ClassX Video Lessons Grade Kindergarten ‘Communities’ and Songs with Ms. Lauren (Day 1) ???? | FULL 20 MIN EPISODE FOR HD TV
Hello, friends! I’m so happy you’re here. Today, we’re going to have lots of fun learning about something special. Are you ready? Let’s go!
This week, we have a special word to learn: “community.” Do you know what a community is? It’s a group of people who live, work, and play together in the same place. Isn’t that cool?
In my community, we did something fun last weekend. We cleaned up a park! We picked up trash, painted recycle bins, and fixed the playground. It was so much fun working together!
Now, let’s learn a chant with Mr. Dan. It goes like this: “In my neighborhood, I see the people in my community. There are helpers I can meet working up and down my street.” Can you say it with me? Great job!
Every community is special in its own way. Our friend Ms. Saki lives in a big city called Los Angeles. She has lots of fun things in her community, like a pet shop and a park where she plays with her friends. Does your community have fun places too?
In a community, people help each other. You can help a neighbor, a friend, or even someone you don’t know. Helping makes everyone feel good!
Let’s read a story about a boy who helps people in his community. He helps a baker, a teacher, and a gardener. Helping is so nice!
Saia talked to a real baker named Chef Maddie. She makes yummy treats like fruit tarts. Being a baker sounds like so much fun!
Did you know animals have communities too? They live in places called habitats. A habitat is where animals find food, water, and shelter. Let’s go on a virtual field trip with Pava to learn more!
Pava showed us the African savannah, where elephants and giraffes live. They have everything they need in their habitat. Isn’t that amazing?
It’s time to move and dance like animals! Let’s have fun and shake our tails!
Here’s a fun fact: There’s a festival where people race rubber duckies down a river! Wouldn’t that be fun to see?
Thank you for joining our adventure today. Remember, being part of a community is wonderful because we help each other. See you next time, and keep learning and having fun!
Community Helpers Collage: Gather some old magazines, newspapers, or printed images. Ask the children to cut out pictures of people who help in their community, like firefighters, teachers, doctors, or bakers. Let them create a collage on a large piece of paper. Encourage them to share their collages with the class and talk about how each person helps the community.
Neighborhood Walk: Take a short walk around the school or neighborhood with the children. Ask them to observe and point out different places and people that are part of their community, such as the library, a grocery store, or a police officer. After the walk, have a discussion about what they saw and how each place or person contributes to the community.
Helping Hands Chart: Create a “Helping Hands” chart in the classroom. Each time a child helps someone, they can add a handprint or sticker to the chart. Encourage them to think of ways they can help at home, at school, or in their neighborhood. At the end of the week, review the chart and celebrate the ways they have contributed to their community.
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Hi everyone! Welcome to the ABC Mouse classroom. The class is just about to start, so let’s go!
Hello and welcome! It’s great to see you. I’m Miss Lauren, and today is Monday. I have so many fun activities planned just for you! We’ll visit our friend Ms. Saki, read a great story, and go on a field trip. Plus, we always have a fun fact to share.
Each week, we pick one special word, and this week’s special word is “community.” Have you ever heard that word before? Yes, many of you have! A community is a group of people who live, work, and play in the same place. Let me tell you what we did in my community just this past weekend. A bunch of us cleaned up a park. We met early in the morning to pick up litter, paint the recycle bins, and add new wood to the playground. What I liked best about cleaning the park was working together with others in my community. We had fun doing it and getting to know each other.
Now, I have exciting news! You live in a community too! That’s right; each community is different in its own way, and that’s what makes each one special. This week, we’re going to learn about different kinds of communities. Are you ready to begin? Yes? Great! Let’s kick things off by learning the first part of a chant from our music teacher, Mr. Dan. As you learn the chant, pay attention to what you hear about communities. Go ahead and have fun!
Hi everyone! I’m Mr. Dan, and today we are going to learn a chant that we will build on each day this week. Each time we say our chant, it will start like this: “In my neighborhood, I see the people in my community. There are helpers I can meet working up and down my street.”
Alright, it’s your turn! I’m going to say it first, and I’d like you to repeat after me. Ready? Here we go: “In my neighborhood, I see…” Great job! I hope you had a good time. Next time I see you, we’ll learn a new section of the chant. Have a great day! Goodbye!
