- Hi everybody.

My name is Zach and welcome to Camp TV.

Are you ready for some summer fun?

Me too.

Now as your head counselor, I will be introducing you to all sorts of cool activities; arts, crafts, games, math and science.

of cool activities: arts, crafts, games, math and science.

As well as some of my favorite books, nature and theater.

I will be here to take you from one activity to the next.

So follow me on Camp TV.

- [Narrator] 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 the Peter G. Peterson and Joan Ganz Cooney Fund and the Pine Tree Foundation of New York.

♪ Camp TV ♪ ♪ It's time for us to start ♪ ♪ From furry animal encounters ♪ ♪ To some 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 ♪ Hi!

Welcome to Camp TV.

So good to see you Mimi, Kiyoshi, Tao, Joaquin, Alisa, Jake, Liam, Malia, Deshawn, James, Sarah, Ali, Moshe, Sanaya, Chiyo, [gasps for breath] Atticus, Charlie, Jadari, Olivia, Mariella, Emma, Andre, Miles, Zahra, Johnny, Adelina, Lucero, Jose, Sandra, Kevin, Michael, Michelle, Huan, Deion, Kareem, LeShawn, Bob, Tameeka, Logan, Jesse, Hannah, Kimi, Ben, Robert, Lola, Mariana, Tessa, Uma, Talia, Julia, Lea, Ryan, Alex, Mara, Dwayne, Kira, Elijah... Whooooo!

Okay, this is gonna take a while.

So for now I will just say, welcome to Celebrate Your Name Day on Camp TV, Michael, Juan, Amanda, Luis, Bao, Adam.

A little birdie told me it's time to go wild.

- Hi friends.

My name is Chelsea and I'm an animal interpreter here at the Memphis Zoo in Memphis Tennessee.

We are joined by some of the macaws that called the Memphis Zoo their home.

Thanks to our friends at Avian Behavior International who are sharing their birds with us and guests just like you.

Now macaws are big and bright birds that live fascinating lives in South America.

Now, besides being absolutely beautiful, they serve a really important job in their homes.

Now, even though macaws are far away from us, there are things that we can do to help them do that job.

Now let's dive in and learn more about the marvelous world of macaws.

There are 16 species of macaws around today and we have three of them here at the Memphis Zoo.

We have blue and gold macaws, a military macaw and a green wing Macau, just like Balboa here.

Now, one thing you'll notice about macaws is that large, powerful beak.

They use those to break open nutshells and seeds, see the all the tasty bits inside.

Now, they're also a great line of defense.

The bite of a macaw like this is as powerful as a large dog.

So messing with them, is no joke in the wild or here at the zoo.

Along with their beaks, macaws stand out in the animal kingdom for their bright hues.

Ranging in shades across the rainbow, these birds use their flashiness to their advantage.

As fluff birds, macaws stay with their own kind for protection.

If a predator comes by, they all fly away in a confusing flash of brilliant colors.

What at show!

Macaws aren't all looks.

They're also very smart because they spend time in large groups and live to be into their 80s, in some cases.

Macaws know how to get along with others while staying alive.

Some macaws is ought to be as smart as two year old human children.

Macaw parents will even assign different sounds or names to their children.

That sounds a lot like us.

Those awe inspiring adaptations we talked about, help macaws do their jobs in their environment because they eat fruits, seeds and nuts.

Macaws are what we call seed disperses.

Seed dispersers go from tree to tree eating fruits and swallow seeds.

Then, move on to another part of the forest where they poop out those seeds.

Luckily for the seeds, poop is a great fertilizer.

So the new plant can grow easily.

Macaws are like the gardeners of the rain forest.

Because these seeds grow into trees, Macaws are considered keystone species.

Without them, there would be no new growth in the forest.

Lots of other animals rely on trees to survive and wouldn't be around without macaws.

Unfortunately, macaws are in danger of losing their homes.

The demand for paper products is very high in the world right now, which means lots of trees are being cut down.

This hurts not only the macaws but the animals that rely on them to plant more trees.

The beauty and intelligence of macaws is also what causes them to be taken from the wild and kept as pets.

When they're taken from the wild, they're not able to do their job as seed dispersers.

The good news is that you can help macaws and their homes right now from your own home.

Remember all those trees being cut down?

Well, you can do something to help by using less paper.

For example, you can draw on both sides of the same piece of paper.

You can use scrap paper for art, and you can even use paper to make fun crafts.

Look at these cool toilet paper crafts I made.

Now the macaws have their trees and I have some fun new toys.

Another way that we can help macaws is by doing research on our pets.

Because even though macaws are brilliant birds, usually they don't make really good pets.

That's because they require a lot of special care and attention.

