One sunny day, Zach and Jake were getting ready for a race. Zach heard a strange noise and thought it was coming from a tree. But guess what? It was Jake, getting ready to zoom around!
Jake was having a tough time making a tricky turn. He tried many times but kept falling over. Zach came by and said, “Hey, Jake! Let’s try one more time. Remember, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!”
Jake was feeling a bit down because he kept falling. But Zach told him that practice makes perfect. Zach even shared how he learned to jump over a big rock by practicing a lot.
Jake decided to give it another shot. He zoomed around, and even though he didn’t make the turn perfectly, he had fun trying. Jake realized that trying is part of learning, and he was ready to try again!
Zach and Jake figured out that if they went too fast or too slow, they couldn’t make the turn. So, they decided to try going at a medium speed. Jake tried again and finally made the turn without falling!
He was so happy and proud of himself. Zach cheered, “You did it, Jake! You practiced and got better!”
Later, Zach wanted to help his friends Sandy and Phil move some things. Sandy was trying to move rocks and logs but found it hard. Zach tried to help with his flying skills, but the rocks were too heavy.
Then, they had an idea! Sandy could use her flying blades to blow leaves into a pile. It worked perfectly, and they all worked together to clean up the area.
After their success, Zach and Jake wanted to try climbing a new hill. It was covered in loose rocks called “scree,” which made it slippery. They figured out a way to stop the rocks from falling and made it to the top!
Jake and Zach learned that trying new things and working together makes everything more fun. They were ready for their next adventure, always remembering to try, try again!
And that’s how Zach and Jake learned the power of practice and teamwork. They had a great day filled with fun, learning, and helping friends!
Practice Makes Perfect: Just like Jake practiced making the tricky turn, think of something you want to get better at, like drawing a picture or tying your shoes. Spend a few minutes each day practicing it. After a week, share with your class or family how much you’ve improved and what you learned from practicing.
Speed Experiment: Zach and Jake learned that going at a medium speed helped them make the turn. Try this experiment: Roll a toy car down a ramp at different speeds. What happens when it goes too fast or too slow? Can you find the perfect speed to make it go the farthest? Share your findings with a friend or family member.
Teamwork Challenge: Gather a few friends or family members and choose a simple task, like building a small tower with blocks or cleaning up a room. Work together and see how teamwork helps you complete the task faster and more efficiently. Discuss how each person’s help made a difference and what you learned about working together.
Sure! Here’s a sanitized version of the transcript, removing any unnecessary noise and making it more readable:
—
**[Music]**
**Zach:** Race day! Huh, what was that? I must be hearing things. There it is again! Where is that coming from? Oh no, I think it’s coming from that tree. Weird.
**Jake:** Hey! Okay, this time I’m gonna do it for real. Oh, it’s not a tree, it’s Jake! Ready, set, turbo!
**Zach:** Wow, I wiped out a can! Looks like Jake could use some help. Hi, Jake!
**Jake:** Oh hey, Zach. Do you need some help?
**Zach:** Yeah, okay. Almost… there. Thanks for that! So, what are you doing?
**Jake:** I’ve been here all morning. It’s this turn; it’s impossible.
**Zach:** Well, I can tell you’re frustrated, but are you sure it’s impossible? How many times have you tried it?
**Jake:** Oh, I lost count. At least four times.
**Zach:** Well, let’s try one more time. Derby’s always try, try again.
**Jake:** Oh, but it’s so hard!
**Zach:** Come on, I want to show you something. Jake, have you ever seen me jump this rock?
**Jake:** Oh yeah, you’re the only Zerby that can jump this rock and not fall over.
**Zach:** Yeah, I’ll show you. Okay, see, I back up like this. Ready, set, turbo!
**Jake:** That was awesome! How do you do it, Zach? Everyone else falls over.
**Zach:** Well, I fell over when I first did it.
**Jake:** You did?
**Zach:** Yep! And so I did it again, and I fell over. I tried and I tried again and again until I was able to do it. Any Zerby could do it if they practiced.
**Jake:** Oh, but I’m no good at practicing.
**Zach:** Oh sure you are! You’ve been doing a great job already.
**Jake:** I’ve been doing a great job of falling over, more like.
**Zach:** Well, that’s what practice is, Jake. You might make a few mistakes along the way, but you get a little better each time.
**Jake:** I don’t know…
**Zach:** Come on, you want to try? Try again!
**Jake:** I guess… got a boy, Jake! Alright, here we go. Ready, set, turbo!
**Jake:** I can do it! You can do it!
**Zach:** Oh, that’s it! I’ve had enough of this.
**Jake:** You’re feeling frustrated, right? But you’re actually pretty close to getting it. Why don’t you try, try again?