Thank you, Mr. Dan! I can’t wait to see how good you all are at this chant by the end of the week. Now, some communities might look like yours or mine, but there are other communities that are very different. Armand is here with a fast fact about one of the most unusual communities I’ve ever seen.
Here’s a fast fact: This town in Spain is real! It was built on, under, and into a cliff hundreds of years ago. Some amazing people built the town there to protect themselves from enemy forces, and it’s still around today. You can even see this massive cliff hanging down right over the street. How cool is that?
Thanks for that fast fact, Armand! Wow, I’ve always wanted to live near the mountains, but I never imagined living right under one. People definitely find some wonderful places to build their communities. Some of those places can be right in a city. Let’s find out more as Ms. Saki tells us about her community. She lives in a big city called Los Angeles. Maybe some of you live there too! As you watch, think about how Ms. Saki’s community is the same and different from your own.
See you soon!
Ms. Saki presents: My community. This is my community! There are a lot of people who live and work here, and this is where I live with my mom, dad, and little sister Sophia. My grandparents live on the bottom floor, which means we get to spend a lot of time together. Down the street is where I go to school; it’s the same school where my dad teaches.
In the summer, I spend a lot of time at my uncle’s pet shop. He lets me feed the fish and help with other things around the shop. This is Mrs. Laqua; she owns the used bookstore where my mom and I have gone every Sunday since before I could even walk. People where I live enjoy reading so much that every block or so, you can find one of these little libraries. They look like big birdhouses, but they’re filled with books that anyone can borrow. You don’t even need a library card!
This is the park where my friends and I play. There’s a place in the park where people play chess, and you don’t even have to know the person you’re playing against. I’ve made a lot of new friends here. We have a community tradition that every year on the 4th of July, everyone meets in the park, and we have a parade through the neighborhood.
One thing’s pretty clear when you look around my community: we all look pretty different from one another. I think it’s great that people from all over the world decided to come here. I guess that’s why you can hear so many different languages on the street. When many of these people came, they brought some of their culture with them, like their food, language, and music. All of that makes this a great place to live!
In the summer, a few of the main streets are only open to bikes, which means we get to ride our bikes in the middle of the road. It’s like one big neighborhood party! On almost every corner, you’ll hear a new band playing a different style of music, like a steel drum band from Trinidad or Mariachi from Mexico. This is one of my favorite things to do!
So, this is my community—the place where many cultures come together to create a brand new one in the place we call home.
Welcome back! Ms. Saki’s community celebrates the 4th of July with a parade. Does your community have a parade too? Yes! Wonderful! Parades are so much fun. My community is a little different from Ms. Saki’s because we don’t have parades, but we do have a great park like the one in Ms. Saki’s community. That’s where I like to walk my dog.
Now think: Is there anything about your community that’s different from Ms. Saki’s? Yes? Oh good! And is there anything about her community that you loved? Yes, me too! I wish I had one of those little libraries. Maybe I can help my community set some up. People helping other people is one of the great things about living in a community.
Did you hear about all the different ways people can help each other? You can help a neighbor, help your family, or help someone who fell. Actually, that’s what happened to me when I was cleaning the park over the weekend. I fell on the grass, and someone came right over and helped me back up. It was so nice! Can you think of a time when someone did something nice for you? People in communities do nice things for each other all the time.
Let’s find out some other ways in this next book. It’s a story about a boy who helps people while he takes a walk through his community.
I can help! We see a baker. I can help the baker. I get a cookie. We see a teacher. I can help the teacher. I get an apple. We see a gardener. I can help the gardener. I get a hug.
I really loved that book! What about you? Yes! Little acts of kindness, like opening the door for someone, can mean so much. Helping people not only makes you feel good, but it also makes you feel like you’re a part of your community. I bet that baker really appreciated it when the nice boy opened the door. All I know is that bakers work really hard, and they make the most delicious food in the world!
I’ve asked Saia to interview a real baker so we can find out more.
Hello, Chef Maddie! Thank you for meeting with me today to answer some questions from our class about being a baker.
Hi, Saia! It’s so nice to meet you. I’m happy to be here.
My first question is: How long have you been a baker?
I’ve been a baker for three years.
Wow, that’s a long time! Have you always wanted to be a baker?
Not always. I really love art and being creative. I thought maybe I’d become a school teacher one day too. But one day, I was craving some fruit tarts, so I went into my kitchen and whipped some up. I fell in love with the idea of becoming a baker and doing it as my job.
