ClassX Video Lessons Grade Grade 2 FULL EPISODE ‘Alike & Different’ and Ms. Lauren | Part 5 | PreK Singing & Fun
Hello, everyone! I’m so happy to see you back in the classroom today! We have a super exciting day planned. We’re going to learn about things that are the same and different. Plus, we have some special guests and surprises for you. Do you like surprises? I do too!
First, let’s meet Marvin the Magician! Marvin is going to show us some magic with coins. Did you know that coins can be the same and different? Marvin will show us how to count pennies, nickels, and dimes. Let’s see how much money we can find!
Marvin says, “Alakazam!” and finds some coins. He puts all the dimes together, then the nickels, and finally the pennies. Let’s count with him: 10, 20, 30 for the dimes, 35, 40 for the nickels, and 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 for the pennies. Wow, we found 45 cents!
Just like coins, some things are the same and different. Have you ever met identical twins? They look very much alike but have differences too. One special thing about them is their fingerprints. Even though they look similar, their fingerprints are unique!
Now, it’s time for music with Mr. Dan! Let’s learn about high and low sounds. When the music is high, make your body big. When it’s low, make your body small. Ready? Let’s sing “Rain, Rain, Go Away” and move our hands up and down with the notes. Great job!
It’s story time! Miracle is going to read “The Three Little Pigs.” In this story, three pigs build houses out of straw, sticks, and bricks. A big bad wolf tries to blow their houses down. Let’s find out what happens!
The wolf blows down the straw and stick houses, but the brick house stays strong. The pigs are safe, and they live happily ever after. Hooray for the smart little pigs!
Time to get moving! Stand up and let’s run in place. Ready, set, go! Jog, then run faster, and finally sprint as fast as you can. Great job! Now strike a victory pose. You did amazing!
Professor Hester is here to teach us about animal life cycles. Did you know that baby animals often look like their parents? But some, like caterpillars, look very different before they become butterflies. Every animal has a life cycle, and it goes around and around!
Let’s go on a musical field trip to the Amazon River! It’s the world’s largest river, and it’s full of amazing plants and animals. We can learn about river dolphins, capybaras, and even piranhas. The Amazon is a wonderful place!
What a fun day we’ve had! We learned about coins, music, stories, and animals. I hope you had a great time. Remember, the more you learn, the more you love learning. See you next time for more exciting adventures in the classroom!
Coin Sorting Adventure: At home, gather some coins with the help of an adult. Try to sort them into groups of pennies, nickels, and dimes just like Marvin the Magician did. Count how many coins you have in each group. Can you find out how much money you have in total? Share your findings with a family member and see if they can guess the total amount before you reveal it!
Fingerprint Fun: Just like identical twins have unique fingerprints, you do too! With the help of an adult, use a pencil to shade a small area on a piece of paper. Rub your finger on the shaded area, then press it onto a piece of tape. Stick the tape onto a white piece of paper to see your fingerprint. Compare your fingerprint with a friend’s or family member’s. What differences can you see?
Sound Detective: Become a sound detective at home! Listen for different sounds around you. Can you find something that makes a high sound and something that makes a low sound? Try to mimic these sounds with your voice or an instrument. Share your discoveries with your classmates or family and see if they can guess what made each sound!
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I’m so happy to see you back in the classroom today! Today is Friday, and we’re going to continue learning about things that are alike and different. But today is also special because we’re going to meet Marvin the Magician, read a new story with Miracle and Nano, learn about animal life cycles with Professor Hester, and discover some fast facts. Plus, we’ll take a little break along the way to get up and move! And we have a very special surprise. Do you like surprises? I do too! You’ll really like the one we have for you.
This morning, while walking my dog Pickles, I saw his best dog friend up the street. Take a moment to see how they’re different. They’re both dogs, but you probably noticed that Pickles is much bigger than his friend. He’s also a different breed, so they look very different too. But they get along just as well! Did you know that money can be the same and different too? Let’s see what Marvin the Magician has to say about that.
