to forgive in spite of the lingering pain."
You can see the boy trying to comfort his friend who's sad.
"There is still hope inside of me, a promise deep down inside of me, that I will use my life to help others and they will help me in return."
Everyone in his community got together for a candlelight vigil.
They're all holding candles, and somebody brought some flowers and a teddy bear to remember the girl who was shot.
"For there is love inside of me, true love deep down inside of me.
I am in love with my people, all people, plus trees, sparrows, sunlight, and the rain that falls like a blessing from above.
And when I look inside of me, to that place deep down inside of me, I remember to love myself most of all."
I hope you enjoyed "A Place Inside of Me."
Let's talk about your feelings.
Do you ever keep your feelings locked inside?
I do sometimes.
But I think it's important to honor your emotions.
And that means you don't ever have to be ashamed if you feel sad or scared sometimes.
I do.
When I feel scared, I imagine that I'm holding my dad's hand, and that makes me feel better.
When I feel sad, I write poetry.
What do you do when you feel sad?
Do you ever feel proud?
I have a whole wall in my house that's covered in pictures of my ancestors.
Those are family members who have passed away.
Most of the photos are black-and-white because they were taken a long time ago.
But when I look at that wall and I see their faces, it reminds me of everything they went through so that I could be here, could be a writer today.
And that makes me feel proud.
What do you do when you feel angry?
Sometimes it gets really frustrating when things happen and it feels like we can't do anything about it.
That's when it's a good time to turn to your friends and your family and your neighbors and to think about things you can do together.
Right?
That's the second part of community is unity.
And when we work together, we can make a change.
♪♪ -♪ Camp TV ♪ ♪ It's time for us to part ♪ ♪ From furry animal encounters ♪ ♪ To summer reading and the arts ♪ ♪ No matter what the weather ♪ ♪ We'll explore it all together ♪ ♪ It's a place for you and me ♪ ♪ It's Camp TV ♪ -This program was made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.
Additional funding was provided by Joan Ganz Cooney.
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