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Transcript: Tell Me All About It!
(soft music plays)
An animated title against a sunny sky reads "TVOKids Power Hour of Learning."
In off, Laura says WELCOME TO
TVO KIDS POWER HOUR
OF LEARNING!
TODAY'S PRIMARY LESSON: Tell me all about it!
Teacher Robert sits in a room with a piano and a guitar in the background. He's in his thirties, clean-shaven, with short brown hair. He's wearing glasses and a black T-shirt.
A caption appears on screen. It reads "Primary I-3. Teacher Robert."
Robert says HELLO, BOYS AND GIRLS. MY NAME
IS ROBERT,
AND I'M GOING TO BE YOUR TEACHER
FOR TODAY.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO MEET ALL OF
YOU, SO WELCOME!
THE FIRST THING I WANT YOU TO DO
IS LOOK FOR A VERY COMFORTABLE
PLACE IN YOUR HOUSE TO SIT DOWN,
RELAX, AND GET READY
FOR SOME REALLY FUN LEARNING!
I KNOW THAT I'M EXCITED FOR SOME
FUN LEARNING,
AND I'M HOPING THAT TOGETHER, WE
CAN LEARN A FEW NEW THINGS
TOGETHER, AND MAYBE YOU CAN
SHARE SOME INFORMATION
THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW.
FIRST THING, A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT ME.
I TEACH FRENCH, MUSIC, DANCE,
AND DRAMA.
THAT'S WHAT I DO AT THE SCHOOL
THAT I TEACH AT,
AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE
DOING SOMETHING NEW WITH YOU
NOW THAT WE'RE AT HOME TOGETHER,
LEARNING TOGETHER AT HOME.
SO WELCOME, AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE
ALL COMFORTABLE.
NOW I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHEN
I WAS YOUNG, MAYBE AROUND
YOUR AGE.
WHEN I WAS AROUND YOUR AGE, I
THOUGHT OF WHAT I WOULD WANT
TO BE WHEN I WAS OLDER, AND
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
IT WAS NOT A TEACHER. I DID NOT
THINK I WANTED TO BE
A TEACHER WHEN I'M OLDER. I
PICKED A FEW THINGS.
I WANTED TO BE A ROCK STAR.
I WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.
AND ALSO A POLICE OFFICER.
I THOUGHT BEING A POLICE OFFICER
WAS KIND OF COOL
BECAUSE, UH, SOME PEOPLE IN MY
FAMILY WERE ALREADY
POLICE OFFICERS, AND I THOUGHT
THEIR STORIES
WERE REALLY INTERESTING, AND
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY
TALKED TO ME ABOUT SOUNDED VERY
ADVENTUROUS.
UH, AND SO I WANTED TO BE A
POLICE OFFICER.
SO BOYS AND GIRLS, I'M NOT SURE
IF YOU'VE EVER THOUGHT OF THIS
OR NOT, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO BE WHEN YOU'RE OLDER?
The caption changes to "What would you like to be?"
Robert says THOSE SOUND LIKE SOME REALLY
COOL IDEAS.
SHOUT THEM OUT TO ME!
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, VERY COOL.
VERY COOL!
WELL, I LIKE YOUR IDEAS AND THEY
DEFINITELY SOUND
LIKE A LOT OF FUN! UM, AS YOU
ALL KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS
OF DIFFERENT JOBS OUT THERE WE
CAN CHOOSE FROM.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU
THINK ABOUT THE CITY YOU LIVE IN
OR YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE
LIVING IN,
EVEN YOUR OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD, WE
SEE PEOPLE FROM ALL KINDS
OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS WORKING
IN DIFFERENT JOBS.
AND YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE
SOME OF THOSE.
YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE SOME FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO HAVE
SOME REALLY GREAT JOBS THAT YOU
ARE THINKING ABOUT BECOMING
WHEN YOU ARE OLDER.
SO LET'S LIST SOME DIFFERENT
JOBS OUT THERE.
WELL, WE HAVE THE MAIL CARRIER.
UH, POLICE OFFICER, LIKE I
MENTIONED BEFORE.
UH, WE HAVE NURSES,
WE HAVE PARAMEDICS.
WE HAVE FIRE FIGHTERS, WHICH I
THINK IS KIND OF COOL.
FIRE FIGHTER IS REALLY
INTERESTING TO ME
BECAUSE I HAVE A BUNCH OF
FRIENDS WHO ARE FIRE FIGHTERS,
RIGHT IN THE CITY OF TORONTO.
AND THEY TELL ME ALL KINDS OF
REALLY GREAT STORIES THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE ALL IN REALLY GOOD
SHAPE, AND, UH,
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY
TELL ME SOUND VERY...
SOME OF THEM SOUND VERY
EXCITING.
SOME OF THEM A LITTLE BIT SCARY.
BUT I THINK THAT THEY OVERALL
HAVE A REALLY COOL-SOUNDING JOB.
AND SO I WANTED TO BEGIN TODAY
WITH TALKING A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT FIRE FIGHTERS, BY WATCHING
THIS VIDEO CLIP
ABOUT FIRE FIGHTERS. SO I'LL SEE
YOU SOON AFTER THE CLIP.
In a clip, a blond boy says
HI, I'M JACK! IF I COULD BE
ANYTHING,
I'D BE A FIRE FIGHTER.
Music plays as fast clips show children playing, learning and imagining in cartoon animation.
A song plays that says
IMAGINE, IMAGINE
IMAGINE POWERFUL,
IMAGINE COMICAL
IMAGINE MAGICAL,
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
Jack draws a firefighter on paper set on an easel.
He says HI, I'M JACK. IF I COULD BE
ANYTHING,
I'D BE A FIREFIGHTER.
Jack appears wearing a firefighter costume and smiles.
He continues I'D HELP OUT OUT FIRES
AND TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT FIRE
SAFETY.
IF I WERE A FIRE FIGHTER,
I WOULD WEAR A SPECIAL UNIFORM.
A HELMET TO PROTECT MY HEAD.
A SPECIAL JACKET TO PROTECT MY
BODY FROM A FIRE'S HEAT.
AND BIG HEAVY BOOTS TO KEEP MY
FEET SAFE.
In cartoon animation, Jack appears inside a fire station with a Dalmatian dog.
Jack continues I'D WORK IN A FIRE STATION.
WE WOULD HAVE A DOG.
(BARKING)
HIS NAME WOULD BE SMOKY.
HE'S A DALMATIAN.
FIRE FIGHTERS EXERCISE A LOT.
THEY NEED TO BE REALLY STRONG.
THE FIRE FIGHTERS AND I WOULD
WORK AS A TEAM.
SMOKY TOO!
(GIGGLING)
Jack and two cartoon firefighters exercise and work together.