And they're extremely intelligent.

Remember when we talked about how they're like toddlers?

Can you imagine living with a two year old for 80 years?

I don't know if I could.

Another thing you wanna do when you're researching your pets in general, is to make sure they come from a reputable or a good place.

Another threat that's facing macaws, is when they're taken out of the wild to be pets.

That means they can't do their jobs.

So not only do we want to do our research, we want to make sure we are researching that our pets come from a good, safe place where they're being taken care of.

And that way we can make sure we stop macaws from being taken out of the wild so that they can do their jobs.

Although we can't see macaws outside our window, we're connected to them in many different ways.

Besides being beautiful, they serve an important job in their homes.

Do you remember what that job is?

That's right.

They're seed dispersers.

And there are things that we can do to make sure they do their job out in the wild, like using less paper and doing research on our pets.

Well, on behalf of myself, Avian Behavior International, Balboa here, and the rest of us at the Memphis Zoo, thank you so much for hanging out with us today and we'll see you later.

- [Zach] Song, dance, play.

It's time to get active.

Let's move.

- Hi everyone.

My name is Calia Marshall and I'm a teaching artist with National Dance Institute.

I'm also a certified yoga instructor.

Today, we're gonna be doing a combination of yoga and dance, yoga dance.

The incredible music you'll hear is by Todd Keller.

So yoga and dance helped me connect to my body, my mind and my emotions.

One emotion I've been thinking a lot about lately, is joy.

Everyone deserves to feel joy.

The funny thing about joy is, sometimes we can feel it even at the same time that we're feeling upset.

Has that ever happened to you?

Let's try expressing that with our bodies.

Everyone rise on up.

We're gonna explore some emotions with our bodies right now.

So imagine that you're feeling sad.

What kind of shape would your body make?

And usually we kind of curl in like we're protecting our hearts.

Let's exaggerate that shape.

And now notice what that feels like.

It doesn't feel so great to me.

So now, let's a shape like we're really excited, super joyful.

Yeah, we usually we lift up, we open our chest a little bit.

Let's exaggerate that.

Make it really big.

Even your face.

Great.

Notice how that feels.

To me that feels really good.

So now we're gonna use our breath, our facial expressions and our full bodies to move between the two.

Let's start with a big inhale, stretch wide, big excited joyful shape, and exhale, curl and curl and curl and... [exhale].

Big breath and reach out, big shape and exhale, curl and tight.

Can you make the emotion on your face big, me but excited big and ends well sad.

Not feeling good at all.

And one more time, big breath in [deep breath] Big smile and exhale.

Oh... [exhale] All right, now let's come to a neutral position.

You can close your eyes if you want.

And see if you can feel both of those emotions, sad and joyful at the same time.

It's okay if you can't feel that but I invite you the next time that you're feeling upset.

See if you can take a pause and just notice if there's any joy underneath it.

All right, let's open our eyes.

Let's practice breath of joy together.

We're gonna bring our feet wide.

There's four movements to this breath.

On the first one we lift her arms up and breathe in.

We breathe in again as we open our arms.

We breathe in a third time as we lift our arms back up, and we exhale as we fold forward.

Bring your arms behind you.

Notice how I keep my knees bent.

Okay, let's try that again.

Breathe in, breathe in, breathe in and fold forward.

Let's take a little bit faster.

Here we go.

Three more.

Last one.

And fold forward, and hang your arms.

Shake out your head.

And begin to roll up and step your feet together.

Let's take a hand to heart and belly.

You can close your eyes if you'd like.

And just notice how you feel.

Notice if you have a little bit more energy.

Beautiful.

Let's open our eyes.

I'd like to share a few yoga postures with you which bring me joy.

The first one is called camel.

Let's come to our knees.

You can have your toes tucked.

Take your hands to your hips.

Big breath and lift your chest and take your hands down to your heels.

Open your chest up toward the sky.

Like the hump of a camel's back.

Beautiful.

That's a good big breath in to come up.

If that's too much for you you can do this first part of the posture.

All right, let's come up.

We're going to take a wide stance with our legs.

One leg is long.

The other knee is bent, arms wide.

And look over your front hand.

This is called warrior two.

It makes me feel like a big, strong warrior of love.

And our third posture, is a combination of two of Todd's favorite things.

He likes bouncing on one foot.

He also likes twisting.

So we're gonna take a balance.

We're going to lift our knee up, hands to the leg, open the other arm out.

And if you want extra challenge, look behind you.

Nice.

Let's try the other side.

If you need to, you can always use a wall or something else to help you balance.

Okay?

So we're going to play yoga freeze dance.

Todd's gonna play the music, when he stops, you can pick one of those three postures to freeze in.

