ClassX Video Lessons Grade Grade 2 Everything You Need for a Treehouse | The guide to your own magical treehouse
Hi everyone! Welcome back to the Storytime Family. How are you today? Is it sunny where you are? It’s super sunny and hot here! We might need some yummy popsicles after school. How about you? Are you staying warm or cool?
It’s great that you’re here to read with us. I hope you’re enjoying lots of books on your own. Today, we have a fun book called “Everything You Need for a Tree House” by Carter Higgins and Emily Hughes. Let’s find out what we need to build a treehouse!
To start building a treehouse, you need time, imagination, and a big, strong tree. Your tree might stand tall and alone, or it could be part of a group of trees. You can have balconies or branches to explore and see animals like skunks and moles. Maybe you’ll even need binoculars!
First, you’ll need to draw your plans, use a hammer and nails, and wear a hard hat to stay safe. You can build a ladder to climb up high and make a special place for flowers like begonias and zinnias. Don’t forget to plant some marigold seeds too!
You’ll want a swing or a rope to climb and play. A bookshelf is great for keeping your favorite books. You can imagine sailing on sunbeams or digging through the dirt to the other side of the world!
When you get hungry, you’ll be happy to have snacks like red licorice and juicy peaches in your backpack. Make sure your sleeping bag is cozy and your socks are warm because it can get chilly up in the treehouse.
At night, you can use a flashlight to make your own starry sky. If you hear frogs singing, you can share the moment with a friend. Treehouses are perfect for sharing secrets and whispers. The wind will keep them safe and sound.
Building a treehouse is all about having fun and using your imagination. Wasn’t that a beautiful story? If you liked it, you can find a copy of the book to read anytime!
Today, we also have a book called “I Love My Brain” by Jennifer Aldoretta. Let’s see why our brains are so special!
Our brains help us learn and think about so many things, like spaceships and trains. Sometimes, it can feel like our brains are working really hard, but that’s okay! We just need to take a deep breath and remember how amazing our brains are.
Our brains are like friendly guides, helping us learn new facts about planes, rain, and even grains. Everyone’s brain is special and works in its own way. We should all be thankful for our brains because they help us learn and grow.
Do you love your brain? I love mine! Our brains can do so much, and if we use them well, we can learn anything we want.
If you enjoyed “I Love My Brain,” you can find a copy of the book to read more. Remember to take care of yourself and be kind to others. Thank you for joining us today! We’ll see you again soon. Bye-bye!
Treehouse Design Challenge: Draw your own treehouse! Use your imagination to design a treehouse on paper. Think about what you would like to include. Would you have a swing, a slide, or maybe a secret room? Share your drawing with a friend or family member and explain why you chose those features.
Nature Walk Exploration: Go on a nature walk with an adult and look for trees that you think would be perfect for a treehouse. What makes them special? Are they tall and strong? Do they have branches that would be fun to climb? Take a picture or draw a sketch of your favorite tree and discuss why it would be a good choice for a treehouse.
Brain Power Activity: Think of something new you want to learn about, like a type of animal or a place in the world. Use your amazing brain to find out three fun facts about it. Share what you learned with your class or family. How did your brain help you remember these facts?
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Hi everyone! Welcome back to the Storytime Family. How’s it going today? Is it sunny where you are? It’s super sunny and hot here! We’re definitely going to need some fruity popsicles after school. How about you? Are you keeping warm or cool?
Well, whatever it is, it’s a good thing that you’re sitting down and reading with us. I hope you’ve been reading lots of books on your own and enjoying it. Today, we have “Everything You Need for a Tree House” by Carter Higgins and Emily Hughes. Shall we check out what we need for a treehouse? I think so!
Everything you need for a treehouse starts with time, looking up, and imagining a home of timber and rafters. Your tree may need to stand mighty and alone, with balconies or branches so you can fling your arms wide and scout skunks in their burrows and moles in the meadow—even if you need binoculars.
Maybe it’s one soldier in an army of trees, and from far away, you’d have to squint to see which one is yours. Is that my turret or a tango crown? A grove of generals, your refuge in the flora. Whether solo or squished, make sure your tree is tall. You want to see sun speckles up close!
Start with blueprints to sketch, a hammer to hit some nails, and a saw. Don’t forget a hard hat for your head! Then brace once and bolt twice. Raise a slat on some stilts, run a ladder up high for the scraps, and build a box for the begonias and a picket for the zinnias.
You can even have this marigold because seeds are so easy to sow. Of course, you need a swing or maybe a rope, some twisted twine, or a way to climb and sprawl out on a limb and slide back down again. You should build yourself a bookshelf because you might want to sail sun-kisses or dig a hole through dirt and roots to the other side.
When you get hungry in your hideaway, you’ll be glad for the snacks you stash in your backpack. Red licorice and drippy peaches are my favorites, but if you like pistachios, those are okay too!
Make sure your sleeping bag doesn’t have holes, and neither do your socks—the fuzziest kind. It gets chilly up high, and you won’t want to shiver under the pinprick canopy. The stars will fall past your reach, and you need a flashlight to make your own sky with spotlights and shadows.
And if the shadows ever grow, it would be nice if your sleeping bag had room. You scoot that way, and I’ll scoot this way. Did you hear that bullfrog chorus? The best kinds of friends share squeezed hands, and they come with some guts and a smile.
You can spill secrets and whispers in a treehouse because the wind keeps them snug with a rustle, which is a hush you can feel in your bones. That’s how you know it’s safe. But if your whisper is broken, you can warble and yell. The creatures will scatter, and the barn owls will echo.
Everything you need for a treehouse starts with time and looking up. It was a beautiful story, don’t you think? So pretty and poetic!
If you enjoyed this story and would like to own a copy of this book, the link to purchase it is in the description below. Thank you so much for joining us today! Remember to take care of yourself, be kind to your parents and siblings, and we’ll see you back here soon. Also, if you haven’t already, do subscribe for more stories like this. Give us a like or leave us a comment. We’ll see you again soon! Take care, bye!
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Today, we have “I Love My Brain” by Jennifer Aldoretta. Let’s have a look!
I love my brain, for it keeps me sane. Oh, all the knowledge there is to gain! I love my brain; it works like a drain, sucking up facts about spaceships and trains. My dear friend Elaine often exclaims, “Oh, how my brain is so tough to maintain!”
I have to admit that I’ve felt it before—that feeling of thinking I can’t think anymore. Sometimes my brain is so hard to contain. The frustrations I feel make me want to complain. At times, I just lose it, confuse it, but that’s when I realize I just need to use it. Inhale, exhale. When I’m feeling the strain, I simply explain and remind myself how much I love my big brain.
There’s so much inside it, and I can’t deny it. My brain is so helpful and wise; I can’t hide it. So rather than hide, I go along for the ride and use my big brain as a big friendly guide. I strain my brain, then refrain and explain all those facts I’ve been working so hard to obtain.
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Facts about planes, rain, and even about grains and chains. Oh, how I reign with my big growing brain! Some people have brains that don’t work quite like mine, but each brain is special and has a person inside. There’s his, hers, mine—every last brain is working just fine.
So thank you, dear brain, for helping me train and showing me there’s so much to learn and explain. Oh, how I love my brain! How did you like “I Love My Brain”? Do you love your brain? Well, you should! I love mine. Your brain really is everything. If you put your mind to it, your potential is limitless.
If you’d like to own a copy of “I Love My Brain,” the links are in the description below. Give us a like if you enjoyed the book and subscribe if you haven’t. Leave us a comment and tell us what you think about your brain. Thank you so much for joining us! We’ll see you again soon. Until then, take care! Bye-bye!
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