Jack continues TOGETHER WE'D PUT OUT FIRES.
(ALARM RINGING)
WHEN THE FIRE ALARM RINGS,
IT WOULD MEAN SOMEONE NEEDS
OUR HELP.
(SIREN WAILING)
EVERYONE DO UP YOUR SEATBELTS!
I WOULD DRIVE THE FIRE TRUCK.
(HORN HONKING)
WE NEED TO DRIVE REALLY FAST.
IT'S AN EMERGENCY.
WEE-WAH, WEE-WAH,
WEE-WAH WEE-WAH!
WE'D USE A REALLY, REALLY LONG
YELLOW HOSE
TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.
Jack holds a cartoon hose and puts out a fire as he says OKAY! WATER!
HOLD ON TIGHT!
Now he approaches carton campers lighting a fire under a tree.
He says WHOA!
THE CAMPFIRE IS TOO CLOSE
TO THE TREES.
THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS.
WHEN WE PUT OUT FIRES, EVERYONE
WILL BE HAPPY!
AND CHEER FOR US!
HIP-HIP HOORAY!
EVERYONE IS SAFE!
A school bus parks outside a school.
Inside a classroom, Jack addresses the children.
He says IF I WERE A FIRE FIGHTER,
I'D GO TO SCHOOLS
AND TEACH KIDS FIRE SAFETY.
WE WOULD PRACTICE FIRE DRILLS.
WHEN THE FIRE ALARM RINGS,
EVERYONE NEEDS TO LINE UP
QUICKLY AND QUIETLY
AND FOLLOW YOUR TEACHER OUTSIDE.
SMOKY AND I WOULD LOOK AROUND
THE SCHOOL
TO BE SURE IT'S SAFE.
IF WE DON'T FIND A FIRE, THE
SCHOOL BELL RINGS
AND THE TEACHER CAN BRING THEIR
CLASS BACK INTO SCHOOL.
Jack high-fives the students.
Jack continues GREAT FIRE DRILL! GOOD JOB,
EVERYONE!
IT'S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT
AND PRACTICE GOOD FIRE SAFETY.
I LOVE BEING A FIRE FIGHTER!
As fast clips show Jack dancing and having fun, a song plays that says
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE
CAN YOU IMAGINE THERE'S A
WORLD FULL OF FANTASY
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT LOTS
IT BECOMES SO REAL
DID YOU KNOW,
DID YOU KNOW
DID YOU KNOW
THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO DO
IMAGINE THIS OR THAT,
THINK OF SOMETHING NEW
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE
A THING OR TWO
ANYTHING YOU WANT,
IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU
BA-BA-BA-BA
BA-BA-DA-DA
BA-BA-BA-BA
BA-BA-DA-DA
BA-BA-BA-BA
BA-BA-DA-DA
BA-BA-BA-BA
BA-BA-DA-DA
BA-BA-BA-BA
BA-BA-DA-DA
BA-BA-BA-BA
BA-BA-DA-DA
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT
I'M JACK, AND I'M A FIRE
FIGHTER. IMAGINE THAT!
(SHEEP BLEATING)
End credits roll.
Teacher Robert reappears and says WELL, THAT WAS A VERY COOL CLIP
WE JUST SAW ABOUT FIRE FIGHTING.
I LEARNED A FEW THINGS. YOU
KNOW, FIRE FIGHTERS
GET TO WORK OUT A LOT, AND THAT
MAKES SENSE TO ME.
THEY HAVE TO BE IN WONDERFUL
SHAPE TO BE ABLE TO SAVE US.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
THEY GET TO DO
SEEM A LITTLE BIT EXCITING, A
LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS TOO.
BUT I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ALL
THE TRAINING
TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE
AND KEEP UP SAFE, AS WELL.
UH, MOVING FROM FIRE FIGHTERS,
I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, ANOTHER
PROFESSION. ANOTHER JOB.
AND THAT OTHER JOB IS... WELL,
I'M GOING TO SAY IT LIKE THIS.
IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL,
OR IF YOU HAVE AN INJURY,
YOU'RE HURT SOMEWHERE, OR IF YOU
NEED A CHECK UP,
WHAT TYPE OF PLACE WOULD
YOU GO TO?
WHO WOULD YOU GO AND VISIT TO
HELP YOU WITH THAT?
THAT'S RIGHT, BOYS AND GIRLS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT A DOCTOR.
THAT'S RIGHT, VERY GOOD. AND
WHEN YOU'RE AT THE DOCTOR'S,
YOU'RE ABLE TO GO, AND IF YOU'RE
NOT FEELING WELL,
THEY CAN ASK YOU A BUNCH OF
QUESTIONS,
AND YOU CAN COMMUNICATE BACK
WITH THEM BY SPEAKING TO THEM
AND TELLING THEM HOW YOU'RE
FEELING.
POINTING WHERE IT HURTS, TELLING
THEM THAT YOU'RE NOT
FEELING WELL IN YOUR TUMMY, OR
ANY OTHER THING
THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, WRONG
WITH YOU.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT
WITH YOUR DOCTOR,
THEY'LL ASK YOU A BUNCH OF
QUESTIONS,
AND YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS AND THEN ADD MORE,
SAYING "YES, I DON'T FEEL
VERY WELL,"
OR "MY ARM IS TWISTED IN A
FUNNY POSITION."
LET'S HOPE THAT NEVER HAPPENS
TO YOU.
UH, BUT WHEN I WAS A CHILD,
I BROKE MY ARM,
AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO REALLY SAY
A LOT OF THINGS
BECAUSE MY ARM WAS BENT IN A
FUNNY POSITION,
SO THE DOCTOR KNEW RIGHT AWAY.
"OH, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG
WITH THIS ARM."
UM, SO I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU
A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT USING OUR WORDS TO
COMMUNICATE.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO
THE DOCTOR,
AND HOW WE DESCRIBE THAT INJURY
OR THAT TUMMY ACHE
AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT IS
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
NOW I WANTED TO ASK YOU A LITTLE
SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR PETS,
YOUR ANIMALS. NOW YOU DON'T HAVE
TO HAVE A PET
TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT ANIMALS.
MAYBE YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS
A DOG OR A CAT AS WELL.
BUT I WANTED TO ASK YOU
A QUESTION.
WHO DOES THE DOG OR CAT OR OTHER
PET SEE WHEN THEY NEED
A CHECK UP, OR IF THEY'RE NOT
FEELING WELL,
OR IF THEY'RE INJURED?
ARE THERE ANY GUESSES OUT THERE,
BOYS AND GIRLS?
WHO DO THEY SEE?
THAT'S RIGHT, A VETERINARIAN.