Okay, Todd, we are ready for you.

Here we go!

[Percussive music] Dance really big.

You see our whole body?

Oh!

Freeze.

[music continues] You're gonna explore levels.

Oh.

[music continues] [music stops] Oh freeze.

[music continues] Good.

Use your whole body.

[Music stops] Freeze.

[Music continues] [Music stops] Freeze.

[Music continues] Okay, nice dancing.

[Music stops] Ohh.

[Music continues] Last one.

And freeze.

Wow.

Beautiful yoga dancing.

Let's take a seat and you can take a hand back to your heart and to your belly.

Repeat after me, may all beings feel joy.

May all beings feel peace.

May all beings feel loved.

Thank you so much for joining.

I hope you have a beautiful rest of your day.

Bye.

- Welcome back my fair Camp Tvers.

How fairest thou this day?

Tis I, William Shakespeare the greatest playwright who ever lived.

And I ask you, what's in a name?

Turns out, a lot.

A name is so much more than just a collection of letters and sounds.

It can reveal a lot about who you are, where your family is from, the language you speak, your traditions, religion and of course who you are related to.

But it can also represent the hopes and wishes your family might have for you.

And there's often a story why it was chosen just for you.

So, do you know the origin of your name?

What it means, why it was given to you?

Are you named after or in honor of someone special?

Perhaps I am the world's best playwright but to thy own self be true.

I guarantee no one can tell a better story than the story of you.

[Horses neighs] Alas.

The time is nigh.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

I must take my leave and timeth for thee to when to thy next activity.

- [Zach] Curiosity and wonder, let's discover together.

It's Science Wow!

["This Too Shall Pass" by OK Go] ♪ Oooooh oooooooh ♪ ♪ Oooooh ooooooh ♪ ♪ Ooooooh ooooooh ♪ ♪ Oooooh ooooooh ♪ ♪ You know you can't keep lettin' it get you down ♪ ♪ And they can't keep draggin' that dead weight around ♪ ♪ If there ain't all that much to lug around ♪ ♪ Better run like hell when you hit the ground ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ You can't stop these kids from dancin' ♪ ♪ Why would you want to ♪ ♪ Especially when you're already gettin' yours ♪ ♪ Cause if your mind don't move and your knees don't bend ♪ ♪ Well don't go blamin' the kids again ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ Let it go this too shall pass ♪ ♪ Let it go this too shall pass ♪ ♪ Let it go this too shall pass ♪ ♪ Let it go this too shall pass ♪ ♪ Let it go this too shall pass ♪ ♪ Let it go this too shall pass ♪ ♪ You know you can't keep lettin' it get you down.

♪ ♪ Let it go ♪ ♪ No, you can't keep lettin' it get you down ♪ ♪ Too shall pass ♪ ♪ You know you can't keep lettin' it get you down.

♪ ♪ Let it go this too shall pass ♪ ♪ Let it go this too shall pass ♪ ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ You know you can't keep lettin' it get you down.

♪ ♪ No, you can't keep lettin' it get you down ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ You can't keep lettin' it get you down ♪ ♪ You can't keep lettin' it get you down ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ You can't keep lettin' it get you down ♪ ♪ No you can't keep lettin' it get you down ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ You can't keep lettin' it get you down ♪ ♪ You can't keep lettin' it get you down ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ [people cheers] - All right, dudes.

I think we should get into the fundamentals that make our video really work.

We've got six concepts here on the table, six things, just small variations on these.

And you could make our whole video.

- Wow.

- They look so simple.

- [Damian] Simple machine is the term that engineers and scientists give to these six objects.

They're used to move things around or hold them in place.

First we have, the inclined plane.

An inclined plane is a slope surface that makes it easier to move objects.

- [Tim] This simple machine is called a wedge.

A wedge is a V-shaped object for driving things apart or holding things in place.

- [Andy] Here's a simple machine you already know, a screw.

A screw is technically an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder.

A screw is generally used to lift materials or hold them together.

- [Dan] This it's called a lever.

A lever is any rigid object or bar that rests on a fixed point called a fulcrum.

- [Damian] Here's another one you all know.

Most likely you even used it today.

This is the wheel and axle, or basically a wheel that spins around the post.

It's that same machine that we all use for our bikes and our cars or skateboards and our scooters.

- [Tim] Then this last one, is called a pulley.

A pulley is a rope that goes around a wheel and axle.

This allows us to change the direction that the rope is pulling in.

- So when you analyze a chain reaction machine in our music video, or really any mechanical device.

It turns out it's always just these six simple machines one after the next.

Let's go back and watch the video and see if we can pick some of those out.