That sounds awesome! Well, I’ll let you get back to making a fruit tart. Thank you again!
You’re very welcome!
Saia, talk about helping your community! Yum! Do you hear that? It’s time to move it! Everybody up! ABC, take it away!
Hi! It’s time to move it! Ready? Let’s go and dance like an animal!
Wow! You sure know how to move it! See you next time! Bye-bye!
Great job! Ready to hear another fast fact? Lots of communities like to hold festivals or celebrations, like the parade in Ms. Saki’s neighborhood. This next fast fact from Armand is about a community festival that might make you want to take a bath!
Here’s a fast fact about a community festival that might quack you up! It’s a rubber ducky festival! Each year during the summer, a town in Minnesota races thousands of these little yellow guys down a river. The people watching can play games and eat snacks. Quack, quack!
That rubber ducky festival is something I’d like to see in person someday! The people in that community must have a blast!
Now, did you know that there are other kinds of communities that have no people in them? How can that be? Can you think of any other creatures besides humans that live, work, and play in groups?
Yes, animals! That’s right! Many animals live in communities. Of course, their communities look pretty different from ours, but these animals live, work, and yes, even play together. There’s even a special name for the places where these animals live. In this next video, I’ll let Pava explain it to you. Are you ready for a virtual field trip? Yes? Oh good! Okay, have fun!
Hi! It’s me, Pava, and this is Blink. We’re in the African savannah—pretty awesome, isn’t it? My dad came to Africa for work, so Blink and I got to tag along. Some of the largest animals in the world live right here, like the African elephant. They can live to be almost 70 years old! Elephants eat many different things, like leaves, bark, and fruit, but they especially like grass. The savannah has some trees and lots and lots of grass, so it’s a great place for them to live.
The place where an animal or plant lives is called its habitat. A habitat has everything that a living thing needs to survive, like food, air, water, and shelter. Habitats can be big or small, like this pile of dirt. It’s actually a termite nest called a mound, and it’s the habitat of thousands of termites. Inside are lots of tunnels with places for water and food, and even special places for the termites’ eggs. It’s like a whole city in there!
Since termites eat wood, you might think this is not a good place for a tree to grow, but a termite mound is also a great habitat for the jackalberry tree because jackalberry wood is too hard for the termites to eat. The roots help to hold the mound together, and the mound provides a way for the roots to get water. The jackalberry tree is also an important part of the habitat for the baboons that live on the savannah. The tree gives them tasty jackalberry fruit to munch on, and it has high branches they can climb up when there is danger below.
The giraffe is one of my favorite animals, after Blink, of course! The giraffe is one of the tallest animals in the world. Just the giraffe’s legs are taller than my dad, and he’s almost six feet tall! A giraffe eats hundreds of pounds of leaves every week, so it must travel all over the savannah to find that much food. That’s a big habitat! Lucky for the giraffe, it has a height advantage—its dinner is way over the heads of most other animals!
I’m sure you can see how important the grasses and trees of the savannah are to all of these animals. If anything happened to the plants and grass, the animals that eat them wouldn’t be able to survive. And if the plant-eaters didn’t survive, then the meat-eaters, like lions, wouldn’t survive either. Fortunately, all of these plants and animals have a pretty great habitat to live in.
Of course, there are lots of different kinds of habitats on Earth. Here I am with my dad hiking at Wheeler Peak, a mountain habitat. This picture was taken in the Mojave Desert, a desert habitat. This one’s my favorite—Blink, you’re in it too! We’re at Tenaya Lake, a lake habitat in Yosemite Park. That reminds me, Blink, we need a picture of us in the savannah! We’ll see you next time! Until then, enjoy your habitat! Ready, Blink? Smile!
Welcome back! Pava gets to go on so many great adventures. I’m glad she took us along on this one! Talk about different communities. How would you like to live in one of those termite mounds?
Really? Okay! Did you remember to listen for the name—the word where a community of animals lives? Here’s a clue: the word rhymes with “sat.”
Habitat! That’s right! The word is habitat! Habitat! That’s a fun word to say, isn’t it?
Well, my friends, we’re just about done for the day. My friends and I here put together some activities and games for you to do after this. They are really fun! I just loved learning about communities—the places where people and animals live, work, and play together. It’s wonderful to be part of a community. You can help people, and people help you. Be sure to find a way to help someone in your community this week. I’ll see you tomorrow, and remember, the more you learn, the more you will love learning. Bye-bye!
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