EXCELLENT, VETERINARIAN, THAT'S
A BIG LONG WORD.
WE COULD SAY "VET" IF YOU WANT,
OR VETERINARIAN
IF YOU WANT TO GO THERE AS WELL.
UH, AND A VETERINARIAN IS A KIND
OF DOCTOR FOR ANIMALS.
AND THAT'S A REALLY COOL JOB,
BECAUSE THEY GO TO SCHOOL
A VERY LONG TIME TO LEARN HOW TO
CARE ABOUT ALL KINDS OF
DIFFERENT ANIMALS, WHETHER IT'S
YOUR DOG, YOUR CAT,
EVEN SMALLER HOUSE ANIMALS.
AND THERE'S ALSO VETERINARIANS
WHO KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE
OF FARMS ANIMALS AS WELL, SO
THEY VISIT FARMS
AND THEY TAKE CARE OF THE
HORSES, THE COWS,
THE SHEEP, THE GOATS. ALL THE
OTHER ANIMALS YOU SEE ON A FARM.
SO THEY HAVE TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT
A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS,
SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY
COOL JOB.
NOT ONE THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD
DO WHEN I WOULD GROW UP,
BUT DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I
KNOW SOME OF YOU
MAYBE HAD SAID EARLIER ABOUT
WHAT YOU WANT TO BE
WHEN YOU GROW UP, AND MAYBE IT
WAS A VETERINARIAN.
SO WHEN ANIMALS ARE NOT FEELING
WELL, WE BRING THEM
TO THE VETERINARIAN TO GET
CHECKED OUT.
AND WE, UH, GET TO SPEAK
FOR THEM,
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, OUR DOG AND
OUR CAT CAN'T SPEAK, RIGHT?
SO WE HAVE TO BE THE ONES WHO
SAY WHAT IS WRONG
WITH OUT PETS. AND EVEN IF WE'RE
NOT QUITE SURE,
WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE
ACTING. YOU KNOW,
IF YOUR DOG IS LIMPING, OR NOT
WAGGING THEIR TAIL A LOT
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN WE GO TO A VET,
THE VET RELIES ON US
TO USE OUR WORDS
TO TELL THEM WHAT IS WRONG WITH
OUR ANIMALS
SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER
HELP THEM.
OKAY, SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
TO KNOW,
BECAUSE THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO
WAYS THAT THE VET
CAN HELP YOUR ANIMAL WITH, AND
THE FIRST WAY
IS WITH WHAT I JUST SAID, WITH
US SPEAKING TO THEM
AND DESCRIBING ALL THE PROBLEMS
THAT WE THINK
MIGHT BE HAPPENING WITH OUR PET.
AND THE SECOND THING IS THE
VETERINARIAN IS GOING TO USE
HIS OR HER OBSERVATION SKILLS,
AND THEY ARE GOING TO
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW OUR ANIMALS
ARE FEELING.
AND HOW DO THEY DO THAT? THEY
JUST LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT THEM
AND THEY WATCH ON HOW
THEY BEHAVE.
AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR TELLS THE
VET IF THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THEM.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GET
REALLY, REALLY CLOSE
AND THEY WATCH THEM MAYBE
MOVE AROUND.
THEY WATCH THE WAY THAT
THEY LOOK.
AND THEY ARE ABLE TO
TURN TO, UH,
TO YOU AND ASK MORE QUESTIONS
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING.
NOW THE REALLY COOL THING ABOUT
THAT IS THAT YOUR DOG
OR YOUR CAT CAN COMMUNICATE
THROUGH WHAT WE CALL
"NON-VERBAL CUES." NOW THAT'S
JUST A VERY FANCY WAY
OF SAYING THEY COMMUNICATE WITH
THEIR BEHAVIOUR
AND THEIR BODY, AND EVEN THE WAY
THEIR FACES LOOK.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PUPPY MAKE
A SAD FACE?
I'VE SEEN A PUPPY MAKE A SAD
FACE BEFORE.
MAYBE WHEN IT WANTS SOME FOOD
AND I'M NOT GIVING IT TO THEM.
UH, SO WHEN A VET IS TAKING A
LOOK AT YOUR DOG
AND IT'S MAKING A SAD FACE, OR
IS NOT WAGGING HIS TAIL,
OR BEHAVING VERY STRANGELY
FOR THE DOG,
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY
DEFINITELY WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT
AND ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR DOG.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW
THAT THE VET IS A DOCTOR
FOR OUR ANIMALS,
AND THEY RELY ON TWO
DIFFERENT THINGS
FOR HELPING YOUR ANIMALS
GET BETTER.
AND THAT IS YOUR WORDS ON HOW
YOU'RE DESCRIBING WHAT'S WRONG,
AND ON HOW THE PET IS BEHAVING,
AND HOW IT'S USING
ITS NON-VERBAL CUES TO
GET BETTER.
NOW I WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK
LOOK AT THIS VIDEO CLIP.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
LITTLE BREAK
AND TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THIS
VIDEO CLIP.
AND, UH, WHEN YOU COME BACK, I
WANT YOU TO PICK OUT YOUR
FAVOURITE STUFFY, BECAUSE WE'RE
GOING TO BE USING A STUFFY.
NOW I HAVE MY STUFFY, RUFUS,
HERE WITH ME.
He picks up a brown stuffed dog that looks like a Labrador retriever and says THERE'S RUFUS.
HE'S A STUFFED DOGGY. AND YOU
DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
A STUFFED DOGGY, IT CAN BE ANY
STUFFY YOU WANT.
BUT WHEN YOU COME BACK AFTER
WATCHING THIS VIDEO CLIP,
I WANT YOU TO HAVE A STUFFY
WITH YOU,
AND GET COMFORTABLE AGAIN
FOR LEARNING,
'CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO PLAY SOME
IMAGINARY MAKE-BELIEVE GAMES
ABOUT TAKING OUR PETS
TO THE VET,
AND WHAT THAT MIGHT BE LIKE.
OKAY, ENJOY THE CLIP, BOYS AND
GIRLS, AND I'LL SEE YOU SOON!
An animated slate reads "TVO Kids and Goddard Brown, original."
A man sings IT'S AN ABC SING-SONG...
A slate reads "ABC Singsong by Warren Brown and Adam Goddard."
The man says ABOUT THE LETTER V!
A cartoon man with curly ginger hair sings LETTER V,
YOU SOUND GOOD TO ME
LETTER V, WHAT STARTS WITH V,
LET'S SEE
COME ON, NOW!
LETTER V MAKES A "VUH" SOUND,
JUST LISTEN TO MY VOICE
WHEN I SAY "VIOLIN" DO YOU
HEAR THAT LETTER V NOISE?
As he sings, the objects he mentions appear.