- [Tim] Right at the beginning of the video, both the car and the pool ball are rolling down inclined planes.

- [Andy] This golf club swinging is a lever.

- [Dan] This can is hanging from a pulley.

- [Damian] This candle stick's a screw.

- [Andy] Here's a wheel and axle.

- [Dan] Check out the green and white ball, it's held in place by a wedge.

- Now, we challenge you to go back, watch the whole video and find as many simple machines as you can.

They go by pretty quickly.

Good luck!

♪ When the morning comes ♪ ♪ When the morning comes ♪ - And you're back!

Just in time for a Zach Challenge!

Let's see if I can make a name for myself, literally.

In this container are the 26 glorious letters of the alphabet.

I will have 20 seconds to try and find the letters of my name.

That would be a Z, A, C, and H. If only they weren't buried in whatever this is, it would be a cinch.

[timer beeps] Okay.

I got a B. Oh, that's a C. Here's a C. Not a Q.

Hey that's a Z.

Okay.

T, D... Oh, I see an H. V. Ooh, I see an A. Bingo!

Whoa.

I can't believe I did that.

Nailed it.

Have fun at your next activity.

Arts and crafts.

Yes, please.

Let's get artsy.

[Bright and cheerful music] - Hi campers.

Welcome to Tennessee Tech University's Appalachian Center for Crafts.

My name is Rena Wood and I am the head of the fibers department here at Tennessee Tech.

And today we're gonna do a surface design project, and you are going to design your own t-shirt with all different things that you can probably find at home.

So we are using a non washable acrylic paint, any paint that you have that is acrylic and non washable should work.

And we're also using items from your kitchen to stamp with.

So I have an assortment of veggies that we're going to try out.

I have carrots, celery, potatoes, and peppers.

We are using a hundred percent cotton shirt, prewashed so you can have your grownup help you out with washing your shirt.

And you can use an old shirt and recycle your favorite shirt that maybe needs a little bit of updating and a new design.

We also like to put a piece of cardboard inside of our shirts so that we don't transfer the print all the way to the back.

So if you have an old box that was sent to you, you can put that in between your shirt and you can see, I have a really large one here for my shirt.

So I have our paints already laid out here.

I love to mix paints and not just pour them out directly from the bottle, so that they're truly my own colors.

And they're a little bit more unique than just straight from the tube.

Once you get your paints mixed, you can decide how you want to lay out your pattern.

You can do a repeat print or you can do an all over print like I have on my shirts.

Another fun thing to do is to start at the top and then work your way down and do different vegetables as you work your way down.

So we're gonna start here with a pepper and I've tapped it into my paint and then tapped out a little bit of it.

Make sure I have enough on it on a little scrap piece of paper, and I'm going to start printing.

You can keep coming back to your paint.

And I'll print all over this shirt.

And I will try some other vegetables to see what shape they are.

Carrots are great for polka dots.

Celery are great for half moon shapes.

So let's try some other colors here and see what we can get.

Maybe a little celery inside of each one.

So I started with my pepper and I added my celery design.

And now I'm gonna use my third color from my color palette.

And I'm going to add one more detail on each one.

And I like to use paper plates for my paint.

So you can use a paper plate, or if you have any plastic plates, you can wash them really good when you're finished using them.

Another technique that you can try is putting down a little bit of a tape ridges.

This will make your design, have a break in it or it could have a stripe like you see right here.

So I'll put a couple of pieces of tape down and I'm gonna switch to a larger potato and a sweet potato, and see if I can get a few designs that vary here.

And I will continue and I will fill up this entire shirt.

Once I'm finished with this front part of the shirt, then I will let the front completely dry and then turn it over and do the same design on the backside of my shirt, so that it goes all the way around.

Press hard and make sure that you put, apply even pressure on both sides of your stamps so that it completely creates the entire shape.

I'm gonna go ahead and reveal our resists, pull my tape up.

Now I have some open area that I can fill back in with another shape so I think I'm gonna go back to my celery.

Cause I really like how it has that curved half circle line.

And I think it'll fill in really nicely here.

So one part of our t-shirts that we don't want to forget are the sleeves.

So if you have a scrap piece of cardboard, you can slide it in, again to protect the layers and to spread out your shirt.

And then you can stamp on that part as well.

So no part of your t-shirt is left undesigned.

Every pepper is a little bit different.

Every vegetable is a little different shape.

So feel free to grab a couple of each, and see what happens when that cross section is printed.

I love the peppers because they look like flowers.

And remember, if you think you made a mistake it's just an opportunity to change your design and try something new.

So I have a couple of peppers down there that it didn't print perfectly.

So I'm just going to pick up my veggies and I'm going to add more and just keep painting and changing my design and letting those accidents become opportunities to create something different.