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! I am Marvin the Marvelous Magician! Now, I will fill this empty container with coins using math and a little magic. Alakazam! You can find coins in all kinds of places. Ah, here are some pennies, nickels, and dimes! To find out how much money I have in both hands, I need to first put all the dimes together, then the nickels, and finally the pennies. Let’s add them up: counting dimes as 10, we have 10, 20, 30. Next, we count nickels as 5: 35, 40. And last, we count pennies as 1: 41, 42, 43, 44, 45. We saved 45 cents just from looking in the couch!
As Marvin just showed us, coins are the same in many ways—they’re round and flat—but they’re different too, so we can tell them apart. Have you ever met identical twins? Those are twins that often look very much alike, but they have some important differences too. Do you know any identical twins? Can you imagine how cool it would be to have a friend that’s exactly like you? Even though identical twins are so alike in many ways, there is one particular way that they are unique: their fingerprints. They may be similar, but every human has their own set of fingerprints.
Well, that’s all from me! Just like any other members of the same family, there will always be some things that are the same and different between you and your family. I think it’s just about time for our music lesson, our last one of the week! Get ready! Mr. Dan has a really good one planned for us today.
Hi everyone, it’s Mr. Dan! Welcome back to music! Let’s jump right in and review high and low using our high and low song. Remember to make your bodies big for the high parts and small for the low parts. Are you ready? 1, 2, here we go! Music can be very high, music can be very low. Both are nice to listen to, and both can happen fast or slow. Great job! Now, let’s review “Rain, Rain, Go Away.” Remember, we’re going to make our hands higher for the higher notes and lower for the lower notes. Are you ready? 1, 2, here we go!
“Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.” How did you do? See, I told you you were ready! I hope you had a great time learning about high and low in music this week. I certainly had a lot of fun! I hope you have a great rest of your day, and I’ll see you next time. Goodbye!
Thanks, Mr. Dan! I just love music, don’t you? Sometimes I like to play music in my house with my family. It gets very loud, but our walls are nice and thick. That always makes me wonder what my house is made of. Right now, we’re going to have Story Time with Miracle and Nano. Miracle is going to read us a book called “The Three Little Pigs.” We’ll meet three brothers who make the same choice to build a house, but each house is made of something different. Let’s find out what happens!
Today’s book is called “The Three Little Pigs.” In this story, one of the characters uses straw to make a house. While we read, listen for the characters in the story. After we read, we’ll ask you some questions so you can show what you know about the characters. Are you ready? Great! Let’s read!
Three little pigs were brothers. One day, they moved to the country to build new homes. The first pig built a house made of straw, the second pig built a house made of sticks, and the third pig built a house made of bricks. The three little pigs loved their new homes. One day, a wolf saw the little pigs in their gardens. “I’m hungry,” the wolf declared. “I want to eat those pigs!” The three pigs heard the wolf and quickly ran into their houses.
The wolf went up to the straw house. “Little pig, little pig, let me in!” he growled. “Not by the hair of my chinny-chin-chin!” the first pig shouted back. “Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in!” roared the wolf. The wolf blew in the house of straw, and the first pig ran to the second pig’s house of sticks. The wolf followed. “Little pigs, little pigs, let me in!” he growled. “Not by the hair of our chinny-chin-chins!” the pigs shouted back. “Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in!” roared the wolf. The wolf blew in the house of sticks, and the two pigs ran to the third pig’s house.
The wolf ran right behind them. “Little pigs, little pigs, let me in!” he howled. “Not by the hair of our chinny-chin-chins!” the three pigs shouted back. “Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in!” snarled the wolf. The wolf blew and blew, but nothing happened. “Ha!” the third pig cried. “You can’t blow down my strong brick house!”