The man continues singing
V IS FOR VOLCANO, WATCH
THAT LAVA FLOW
V IS FOR VIOLET
THAT'S A PURPLE FLOWER,
DON'T YOU KNOW?
V CAN BE FOR VEGETABLES,
AS HEALTHY AS IT GETS
V CAN BE FOR VETERINARIAN,
TAKING CARE OF PETS
V IS FOR VENUS,
A PLANET OUT IN SPACE
V FOR VACUUM CLEANER, CLEANING
UP MY MESSY PLACE
VROOM, VROOM, VROOM
LETTER V, YOU SOUND
GOOD TO ME
LETTER V, YOU SOUND
GOOD TO ME...
A slate reads "Produced in association with TVOKids. Marney Malabar, Executive Producer, TVO.
Teacher Robert appears again and says HI, BOYS AND GIRLS,
WELCOME BACK.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT SHORT
LITTLE CLIP.
UH, I'M WONDERING IF ANY OF YOU
CAN GUESS WHY
I CHOSE THE LETTER V FOR
THAT CLIP.
CAN ANYBODY GUESS WHY I CHOSE V?
THAT'S RIGHT, BOYS AND GIRLS. I
CHOSE V FOR VETERINARIAN.
THAT'S RIGHT. AND I HOPE YOU
ENJOYED THE CLIP.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR
STUFFIES WITH YOU!
IF YOU DIDN'T REMEMBER TO GRAB
YOUR STUFFY,
QUICKLY RUN AND GRAB IT
RIGHT NOW.
BUT I'M SURE MOST OF YOU
REMEMBERED TO GRAB YOUR STUFFY.
I HAVE RUFUS HERE WITH ME.
AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAY A LITTLE
BIT OF A GAME.
WE'RE GOING TO PRETEND THAT OUR
STUFFIES ARE INJURED
OR SICK, OR THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THEM.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH OUR VET
ON HOW OUR STUFFY IS FEELING.
SO WE'RE PRETENDING THAT OUR
STUFFY IS OUR PET
AND WE'RE PRETENDING THAT
THERE'S A PRETEND VETERINARIAN
WITH US, A DOCTOR OF ANIMALS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD
TIME HAVING MAKE-BELIEVE,
AND DESCRIBING WHAT MIGHT
BE WRONG.
A caption appears on screen. It reads "Verbal Communication."
SO I'LL START. I'LL START.
HELLO, DOCTOR. 'CAUSE WE ALWAYS
CALL VETS "DOCTOR,"
'CAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE A
DOCTOR FOR ANIMALS, RIGHT?
AND I'M GOING TO SAY "MY DOG HAS
NOT BEEN FEELING WELL.
"EVERY TIME RUFUS WALKS AROUND,
"HE HAS A HARD TIME WITH
HIS PAW."
"HE KEEPS LIFTING HIS PAW UP IN
THE AIR AND LICKING IT.
"AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY
HE'S DOING THAT
"BUT HE'S MAKING A SOUND THAT
SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT STRANGE
"AS WELL, WHILE HE'S WALKING
AROUND.
"SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN
HELP ME OUT WITH MY DOG RUFUS,
"AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING
WRONG WITH HIM.
"SO HE KEEPS LICKING HIS PAW,
"AND EVERY TIMES HE STEPS ON
THAT PAW,
"HE LIFTS IT REALLY QUICKLY."
BOYS AND GIRLS, NOW IF YOU WERE
MY VETERINARIAN,
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS WRONG WITH
RUFUS?
OR WHAT COULD YOU GUESS MIGHT BE
WRONG WITH RUFUS?
THAT'S RIGHT, RUFUS PROBABLY HAS
SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIS PAW.
MAYBE HE STEPPED ON SOMETHING
SHARP,
MAYBE HE HAS A BROKEN BONE.
OR MAYBE HE HAS SOMETHING INSIDE
BETWEEN HIS TOES,
HIS LITTLE TOES ON HIS PAW.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE A DOG AT
HOME, YOU WILL KNOW
WHAT I MEAN BY "IN BETWEEN
THE TOES."
UH, DOGGIES DON'T LIKE THAT, AND
THEY CONTINUOUSLY
LICK IT AND TRY TO BITE AT IT,
IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY
BOTHERS THEM.
The caption changes to "Non-verbal communication."
Robert continues SO BOYS AND GIRLS, I'M GOING TO
ASK YOU TO DO THE SAME THING.
TAKE YOU STUFFY AND LET'S
MAKE BELIEVE AND PRETEND
THAT YOUR PET STUFFY IS HAVING
SOME TYPE OF INJURY.
He moves the stuffy so that it licks its own paw.
He says GO AHEAD, GIVE IT A TRY.
VERY GOOD, BOYS AND GIRLS.
IT'S KIND OF FUN TO MAKE BELIEVE
AND PRETEND
THAT WE HAVE A REAL ANIMAL AT
HOME WITH OUR STUFFIES
AND TO PRETEND THAT WE'RE
AT THE VET.
NOW WHEN YOU DID THAT MAKE
BELIEVE,
DID YOU TALK TO THE VET? DID YOU
TELL THE VET WHAT WAS GOING ON?
IF YOU DIDN'T DO THAT YET,
GO AHEAD. GIVE IT A SHOT.
THAT'S RIGHT, USE SOME
DESCRIPTIVE WORDS.
REMEMBER, MY DOG, OR MY CAT,
OR MY STUFFY IS FEELING THIS
WAY, AND IS DOING THIS.
OR IS NOT DOING SOMETHING.
MAYBE YOUR DOG IS NOT WAGGING
HIS TAIL.
MAYBE YOUR CAT IS NOT PURRING.
WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S THE WAY
THAT YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE
TO THE VET ABOUT THIS.
SO BOYS AND GIRLS, WE'VE... WE'VE
BEEN SITTING HERE A LITTLE BIT,
UH, A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG, I
THINK, AND I WANT YOU
TO BE ABLE TO GET UP AND MOVE
AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO I'M GOING TO JOIN YOU
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A SONG
TO GET YOU MOVING AROUND A
LITTLE BIT.
AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I SING IN MY
CLASSROOM BACK HOME
AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE IT
WITH YOU.
An acoustic guitar appears in his hands.
He says ALL RIGHT, BOYS AND GIRLS!
I'M GOING TO SING A SONG FOR YOU
AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.
EVERYBODY STAY IN A SEATED
POSITION
AND JUST FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS
FROM THE SONG.
LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!
He plays the guitar and sings
STAND UP
AND HAVE A SEAT
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THAT AGAIN.
STAND UP
AND HAVE A SEAT
LET'S SEE IF I CAN TRICK
YOU NOW.