There really aren't any rules.

So if you love bright colors, rainbow colors just go for it.

Try as many as you want.

So when your shirt is completely finished, you wanna wait and let it dry.

If you're in a hurry, you can have a grownup come and help you with the hairdryer to dry it.

So you can flip it over and print the backside.

Once both sides are totally dry, you have a few different ways to set your pigment.

You can iron it with a hot iron for five minutes on each side.

And I would put down a piece of cloth in between your iron and your t-shirt, or you can throw it in the dryer for half an hour and just let it heat up in the dryer and the pigment will be set.

And when you think that you're finished, you could sit back and enjoy your print as it dries.

And you know that nobody else has a T-shirt just like this.

This is truly one of a kind.

And you designed it from start to finish, so well done campers.

Thank you for joining me today.

- [Zach] You took the words right out of my mouth, write on.

- My Pen Pal, by Eden, a nine year old from California.

Dear Sylvia, I'm writing this letter to you even though you live next door.

I've been doing math homework, but I'm bored.

I hope you're having fun.

I just wanted to say that nothing will change that you're my best friend.

Love, Elaine - [Sylvia] Dear Elaine, Wanna come over and play?

Love, Sylvia - Dear Sylvia, I can't believe what your dad just told us.

I can't believe you're moving away but nothing will change that you're my best friend.

Love, Elaine - [Sylvia] Dear Elaine, We're moving tomorrow.

I'll miss you.

So you need to write to me, deal?

- Dear Sylvia, deal.

Love, Elaine - [Sylvia] Dear Elaine, It's been a month since I moved away.

Doesn't it feel like the time's flown by?

But nothing will change that you're my best friend.

Love, Sylvia - Dear Sylvia.

I don't think time went too fast.

I think it went very slow but maybe because nothing ever happens here.

Love, Elaine - [Sylvia] Dear Elaine, I made a new friend.

His name is Isaac.

- Isaac?

Isaac!

Oh wait, there's more.

- [Sylvia] But nothing will change that you're my best friend.

Love, Sylvia.

- Dear Sylvia, Now it's been a year.

I miss you.

Nothing will change that you're my best friend.

I've been so lonely since you left.

Love, Elaine Dear Sylvia, You haven't responded to me in a long time.

What have you been doing?

Love, Elaine Dear Sylvia.

It's been three weeks.

Why haven't you responded?

Love, Elaine This is my diary.

I wanted to write to Sylvia, but she isn't responding.

Oh, the doorbell just rang.

Let me get it.

Oh my goodness.

It's Sylvia.

She's at my door.

This is what we said.

Sylvia.

What are you doing here?

- I live here now.

- What?

- I moved back.

- Yay!

Can we write a letter together?

- To who?

- Our future selves.

- [Sylvia And Elaine] Yay!

Dear Sylvia and Elaine, We know that nothing will ever change that we're best friends.

Love, us The end!

- Welcome back to celebrate Your Name Day on Camp TV.

And what better way to celebrate, than by making a name sign.

You can hang it on a wall, your bedroom door or anywhere you'd like.

You will need some pipe cleaners, some glue a piece of cardstock, a hole punch and a pencil.

First, write your name on a piece of cardstock, then bend some pipe cleaners into the shape of the letters that make your name.

That's a Z.

Okay.

That'll work.

There.

That's a C and then let's do H in pink.

Then, trace the letters on the cardstock with glue and put your letters on top.

Then, punch two holes at the top of the sign.

Next, cut an assortment of multicolor stems, about six inches in length and wrap those pieces tightly around another pipe cleaner to form fuzzy beads.

Fold it in half to create a hanger.

Twist each end of the hanger into the holes.

And what do you know?

It's your name and all its glory.

Ready for some math that counts?

Count on!

- Hi everyone.

I'm Norah.

And I'm gonna show you one of my favorite ways to play around with math at home.

It's time to match my height!

This is a fun game where you guess how many of a certain object it'll take lined up in a row to match my height.

But first, how tall am I?

Let's measure.

Okay.

I've got my tape measure here to help me figure out how tall I am.

And what I'm gonna do is just start at the zero end at the very bottom, I'm gonna pull that down until it's just barely touching the floor, right where my toes are.

And then I'm gonna keep pulling this up.

Make sure that's still there till I get to the top of my head.

And if you have a friend or someone who can help you make this a little bit easier, but let's see, I'm just about 69 inches or five feet and nine inches tall.

I've gathered up some objects from around my house that I'm gonna test out.

But first, I'm gonna make some predictions on this chart here.

So in this column, I'm gonna write the name of the objects that I've gathered.