Well, the wolf thought, “I’ll just climb down the chimney.” The wolf climbed down the chimney and landed in a pot—very hot soup! “Ouch!” the wolf cried as he ran away. “I’m never going back there again!” Hooray! The three little pigs cheered. They lived happily ever after in the strong brick house. I’m so glad that the three little pigs were safe in the end!
Now, let’s think about everything you’ve done today. We talked about coins, had a music lesson, and listened to a story. I think it’s time to take a little break and move! Get ready to race in place!
Hi there! Come on, stand up! It’s time to move! Let’s run in place! Ready, go! Start jogging! You’re doing great! All right, we’re all warmed up now. Run a little faster! Keep going! Get ready to sprint—that means run as fast as you can! Are you ready? Sprint everyone as fast as you can! Wow, you’re really moving! Time to slow down a little. You’re doing great! Rest up for the big finish. Now, time’s almost up! Run fast, fast, fast, fast, fast! And stop! You made it! Now do a victory pose! Wow, you sure know how to move it! See you next time!
Even though I didn’t really go anywhere, I feel like I ran really far! How about you? I think you’re just about ready for our next activity. In this video, Professor Hester is going to teach us about the ways animals are similar and different from their parents.
Look at this cute little baby! Is that a picture of me when I was a baby? No, but he sure does look like you when you were a baby! That’s because this is your dad when he was just a baby. People say I look like my dad. I guess I always have, even as a baby. That’s true! Children often look like their parents, and even when a child doesn’t look exactly like their parents, they still have the same kind of body. But that’s not just true for people. Here, I’ll show you: pigs, horses, turtles, even dolphins! But some animals will surprise you, like this baby butterfly—it’s a caterpillar! That’s right! Or these baby frogs—what are those again? Tadpoles!
Every animal grows and changes as it becomes an adult. Once it is an adult, it can become a parent and have babies of its own. And the baby grows and changes just like its parents did. This turtle starts as an egg, then a hatchling, a young turtle, and then an adult that can also lay eggs. See how these are all circles? This is called the life cycle, and it goes around and around for every kind of animal on Earth—even a butterfly!
Even though animals and people may grow up differently, every animal has a life cycle, and every animal has a body that is similar to their parents. If you remember, similar means the same but not exactly. We’re almost at the end of our day together, but don’t worry! I definitely didn’t forget about our mystery activity of the day. By now, you’ve met ABC, 123, and D. Don’t you just love singing with them?
Yes, I’m glad to hear that! Because we’re going on another musical field trip with them! Let’s jump right into it! The Amazon is the world’s largest river. It’s more than 4,000 miles long. The Amazon is amazing! There’s life everywhere! We’ll tell you more about it in this song.
The river gets its water from the Amazon basin. Rain flows from creeks, streams, and waterfalls. The Amazon basin is in South America, in parts of seven countries—large and small. The Amazon is the world’s largest river. It’s more than 4,000 miles long. The Amazon is amazing! There’s life everywhere! We’ll tell you more about it in this song.
More types of living things are here than anywhere on Earth. There are more than 40,000 kinds of plants. The Amazon has more than 8,000 kinds of insects, like giant spiders, katydids, and ants. We saw river dolphins, capybaras, alligators, monkeys, parakeets, and more! We visited a local tribe called the Yanomami, who taught us how to spearfish for piranhas. The Amazon is the world’s largest river. It’s more than 4,000 miles long. The Amazon is amazing! There’s life everywhere! Next time we go, we hope you’ll come along!
Yes, next time we go, we hope you’ll come along! I love it when they take us along on their trips! We’ll have more of that next week. Speaking of next week, I hope you’ll join me again for more learning here in the classroom. We’ll have more characters for you to meet, new activities, and new books to read together. It’s about time for us to say goodbye, but you’re not done for the rest of the day! You can continue learning with the playlist of activities we picked out for you after the show. So keep up the great work! You’re learning so much, and this is just the beginning. I’ll see you next week right here in the classroom. Until next time, remember: the more you learn, the more you love learning! See you soon!
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