HAVE A SEAT
STAND UP
WELL DONE, BOYS AND GIRLS.
WELL DONE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO SOMETHING
FUN NOW.
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE
DANCE
EVERYONE DANCE
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE,
DANCE
DANCE
HAVE A SEAT
STAND UP
HAVE A SEAT
STAND UP
HERE WE GO!
JUMP, JUMP, JUMP, JUMP
EVERYONE JUMP
LET'S SEE THOSE JUMPS, BOYS AND
GIRLS! HOW HIGH CAN YOU GO?
JUMP, JUMP, JUMP, JUMP
JUMP
HAVE A SEAT
STAND UP
HAVE A SEAT
STAND UP
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET DOWN LOW.
GET DOWN REAL LOW
GET DOWN LOW
THAT'S IT, SQUAT DOWN AS LOW AS
YOU CAN GO!
GET DOWN REAL LOW
LOW
HAVE A SEAT
GET UP
THAT'S IT!
TAKE A SEAT
STAND UP
ALL RIGHT NOW, BE VERY CAREFUL
WITH THIS ONE. HERE WE GO!
SPIN AROUND FAST
SPIN AROUND FAST
BE CAREFUL, DON'T BUMP INTO
ANYTHING!
SPIN AROUND FAST
SPIN
HAVE A SEAT
STAND UP
HAVE A SEAT
HAVE A SEAT
THAT'S RIGHT, JUST STAY THERE,
BOYS AND GIRLS.
HAVE A SEAT
HAVE A SEAT
ALL RIGHT, LET'S PRETEND WE'RE
TAKING A NAP.
NOT FOR REAL!
SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP
EVERYONE SLEEP
SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP
SLEEP
FRÈRE JACQUES, FRÈRE JACQUES
DORMEZ-VOUS...
He stops playing and singing, and says WELL DONE, BOYS AND GIRLS!
GOOD JOB MOVING AROUND!
Now he sits in front of a piano and says HI, BOYS AND GIRLS.
WELCOME BACK!
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT LITTLE
BODY BREAK,
THAT MOVEMENT BREAK WE DID.
UH, THAT'S A FUN LITTLE SONG
THAT I LIKE TO SING,
AND I HOPE YOU WERE ABLE TO GET
UP AND JUMP AROUND
AND DANCE AND HAVE SOME FUN,
AND I HOPE WHEN YOU WERE
SPINNING AROUND
YOU DIDN'T BUMP INTO ANYTHING OR
GOT TOO DIZZY.
THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.
BUT I'M GLAD YOU HAD
A GREAT TIME.
SO BOYS AND GIRLS, JUST
TO RECAP AGAIN,
WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
COMMUNICATION,
AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE, AND HOW
OUR PETS CAN COMMUNICATE
AND HOW THAT'S TWO VERY
DIFFERENT THINGS.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, OUR PETS
CANNOT SPEAK,
SO WE DO THE SPEAKING FOR THEM.
AND WHEN WE'RE AT THE
VETERINARIAN,
THE VETERINARIAN IS HOPING THAT
WE ARE VERY DESCRIPTIVE
AND HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION
TO SPEAK ABOUT.
BUT THE VETERINARIAN ALSO RELIES
ON OUR PETS THEMSELVES
AND HOW THEY'RE BEHAVING.
REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT OUR PETS
NOT WAGGING THEIR TAILS, OR THE
CAT NOT PURRING?
AND THEN WE HAD OUR STUFFIES AND
THEN WE WERE PLAYING AROUND
WITH OUR STUFFIES AND TALKING A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH,
YOU KNOW, DESCRIBING WITH
OUR WORDS
WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR STUFFIES.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING
A LITTLE BIT MORE
WITH OUR STUFFIES, BUT I WANTED
TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK
AND HAVE YOU WATCH AN EPISODE OF
WHEN I GROW UP,
AND I THINK YOU'RE REALLY GOING
TO LIKE THIS
BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT
VETERINARIANS.
SO ENJOY THE VIDEO, AND I'LL SEE
YOU SOON. WITH YOUR STUFFIES!
In a clip, a girl with curly brown hair pops up and says MY NAME IS MIKAELA, AND SINCE
I CAN REMEMBER,
I'VE DREAMED ABOUT WHAT I'LL BE
WHEN I GROW UP
THERE ARE SO MANY COOL JOBS!
SO I DECIDED TO TRY THEM ALL.
I BUILT AN AWESOME STUDIO
IN MY GARAGE
SO I CAN MAKE AND SHARE VIDEOS
ABOUT MY JOURNEY.
IT'S ALL ABOUT DISCOVERING WHAT
I'LL BE WHEN I GROW UP.
A caption reads "When I grow up."
Mikaela sits in a chair inside her garage studio. Next to her, a black dog sits in a similar chair.
She says OH COME ON, DON'T BE SUCH A
WORRY WART.
IT'S JUST A CHECK UP.
(WHIMPERING)
The dog looks sad.
Mikaela says I TOLD YOU, I CAN'T GIVE
YOU A CHECK UP
BECAUSE I'M NOT A VET! I...
(GROWLING)
Mikaela says YES, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO BE A VET.
AND I DO LOVE TAKING CARE
OF ANIMALS.
AND YES, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE
THE BEST JOB EVER.
ALL RIGHT, LOOK. WHAT IF I
GO WITH YOU?
I'LL LIVE MY DREAM OF BEING A
VET, AND YOU CAN GET A CHECK UP.
DEAL?
The dog looks away.
Mikaela says GOOD! HI, EVERYONE.
THIS IS MY DOG, PATTY.
AS I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD,
I WANT TO BE A VET,
AND SHE NEEDS A CHECK UP.
SO WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?
I'M GOING TO BE A VET
SO I CAN TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS
WHEN I GROW UP!
Now Mikaela stands outside the Dundas West Animal Hospital on a sunny day.
She says HERE I AM AT AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL
WHERE VETERINARIANS
TAKE CARE OF DOGS, AND CATS, AND
GIRAFFES, AND HIPPOS,
AND ANACONDAS, AND DINOSAURS,
AND KING KONG!
(CHATTERING IN MICROPHONE)
She touches her ear and says WHAT WAS THAT? OKAY.
SO THEY ONLY TAKE CARE OF DOGS
AND CATS, BUT STILL,
I AM SUPER EXCITED. LET'S GO!
She walks into the animal hospital and approaches a young woman with straight brown hair.
Mikaela says HI, ANDREA!
Andrea says HI, MIKAELA!
THIS IS DR. ANDREA, SHE'S A
VETERINARIAN HERE
AT THE ANIMAL HOSPITAL!
A caption appears on screen. It reads "Andrea. Veterinarian."
Andrea says ARE YOU READY TO BE A VET?