Then in the middle, I'm gonna put my prediction or my guess for how many times I need to line up that object to match my height.

And then, after I test it, I'll put the answers over here, so we can see how close I got.

So, my first object is a parrot.

So I'm gonna write parrot over here.

And you can also draw a picture to help you remember if you wanted to.

I'm gonna draw a little bird with a beak.

There's my parrot.

Now let's guess how many parrots lined up would it take to match my height?

Hmm.

I'm gonna guess 10 parrots.

All right.

Object two, is an umbrella.

I'm gonna keep my umbrella closed to keep my good luck.

I'm gonna write umbrella on my chart.

Draw a little picture.

And I'm gonna guess this is bigger than my parrot.

I'm gonna say, five.

Object three, is a lasagna noodle.

Okay.

I'm gonna put that over here as lasagna.

Gotta draw a little noodle.

And I'm gonna guess this is somewhere in between so maybe, seven.

Okay.

Now my last object, is a pool toy!

I'm gonna write pool toy in my prediction columns.

Draw a little picture.

And this one is pretty big.

So I think maybe, two.

Alright.

I made all my predictions.

Let's test it out.

I've laid out my tape measure on the ground so that I can clearly see how many of each object it takes to line up with my height.

And I marked my height right here at five foot, nine inches with a piece of masking tape so it's easy to see.

Let's start with object number one, the parrot.

To measure, I'm gonna start right here at the bottom at zero.

I'm just gonna lie my parrot up here.

And I'm gonna see, he's about seven inches.

I'm gonna put a finger here and then I'm just gonna see how many times it takes to lay my parrot down until it matches my height.

Let's go.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine!

Nine parrots.

Object number two, the umbrella.

My umbrella is about 17 inches.

One, two, three, four, five and just a little teenzy bit.

Object number three, lasagna.

My lasagna noodle is about 10 inches.

One, two, three, four, five, six, six and a half, I'd say.

And our last object, object number four, the pool toy.

This one is, lines up.

Looks like it's about 32 inches.

One, two!

Looking at our predictions, I think we did a pretty good job.

We were only off by one and we even got one of them exactly right.

Our pool toy.

We thought it would be two.

And it was almost exactly two.

You could play this at home too.

If you have a tape measure, you can measure yourself like I did, or you can use a ruler laying end to end like we did with our objects.

And even if you don't have something to measure yourself with, you can just use a really long piece of string and put a piece of tape or make a mark when it reaches your height, then you'll know to match that up to as many objects as you can.

See how many it takes to match your height.

See you next time.

Bye.

- Daytime or nighttime.

It's always time for story time.

Every name tells a story.

And this is one of my favorites.

It's called The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi.

Let's dive in.

"Through the school bus window, Unhei looked out at the strange buildings and houses on the way to her new school.

It was her first day and she was both nervous and excited.

She fingered the little block of wood in her pocket and remembered leaving her grandmother at the airport in Korea.

Her grandmother had wiped away Unhei's tears and handed her an ink pad and a small red satin pouch.

'Your name is inside,' she had said.

My name?

Unhei had wondered.

Again, she took out the red pouch to look at the wooden block with her name carved in it.

As she ran her fingers along the grooves and ridges of the Korean characters, she pictured her grandmother's smile.

'Is that thing for show and tell?'

a boy asked Unhei, surprising her.

Unhei looked up as more kids leaned over.

'No it's mine.'

Unhei answered.

Quickly putting the pouch back in her pocket.

'Are you new here?

What's your name?'

A girl asked.

'Unhei.'

said Unhei.

'Ooh-ney?'

the girl asked scrunching up her face.

'Ooh, ooh, ooh-ney!

some kids chanted.

'No, no.'

Unhei corrected, 'It's spelled U-N-H-E-I, it's pronounced Yoon-hye.'

'Oh, it's Yoo-hey!'

the boy said, 'Like yoo-hey What about, Hey you?'

Just then, the bus pulled up to the school and the doors opened.

Unhei, hurried to get off.

'Yoo-hey!

Bye bye!'

The kids yelled as she left.

Unhei felt herself blush.

She was relieved that the kids on the bus had gone to the other rooms, but her face still felt red.

'Aren't you going in?'

asked a curly haired boy with lots of dots on his face.

'You're the new girl, right?'

he asked cheerfully.

Unhei nodded.

And before she could walk away the boy took her hand and pulled her through the door.

'Here's the new girl!'

he announced so loudly that the teacher, Mr. Cocotos almost dropped his glasses.

Mr. Cocotos thanked him and greeted Unhei.

'Please welcome our newest student.'

he said to the class, 'She and her family just arrived from Korea last week.'

Unhei smiled broadly and tried not to show her nervousness.