**Jake:** No, no, forget it! I tried and I tried, and I’m giving up. I don’t even want to be a truck anymore. I’m done with all of it.
**Zach:** Oh, poor Jake. Maybe I could be a boat or a stoplight. Yeah, then I don’t have to go anywhere. I’m gonna go home to my garage and I’m not coming out until I figure out how to never do anything.
**[Music]**
**Zach:** Huh, what was that? So awesome! I wonder what Zach’s doing.
**[Music]**
**Zach:** Ready, set… what is that doing here? Here we go!
**[Music]**
**Jake:** Zach! Hey, hey Zach, are you okay? Did you see that? That was amazing!
**Zach:** Um, amazing, but you didn’t make the turn.
**Jake:** But did you see how I fell over? I was all like… I didn’t make it, but I sure had fun trying! You know what? I’m gonna go try, try again.
**Zach:** Alright, yeah, okay. Let’s do this! Here we go. Ready!
**[Music]**
**Zach:** You sort of went over the far end there, Zach.
**Jake:** Yeah, yeah, I know. I need to start the turn earlier so I’m on it this time.
**Zach:** Right, exactly! That’s the Zerby way. Can I try again too?
**Jake:** Yeah, sure!
**Zach:** And I said turbo!
**Jake:** I didn’t make it!
**[Applause]**
**Zach:** I should have used my parking brake, but that was close, right?
**Jake:** This turn’s pretty hard.
**Zach:** It is, but it’s fun too!
**Jake:** Yeah, okay. Alright, if we go too high and too fast, we flip over the top, right? And if we go too low and too slow, we can’t make it all the way around. So maybe we should just go medium speed?
**Zach:** Yeah! And start high and then turn to come out low.
**Jake:** Yeah, yeah, that might work! Okay, Jake, you go give it a try.
**Zach:** But me? Oh sure, you’ve had more practice than anyone.
**Jake:** Yeah, I guess so. Okay, you can do it, Jake!
**Jake:** Alright, alright! Ready, set, turbo!
**Jake:** Hey, I did it!
**Zach:** You did it, Jake! You did it!
**Jake:** You see that? I made it through the whole turn without falling over!
**Zach:** I knew you could!
**Jake:** Yeah, I practiced and I tried again and again, and I finally got it!
**Zach:** You were right, Zach! Do you want to try again?
**Jake:** Nope! But I’ve got it now. I want to try something else that I can’t do. Ooh, you know, like that hill by the two trees. I’ve never been able to climb it!
**Zach:** Hey, me neither! We should totally try it!
**Jake:** Yeah, come on!
**Zach:** Hey, hey! You know what else I don’t know how to do?
**Jake:** What?
**Zach:** I don’t know if I can fly, Jake.
**Jake:** Well, maybe we just haven’t practiced enough.
**[Music]**
**Zach:** Flying in the sky is the best, but helping Derby pals is even better! I wonder if there’s anyone I could help. Let’s see…
**Sandy:** Hi, is Derby pal here?
**Phil:** Hi, Daddy! What’s up?
**Sandy:** Well, I’m working and I have to move all these rocks and logs and leaves away from the airport. It’s not safe for these things to be near the runway.