Mikaela says YES.
Andrea says GREAT!
COME ON IN.
As they stand in a room where people wait with their pets, Andrea says THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE WAIT
WITH THEIR PETS
WHEN THEY COME TO THE VET.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE
PETS WHO FEEL NERVOUS SOMETIMES
COMING HERE, PEOPLE BRING THEIR
BEST FRIENDS
TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY HAPPY
AND HEALTHY.
THIS IS WHERE WE TAKE
THE CATS ON DOGS
WHEN IT'S TIME TO CHECK ON
THEIR HEALTH.
Clips show veterinarians examining cats and dogs on shiny examination tables.
Andrea says AND THIS IS WHERE WE KEEP CATS
THAT ARE UP FOR ADOPTION.
As she looks at cats sitting in soft beds, Mikaela says AWW!
Andrea says WE LIKE TO HELP PETS FIND NEW
OWNERS AND OWNERS FIND NEW PETS.
Mikaela says AWW!
Now Mikaela dressed as a cat and wearing sunglasses says HEY! HOW YOU DOIN'? PICK ME!
I MEAN, UM, MEE-YOW, AM I RIGHT?
Mikaela grimaces and says UH... LET'S KEEP MOVING.
Cat Mikaela says HEY! WHERE YOU GOING?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?
(DRUM ROLL)
(LAUGHING)
A woman gives a dog a treat and says GOOD GIRL!
Later, Mikaela wears black scrubs and says NOW THAT I'VE GOT THE
LAY OF THE LAND,
IT'S TIME TO GIVE PATTY
A CHECK UP.
WITH ANDREA'S HELP, I'M SURE
SHE'LL BE JUST FINE.
SHE'S READY TO GO, TOO...
Patty the dog rushes by and Mikaela screams PATTY!
DON'T BE SUCH A SCAREDY CAT!
In animation, she chases Patty across a park.
Later, she stands next to Andrea inside an examination room as Patty lies on a table.
Mikaela says SO WHAT'S THE FIRST STEP WHEN
GIVING A DOG A CHECK UP?
Andrea says WELL, PETS CAN'T TELL US HOW
THEY'RE FEELING
SO WE HAVE TO ASK THEIR OWNERS
QUESTIONS TO GET IDEAS
OF HOW THEY'RE DOING, SO WE
MIGHT ASK THINGS LIKE
WHAT DOES PATTY'S TYPICAL DAY
LOOK LIKE?
Mikaela says WELL, I WALK HER LIKE THREE
TIMES A DAY,
SO SHE SHOULD BE PRETTY HEALTHY.
Andrea says AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT
THEIR EYES.
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THEIR EYELIDS
FOR ANY ABNORMALITIES
LIKE LUMPS OR BUMPS, AND THEN WE
CAN ACTUALLY USE
AN OPHTHALMOSCOPE TO LOOK RIGHT
INSIDE THE EYE.
She hands Mikaela an ophthalmoscope and Mikaela examines Patty's eye.
Mikaela says WOW! THAT'S SO COOL!
Andrea says AND NEXT WE LOOK AT THEIR EARS
FOR REDNESS
OR SIGNS OF INFECTION THAT MIGHT
BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HER.
WE CAN USE ANOTHER INSTRUMENT
CALLED AN OTOSCOPE FOR THAT.
She picks up an othoscope and says WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A PEAK?
Mikaela says SURE!
She looks into Patty's ear and says WHOA! IT LOOKS PRETTY CLEAN.
Andrea says YEAH, IT DOES. VERY GOOD!
OKAY, AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT
PATTY'S TEETH.
As she pulls Patty's mouth open, she says SO HERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR SIGNS
OF TARTAR, WHICH IS THAT STUFF
THAT THE DENTIST CLEANS OFF OUR
TEETH, TOO.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HER GUMS
FOR REDNESS,
AND HER TEETH FOR ANY SIGNS
OF DECAY.
Mikaela says YUCK!
WHAT'S THAT FOR?
Andrea says WELL, THIS IS A STETHOSCOPE,
THIS IS WHAT WE USE
TO LISTEN TO PATTY'S LUNGS
AND HER HEART.
Mikaela says I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE.
Andrea puts on the stethoscope and presses the round end against Patty's chest as she says SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT
TO FIND THE HEART.
LOCATED JUST SORT OF BEHIND HER
ELBOW HERE.
DO YOU WANT TO GET A LISTEN?
Mikaela says YEAH!
Andrea says AND HERE WE'RE LISTENING FOR ANY
ABNORMAL RHYTHM,
SO IT SHOULD BE NICE AND STEADY.
Mikaela says IT SOUNDS LIKE THUNDER.
Cat Mikaela appears and says WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR FUZZY
FRIENDS,
ANDREA KNOWS HER STUFF
PURR-DY WELL.
BUT HOW DID SHE BECOME A VET IN
THE FIRST PLACE?
MILK! THE PURR-FECT DRINK.
She drinks milk from a glass and says AH. MEE-YOW!
Now as Mikaela speaks, cartoons illustrate her words.
Mikaela says EVER SINCE ANDREA CAN REMEMBER,
SHE'S LOVED ANIMALS.
A girl lies on a bed smiling as she daydreams of dogs and horses.
Mikaela says WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, SHE BEGGED
HER PARENTS
FOR A HORSE AND A DOG!
(HORSE WHINNYING)
(DOG BARKING)
Mikaela says ANDREA ENDED UP WITH A HAMSTER
AND A CAT.
JUST AS GOOD.
(MEOWING)
Mikaela says WHEN SHE GOT A LITTLE OLDER,
ANDREA REALIZED THAT SHE LOVED
BIOLOGY!
A girl sits in a classroom and says "Biology is cool!"
Mikaela says SOON ANDREA DISCOVERED THAT HER
LOVED OF ANIMALS AND SCIENCE
WERE A PERFECT MATCH!
IT ALL CLICKED, AND SHE KNEW
THAT BECOMING A VET
WAS HER DREAM COME TRUE.
Inside a vet's office and wearing blue scrubs, adult Andrea examines a large dog's ear as she says "Let's see what's wrong, Duke."
Cat Mikaela says NOT BAD! WITH HARD WORK AND
DEDICATION,
YOU CAN BE A VET TOO!
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
WELL, YOU'VE GOTTA BE BRAVE.
YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE COURAGE.
YOU'VE GOTTA...
(DOG BARKING)
Frightened, she says AUGH!
She runs away.
Now as she and Andrea pet a striped brown and black cat, Mikaela says SO WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN DOGS AND CATS?
Andrea says SO THE WAY THAT WE DO A PHYSICAL
EXAM BETWEEN A CAT AND A DOG
IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, HOWEVER
THERE ARE A LOT
OF BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES.