'What's your name?'

someone shouted.

Unhei pictured the kids on the bus.

'Um, I haven't picked one yet.'

she told the class, 'But I'll let you know by next week.'

As Mr. Cocotos showed her to her desk, she felt many round, curious eyes on her.

'Why doesn't she have a name?'

she heard someone whisper.

'Maybe she robbed a bank in Korea and needs a new identity.'

a boy replied.

On the bus home, nobody teased her, but Unhei kept thinking about her name.

'How was school Unhei?'

her mother asked when she walked in, 'Did you understand the teacher?'

Unhei simply nodded, she unpacked her school bag and set the red pouch by a photograph of her grandma.

'I'm glad you are learning English well,' her mother said, 'You must study hard.

Behave nicely.

And get good grades to show that you're a good Korean.'

'I will,' replied Unhei, 'But I think I would like my own American name.'

she said quickly.

Her mother looked at her with surprise.

'Why?

Unhei is a beautiful name.

Your grandma and I went to a name master for it.'

'But it's so hard to pronounce.'

Unhei complained.

'I don't wanna be different from all the American kids.'

'You are different Unhei.'

her mother said, 'That's a good thing!'

Unhei just wrinkled her nose.

Later that day, Unhei and her mother went grocery shopping in their new neighborhood.

They passed Fadil's Falafel, Tony's Pizza and Dot's Deli.

A big graffiti painted garbage truck roared like a lion as it took off down the street.

Nothing sounded or looked familiar until they got to Kim's Market.

The sign was in both English and Korean.

Her mother picked up cabbage to make kimchi, Korean style spicy pickled cabbage, and other vegetables and meat.

She also found some seaweed Unhei's favorite, for soup.

It made Unhei smile.

'Just because we've moved to America,' her mother said, 'Doesn't mean we stop eating Korean food.'

At the checkout counter, a friendly man smiled at Unhei.

'Helping your mother with the shopping?'

He asked.

Unhei nodded.

'I'm Mr. Kim,' he said, 'And what is your name?'

'Unhei.'

she answered.

'Ah, what a beautiful name,' he said, 'Doesn't it mean grace?'

Unhei nodded again.

'My mother and my grandmother went to a name master for it.'

she told him.

'A graceful name for a graceful girl.'

Mr. Kim said, as he put their groceries into bags.

That evening, Unhei stood in front of the bathroom mirror.

'Hi, my name is Amanda.'

She said cheerfully.

Then she wrinkled her nose.

'Hi, my name is Laura.

Hmm.

Maybe not.'

Her smile turned down.

Nothing sounded right.

Nothing felt right.

I don't think American kids will like me, she worried as she began to brush her teeth, "Ha-ee, ma nem id Shoozhy," she said to the mirror with her mouth full of toothpaste.

The next morning, when Unhei arrived at school, she found a glass jar on her desk with some pieces of paper in it.

Unhei took one out and read it aloud.

'Daisy.'

'That's my baby sister's nickname, But she said, you can use it if you want,' said Cindy, who sat next to her.

Unhei took out the rest of the paper.

'Tamela,' she read, 'I got it from a storybook,' said Nate.

'She was smart and brave.'

Unhei nodded and unfolded another piece.

'Wensdy?'

'Yeah, you came around Wednesday,' said Ralph.

'Thank you for your help.'

A smile spread over Unhei's face.

Ralph quickly said, 'We'll put more names in.

You can pick whatever you like-or pick them all, and you'll have the longest name in history!'

At three o'clock, the bell rang for the end of the school day.

Unhei looked out the window and saw it was sprinkling.

It's the same rain, she thought, but in a different place.

She watched other kids leading in groups.

Unhei turned around to see the curly haired boy again.

'I'm Joey,' he said.

'And you?

Don't you have any name?

Unhei thought for a moment.

'Well, I can show you.'

she said and took out the small red pouch.

She pressed the wooden block on the ink pad and then stamped it on a piece of paper.

'This is my name stamp.'

she said, 'My grandma gave it to me.

In Korea, I can use it as a signature when I open a bank account or write a letter.

And whenever I miss my grandma, I use it to fill a piece of paper.

Want to try it?'

She offered the stamp to Joey and he carefully inked the stamp and pressed it hard on the paper.

The red characters gleamed against the whiteness.

'Wow.

That's beautiful.'

Joey said, 'Can I keep the paper?'

'Sure.'

Unhei said.

And then the two of them shared her umbrella as they walked to the school bus.

Every day the jar got fuller with more names, and Unhei read them all.

She found a few names she liked-Miranda, Stella, Avery.

They sounded interesting.

'I hope you choose the name I put in.'

Marco told her at snack time.