**Zach:** Oh, oh, oh! Maybe I can help you move things!
**Phil:** Of course you can help, Dotty! The more Derby’s working together, the faster we’ll finish!
**Zach:** Yay! My blades are buzzing with excitement! So what can I do?
**Sandy:** Oh, let’s move the rocks first!
**Zach:** Okay, you be trucked.
**Sandy:** Okay, uh, so how do I move the rocks?
**Phil:** Well, why don’t you land and I’ll push it into your skids, and then you take off?
**Zach:** Okay, sounds good! Landing!
**Sandy:** Alright, now what?
**Phil:** Now I’ll just push it into your skid, just like that. There we go! Okay, go ahead, take off, Dotty!
**Zach:** Okay, here I go!
**Sandy:** Did I get any rocks?
**Phil:** Nah, it didn’t work.
**Zach:** Oh, I don’t think I can lift these rocks. I don’t have any way to carry them.
**Phil:** Oh yeah, you need a scoop or something.
**Sandy:** Did someone say scoop?
**Phil:** I thought he was trying to lift these rocks for us, but she doesn’t have any way to carry those.
**Sandy:** Oh yeah, your skids aren’t made for carrying rocks.
**Zach:** But I really wanted to help, though! Maybe I could try, try again with something else.
**Phil:** Yeah, why don’t you try those logs?
**Sandy:** Yeah, your skids might work! We could stick a log in between them and you could carry them!
**Zach:** Well, just land and I’ll push it in, okay?
**Phil:** I’ll take this one!
**Zach:** Okay, moving away from the airport!
**[Music]**
**Zach:** Whoa! These logs look way easier to pick up than rocks! I’m sure I can help with this!
**Phil:** There! Okay, Sandy, push it through my skid!
**Sandy:** Okay, here it comes! Hey, why do dogs like trees?
**Phil:** I don’t know, why?
**Sandy:** Because they both have a lot of bark!
**Phil:** Okay, alright, just… hey, is it ready?
**Sandy:** Yep! Lift away!
**Phil:** Okay, here we go!
**Sandy:** Oh, I can’t seem to lift this either! It’s too heavy!
**Phil:** Oh, it’s too heavy! Take it out, Sandy! Take it out!
**Sandy:** Okay, hold on. How’d it go, Dotty?
**Zach:** Oh, bust my blades! I couldn’t lift the stick either! This is so frustrating!
**Phil:** Oh, don’t get discouraged, Dotty! We’ll just try, try again!
**Zach:** But how? I can’t carry any rocks! The stick is too heavy! I’m just not built for moving things like you construction Derbies are.
**Phil:** Well, we are built pretty differently, but there’s always a way to use what you’re best at.
**Zach:** Yeah, what are you best at, Dotty?
**Sandy:** Well, that’s easy! I’m a great flyer!
**Phil:** But flying and moving heavy things really don’t go together.
**Zach:** Oh yeah, your blades have to work hard to keep you in the air.
**Sandy:** I guess I can’t help after all, Daddy.
**Phil:** Zerby’s don’t give up! We try, try again! And I know just what you can help with!
**Zach:** What?
**Phil:** The leaves! They aren’t heavy!
**Sandy:** Oh yeah! And that’s what makes them so tough to move!
**Phil:** Tough to move because they’re light? I don’t understand.
**Zach:** We’ll show you! Come on!
**Phil:** Okay, watch! We gathered them up and then…
**Sandy:** And then the wind blows them away!
**Phil:** Yeah, look! I just pushed them along and… ah! The wind blew them away again!
**Sandy:** Oh, I couldn’t even hold on to those ones!
**Phil:** Oh, these ones blew away again as well!
**Sandy:** Well, there you go, Phil! You’ve got some now! And you too, Sandy!
**Phil:** Oh yeah, I got it in my eye! I can’t really see that with both eyes now!
**Sandy:** Now you see, Dotty? Moving leaves is tough because they’re so light!
**Phil:** Yeah, the wind blows them all over the place! You want to give us a hand with these?
**Sandy:** Well, sure! Just load me up with some! I’m on it!
**Phil:** Dotty, down here I come!
**Sandy:** Oh, oh, oh no!
**Phil:** Oh, these are blowing! You’re blowing the leaves!
**Sandy:** I’m no help at all! My blades push the air so much, all the leaves just blow away! And now they’re even further away!
**Phil:** I’ll leave you guys alone to work. I’ll just take my air-blowing blades somewhere else.
**Sandy:** Wait a minute! Her blades blow air! That’s the answer!
**Phil:** It is! Yeah, it is! Dotty, come back! We need your help!
**Sandy:** What? You need my help? Oh, on my way! Here I come!
**Phil:** Did you say you needed my help? Do you really? Do you? Do you?
**Sandy:** Oh, I sure do, Dotty!
**Phil:** But how does Dotty help?
**Sandy:** Yeah, I’m just not built for moving things! I can’t carry very much, and even if I can, I can’t lift anything heavy! And even the leaves, I flew them all over the place! What can I do to help you?
**Phil:** By blowing more air!
**Sandy:** Why?
**Phil:** Yeah, Dotty! If you use your blades to move even more air, then you can blow the leaves away all by yourself!
**Sandy:** So my blades can actually help? There’s only one way to find out!
**Phil:** Yes! Try, try again!
**Sandy:** Alright! Ready, set, turbo!
**[Music]**
**Sandy:** It’s working! It’s working! I’m blowing the leaves around!
**Phil:** Oh, but wait! The leaves are going in all different directions!
**Sandy:** Uh, maybe because you’re blowing in the middle of the mall? I try blowing the leaves off from one side!
**Phil:** That’s what we do when we have to move a pile of dirt away!
**Sandy:** Oh, okay! Gotcha! Going to one side!
**Phil:** Okay, moving sideways! Hey, it’s working!
**Sandy:** Yay! All the leaves are moving! I’m doing it! I’m moving the leaves! They’re all going in the same direction!
**Phil:** You’re doing great, Dotty! Oh, they’re really moving! Put them all in a pile over here!
**Sandy:** Yeah, yeah! I’ll push them into a pile like this! Is that good?
**Phil:** Yeah, we can take it from there, Dotty!
**Sandy:** Yeah! Good work, Dotty!
**Phil:** Alright! See you there! Be later!
**[Music]**
**Sandy:** Oh, oh, oh! Daddy, the pilot leaves! Oh, it’s sort of scattered!
**Phil:** I’ll fix it! Wait a minute! Oh no! Hey, look! If I come straight down over the leaves, they go back in all directions!