FOR EXAMPLE, CATS ARE MORE PRONE
TO GETTING GINGIVITIS
THAN DOGS ARE, WHICH IS REDNESS
ALONG THE GUM LINE.
Andrea examines the cat's mouth and Mikaela says SHE DOESN'T LIKE THAT VERY MUCH.
Andrea says ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT CATS CAN
GET MORE OFTEN THAN DOGS
IS ASTHMA, SO WHEN WE LISTEN TO
THEIR CHEST,
WE'RE LISTENING FOR SIGNS
OF WHEEZING,
WHICH CAN BE A SOUND THAT
HAPPENS WHEN THEY HAVE
AIRWAY DISEASE OR ASTHMA.
SO WE CAN TAKE A LISTEN TO
ZORA'S HEART AND LUNGS TOO.
Wearing the stethoscope, Mikaela says SOUNDS GOOD!
(DRUM ROLL)
Mikaela says SOMETIMES YOUR PET IS
REALLY SICK
AND NEEDS MORE THAN A CHECK UP.
IT NEEDS SPECIAL ATTENTION,
LIKE AN OPERATION.
IN THAT CASE, VETERINARIANS HAVE
TO PERFORM SURGERY.
AND SINCE I'M A VETERINARIAN,
I'M GOING TO BE LEARNING
ABOUT SURGERY.
(HORROR MOVIE MUSIC)
Mikaela says HEY, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!
JUST BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE
VETERINARIAN'S OFFICE
DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEED TO ACT
LIKE A CHICKEN.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PERFORMING
SURGERY
ON A REAL ANIMAL JUST YET,
WE'RE GOING TO BE PRACTICING
ON THIS.
She holds up a banana.
Then, she stands next to Andrea by a large metal sink.
Mikaela says THIS ISN'T AN OPERATING TABLE.
Mikaela says WELL, MIKAELA, WHEN YOU'RE A VET
AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO PERFORM
SURGERY ON AN ANIMAL, IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT
TO SCRUB IN FIRST, WHICH IS JUST
A WAY OF SAYING "WASHING UP."
Mikaela says LIKE BEFORE DINNER AT HOME.
Andrea says SO YOU WANT TO COVER YOUR HANDS
WITH SOAP ALL OVER.
YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
WORK THE SOAP
OVER EVERY SINGLE SURFACE OF
YOUR HANDS.
GERMS LIVE EVERYWHERE.
Mikaela says AS THE SAYING GOES,
"RUB-A-DUB-DUB!"
Andrea says AND YEAH, WE ACTUALLY WILL SCRUB
ALL THE WAY UP OUR ARMS
TO OUR ELBOWS.
AND THEN WHEN WE RINSE, IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING,
BECAUSE THAT CAN TRANSFER GERMS
BACK ONTO OUR CLEAN HANDS.
As she rinses her soapy hands, Mikaela says HOW DO WE TURN OFF THE SINK?
Andrea says USUALLY ACTUALLY WE USE
A FOOT PEDAL.
Mikaela says I'VE GOT IT COVERED.
A hand pops up and turns off the sink.
Andrea says MIKAELA, DO YOU HAVE YOUR
BANANA?
Mikaela says YES, BUT WHY IS A BANANA SO GOOD
TO PRACTICE ON?
Andrea says WELL, A BANANA IS COVERED
IN SKIN
SO WE CAN USE IT TO PRACTICE
PLACING A SUTURE.
Mikaela says WHAT'S A SUTURE?
Andrea says SUTURES ARE JUST A FANCY TERM
FOR STITCHES.
THEY'RE WHAT WE USE TO KEEP SKIN
OR TISSUE TOGETHER
TO HELP IT HEAL.
Mikaela says OKAY, SO A SUTURE IS WHAT WE'LL
BE PERFORMING
WHEN MY BANANA IS SPLIT.
She grins.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(ECHOING)
Now using the banana as a microphone, she says IS THIS THING ON?
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
LET'S PERFORM A SUTURE.
Andrea says SO WE WILL NEED A COUPLE
OF THINGS
BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
FIRST WE'LL NEED SOME NEEDLE
DRIVERS TO HOLD THE NEEDLE
AND PASS IT THROUGH THE SKIN.
Mikaela picks up an object that looks like scissors with no sharp edges and says NEEDLE DRIVERS!
Andrea says AND THEN NEXT WE'LL NEED
SOME FORCEPS.
WHICH WE CAN USE TO HOLD THE
SKIN GENTLY
AND PULL THE NEEDLE THROUGH.
Mikaela says FORCEPS.
Andrea says GREAT!
I THINK WE'RE READY
TO GET GOING.
As she speaks, she performs the actions she mentions.
She says SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR NEEDLE
DRIVERS.
YOU CAN USE THEM TO PICK UP
THE NEEDLE. OKAY.
TAKE YOUR FORCEPS WITH
YOUR LEFT HAND
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA PLACE THE
NEEDLE AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE
ABOUT MAYBE... ABOUT A CENTIMETRE
AWAY FROM THE EDGE
OF THE WOUND THERE ON YOUR
BANANA.
AND THEN GRADUALLY, GENTLY DRIVE
THAT NEEDLE THROUGH
AND TURN YOUR WRIST AS YOU GO,
WORKING WITH THE CURVATURE OF
THE NEEDLE
UNTIL IT COMES NICELY THROUGH
THE OTHER SIDE.
I KNOW IT'S TRICKY.
GOT IT!
VERY GOOD!
NOW YOU CAN USE YOUR FORCEPS TO
PULL THE NEEDLE
ALL THE WAY THROUGH. KEEP GOING.
Mikaela says THIS IS LIKE SEWING WITH MY
GRANDMA, I DO IT ALL THE TIME.
Andrea says IT IS! VERY GOOD THEN, YOU'RE
GETTING LOTS
OF PRACTICE ALREADY.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO A
KNOT IF YOU LIKE.
WE'RE GOING TO WRAP THE LONG END
OF THE SUTURE TWICE AROUND
AND THEN YOU'LL JUST TAKE THE
END OF THE SUTURE.
THERE YOU GO, AND THEN YOU'RE
GONNA PULL IT THROUGH
THOSE LOOPS THAT YOU JUST MADE.
GREAT!
GREAT. AND THEN GENTLY...
Mikaela says IS MY BANANA GOING TO
MAKE IT, DOC?
Andrea says I THINK SO, YOU'RE DOING
REALLY WELL.
Mikaela says MAYBE I'LL BE A FRUIT SURGEON
WHEN I GROW UP.
Andrea says GREAT JOB! AND THEN IF YOU SEE
THESE... THAT LITTLE PART THERE,
THAT'S ACTUALLY SCISSORS.