'I put in three more,' said Ralph, 'Madison, Park and Lex.

They're my favorite street names.'

'Maybe you should close your eyes and draw a name.'

Rosie suggested.

Ralph frowned.

'That's silly.

What if she doesn't like the name she draws?'

'Well, we didn't get to choose our names when we were born.

Did we?'

Rosie argued.

Everyone thought about this.

When Unhei got home from school that day, her little brother ran to give her a letter.

It was from her grandma.

She opened it quickly.

It said, To my Unhei, I hope you are enjoying your new school and new friends.

Be sure to help your mother and your little brother.

Here, the moon is up, but there, the sun is up.

No matter how far apart we are and no matter how different America is from Korea, you'll always be my own Unhei.

Your grandma, forever.

Unhei took out her wooden stamp and fill a paper with it.

She thought for a long time in front of the bathroom mirror.

On Saturday, Unhei walked in Mr. Kim's store.

Mr. Kim was helping a customer but he looked up and greeted her.

'Hi Unhei.'

'Hello, Mr.

Kim.'

Unhei replied, she felt as if she was back in her old neighborhood in Korea.

'Hey.'

Said the customer, turning around.

It was Joey.

'Your name is Un-hee?'

he asked her with his eyes open wide.

Unhei looked quickly at Mr. Kim then turned to Joey.

She nodded slowly.

'Yes.

It's pronounced Yoon-Hye.'

'And it means grace.'

Mr. Kim added.

Joey said slowly and this time perfectly.

It made Unhei smile.

'I'll have it ready for you tomorrow.'

said Mr. Kim to Joey.

'Thank you, Mr. Kim.

See you Monday, Unhei.'

Joey said to her.

He left before she could ask him why he was at the store.

On Monday, Unhei came to class early to look at the names one last time.

But the jar wasn't on her desk.

Instead, there was just a single piece of paper.

Paper with the name on it.

Unhei slipped it in her pocket.

'Where's your name jar?'

Ralph asked as soon as he saw it was gone.

'I don't know.'

Unhei said.

It wasn't on Mr. Cocotos's desk or on any other desk.

And it wasn't on the counters or any of the shelves.

As other kids arrived, they helped looked.

Soon, Mr. Cocotos came in and Ralph shouted at him.

'The name jar is gone!

The jar with all the names in it!'

'Gone?'

Mr. Cocotos replied.

With a look of concern, he asked Unhei, 'Did you get a chance to read all the names?'

Unhei nodded.

She took a breath, 'I'm ready to introduce myself.'

she said, Unhei wrote her name in both English and Korean on the chalkboard.

'I liked the beautiful names and funny names you thought of, for me,' she told the class, 'But I realized that I liked my name best.

So I chose it again.

Korean names mean something.

Unhei means grace.'

'Grace!

Grace In-hye.'

shouted Ralph.

Everyone tried to say it, 'Yn-ha-e, Unh-yee.

Unhee.'

Unhei said her name again slowly and clearly.

Soon, the kids began to say it better.

Even Mr. Cocotos.

They applauded Unhei's choice.

'I was named after a flower,' Rosie whispered to Unhei.

'Lots of American names have meanings too.'

Mr. Cocotos reminded everyone.

When the class was dismissed, Unhei heard her new friends say goodbye.

'Bye, Unhei.

see you tomorrow.'

'Goodbye, Unhei.'

Unhei said goodbye and then looked around for Joey.

But he was already gone.

'Unhei!

Unhei!

Come downstairs!'

Mother called up to Unhei.

'Your friend is here!'

Unhei rushed down to see who she meant.

There stood Joey.

And in his arms was the name jar.

'Where did you find it?'

asked Unhei breathlessly.

Joey looked embarrassed, 'Um, well, I took it.

But only because I wanted you to keep your own name.

And you did.'

He reached in and pulled out the names.

'Do you want to keep them?'

he asked.

'Thank you.

I'll keep them as a souvenir.'

Unhei said happily.

Then she pulled out the piece of paper from her pocket.

'Do you want this back?'

Joey grinned.

'You can keep it.

I'll return the name jar to the class.

Maybe you could put some Korean nicknames in it for us.'

Carefully, he pulled a small, silver, felt pouch from his pocket.

Then he took out a dark wooden stamp with beautiful Korean characters, carved sharply into it.

He pressed it on the inkpad.

And then on the piece of paper next to her name, 'Chinku,' read Unhei.

'That means friend.'

And Chinku smiled back."

So what's the story behind your name?

Hmm.

I actually don't know the answer to that for myself.

Well, I'm off to ask a family member.

Maybe you could do the same.

Hi.

Mom?

I have a question for you.

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