**Sandy:** Alright! Oh, I’ll make the pile again!
**Phil:** Making the pile again! Okay, going from the side! We’ll move the rocks and logs while we wait!
**[Music]**
**Zach:** Really something in Derby Town we’ve never climbed!
**Jake:** Yep! Are you sure? I thought we’ve climbed everything!
**Zach:** Nope! I found something we’ve never climbed, and it’s really hard! Here it is!
**Jake:** Axel’s garage!
**Zach:** I guess we haven’t tried to climb it, and it would be hard, but I don’t know how fun it would be!
**Jake:** No, not Axel’s garage! That hill! It’s super fun to climb!
**Zach:** Fun and hard? I don’t get it!
**Jake:** It’s just a hill! Alright, I’m gonna try it! Here we go! Ready, set, turbo!
**Jake:** Whoa! Hey, this is hard to climb!
**Zach:** I told you! All the rocks fall over each other and make it super slippery! It’s called scree!
**Jake:** Huh? Whipping windshield wipers! Hey, did somebody knock?
**Zach:** Hey, what’s all this stuff around my garage?
**Jake:** It’s scree!
**Zach:** What? It’s what you call loose stones and rocks on the side of a hill!
**Jake:** Well, it would be really cool to race up it!
**Zach:** Right! Hey, Axel! You ever tried to climb this scree?
**Axel:** Oh, you mean this gravelly hill? Oh no, I’m more of a road racing Derby. I’m not really built for off-road.
**Zach:** Oh yeah, that’s right! But us Zerbies should try climbing it, and I’ll watch!
**Jake:** Okay, let’s do it!
**Zach:** Yeah, okay! Time to try, try again! But this time, we’re not gonna kick up so much scree!
**Jake:** Right! Okay, ready!
**Zach:** I’m always ready! No, I mean like ready, set, turbo!
**[Music]**
**Jake:** Gotta get up here!
**Zach:** Are you getting in here?
**[Music]**
**Jake:** Hello!
**Zach:** There might be rocks falling on Axel!
**Jake:** Zach, what’s falling?
**Zach:** Rocks are falling!
**Jake:** What? Oh, sorry! Yeah, there’s rocks all over the place! Sorry about that, Axel!
**Axel:** Oh, come on! Let’s stick them out!
**Jake:** Yeah, yeah! Okay, let’s dig him out! Okay, I’m just gonna take you out like this, Axel!
**Zach:** Okay, I’m gonna use my wheels and then I’m gonna turn them really fast like that!
**Jake:** Yeah, the ground’s gonna go away!
**Zach:** Okay, yeah, it’s working! I don’t know! I can’t see!
**Jake:** Oh, okay! It’s all cleared away! Sorry about that, Axel!
**Axel:** Oh, no problem, Zach! I think we just need to try, try again!
**Jake:** But how will you keep from dropping rocks down in front of my garage? There’s gotta be a way to climb up this hill without a whole bunch of rocks falling down on top of me!
**Zach:** Well, answers are everywhere!
**Jake:** Whoa! Yeah, you’re right! So we just have to find something!
**Zach:** That was fast! Yeah! If we lay this at the bottom of the hill beside Axel’s garage…
**Jake:** Oh yeah! All the stones would hit that and catch them!
**Zach:** Yeah! And then they won’t go in front of Axel’s garage or on top of me!
**Axel:** Well, that sounds like a good idea! Why don’t we see if it works?
**Jake:** Okay! Okay, let’s see if it works, Lily! Let’s climb the hill!
**Zach:** We’re gonna go see if it works! Go, Zerbies! Go, go! By, come on! This way, Doc! Watch me, Lily!
**Jake:** Hey, Zach! Where’d you go?
**Zach:** I’m over here!
**Jake:** Like it’s working, Derby!
**Zach:** Oh yeah! Almost! Yeah, we’re almost at the top! Keep going, Lily! Get going!
**Jake:** We did it, Lily!
**Zach:** Oh yeah, we did it! We made it to the top of the hill! Wow! Hey, let’s