SO WE USE THAT TO CUT
THE SUTURE.
YOU LEAVE ABOUT MAYBE AN INCH.
Mikaela says WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE THING
ABOUT BEING A VET?
Andrea says WELL, I GUESS IT'S PROBABLY
INTERACTING WITH ALL
OF THE CATS AND DOGS AND
THEIR OWNERS.
AND THERE'S REALLY NOTHING
MORE REWARDING
THAN SENDING HOME A VERY SPECIAL
FAMILY MEMBER
TO A HAPPY FAMILY.
Mikaela says ORANGE YOU GLAD I SUTURED
THIS BANANA?
IT'S PRETTY "APPEALING!"
(LAUGHING)
Mikaela says ALL RIGHT, THAT'S MY TIME,
FOLKS. GOOD NIGHT!
Back in her studio, Mikaela says THAT WAS THE COOLEST! BEING A
VET IS EVERYTHING
I COULD HAVE HOPED FOR AND MORE!
YOU GET TO TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS.
THAT MAKES THE ANIMALS AND THEIR
OWNERS HAPPY!
EVERYONE HAS A SMILE ON
THEIR FACE,
WHETHER THAT FACE IS
FURRY OR NOT!
ESPECIALLY PATTY HERE!
RIGHT, PATTY?
Patty whines and leaves.
Mikaela says YOU'RE WELCOME?!
ANYWAY, I SURE WOULD LOVE TO
BE A VET SOMEDAY,
BUT I'VE GOT SOME MORE JOBS
TO TRY FIRST.
IT'S ALL PART OF MY QUEST TO
DISCOVER WHAT I WANT TO BE
WHEN I GROW UP!
End credits roll.
Teacher Robert reappears and says WELCOME BACK, BOYS AND GIRLS!
BOY, I SURE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
GOING TO A VETERINARIAN,
AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO
SEE WHAT THEY DO
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
UH, I WONDER IF ANY OF YOU HAVE
BEEN TO THE VET BEFORE.
UH, AND IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO
GO TO THE VET,
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT IT
MIGHT BE LIKE
TO SPEND AN ENTIRE DAY WITH A
VETERINARIAN?
JUST TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF THINGS
THEY GET TO DO?
I KNOW THAT I'VE THOUGHT
OF IT MYSELF.
AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT GOING
TO THE VETERINARIAN AND SPENDING
THE DAY AND HANGING OUT
WITH ALL THOSE WONDERFUL
ANIMALS.
BUT I DON'T THINK PERSONALLY
THAT I WOULD GET
A LOT OF WORK DONE, I DON'T
THINK I WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
BECAUSE I WOULD BE TOO BUSY
CUDDLING ALL THE DOGS
AND THE CATS AND HAVING A REALLY
GREAT TIME WITH THEM.
UH, AND SO I THINK I WOULD BE IN
THE WAY MORE THAN HELPFUL.
BUT BOYS AND GIRLS, I'M SURE YOU
WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL
IF YOU WERE ABLE TO SPEND THE
DAY WITH THE VET
IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD OR YOUR
COMMUNITY.
SO WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
WHAT A VET DOES.
DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR STUFFIES
WITH YOU?
I STILL HAVE RUFUS.
He shows his brown stuffy and says
HERE HE IS HERE. AND WE'RE GOING
TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THOSE NON-VERBAL
CUES AGAIN,
AND HOW BEFORE, WHEN WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT OUR STUFFIES
NOT FEELING WELL, WE WERE
PRETENDING TO TALK
TO OUR VET AND SAY TO THE
VETERINARIAN
"HEY, OUR DOGGIE IS NOT
FEELING WELL,"
AND FOR EXAMPLE, RUFUS WAS
LICKING HIS PAW,
AND WHIMPERING A LITTLE BIT
WHEN HE WAS WALKING AROUND.
AND I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN DO
THE SAME THING THIS TIME
BUT WITHOUT SPEAKING?
SO WHO IS GOING TO BE DOING THE
SPEAKING THIS TIME?
THAT'S RIGHT! IT'S OUR STUFFIES.
OUR STUFFIES ARE GOING TO BE
USING THOSE NON-VERBAL CUES.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET
RUFUS RIGHT UP HERE,
NICE AND CLOSE,
AND I'M GOING TO MAKE RUFUS
NOT FEEL WELL,
AND I'M GOING TO SEE IF
YOU CAN GUESS
WHAT'S WRONG WITH RUFUS.
OKAY? ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
He tilts Rufus's head from side to side.
(WHIMPERING)
(WHIMPERING)
He says BOYS AND GIRLS, DID YOU HEAR
THAT RUFUS WAS WHIMPERING
A LITTLE BIT? AND HIS HEAD WAS
GOING SIDE TO SIDE?
NOT UP TALL LIKE A DOGGY
USUALLY DOES.
NOW I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN
GUESS WHAT'S WRONG WITH RUFUS.
WELL, AT THE VERY LEAST, I KNOW
THAT A VETERINARIAN
MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT'S WRONG.
SO CAN ANYBODY GUESS?
THE DOGGY MIGHT BE TIRED, YES.
MAYBE NOT FEELING WELL, MAYBE HE
HAS A SORE TUMMY.
VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.
NOW IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE WHAT'S
WRONG WITH RUFUS
WITHOUT THE TWO COMMUNICATIONS,
SO ME SPEAKING, AND RUFUS
SHOWING HOW HE'S FEELING.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
COMMUNICATING,
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE
THOSE TWO COMMUNICATION PIECES.
SO IF RUFUS CAME IN AND WAS
WHIMPERING
AND HIS HEAD WAS SAGGING BACK
AND FORTH LIKE THIS
A LITTLE BIT, AND HE WAS HAVING
A HARD TIME LIFTING HIS HEAD,
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY "HEY,
RUFUS IS HAVING A HARD TIME
"KEEPING HIS HEAD UP TALL.
"AND RUFUS IS MAKING A
WHIMPERING SOUND.
"AND HE'S NOT WAGGING HIS TAIL,
HE JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT."
OKAY, NOW BOYS AND GIRLS,
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY,
A CHANCE RIGHT NOW, TO TAKE
YOUR STUFFIES
AND HOLD IT UP CLOSE TO
THE TELEVISION
OR UP TO THE COMPUTER SCREEN,
AND I'M GOING TO HAVE
YOU SHOW ME
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR PUPPY,
YOUR KITTY CAT, WHATEVER STUFFY
THAT YOU DO HAVE.
PRETEND THAT YOUR... YOUR STUFFY
IS NOT FEELING WELL.
GO AHEAD, GIVE IT A TRY.
I'M GOING TO DO MINE AGAIN.
He repeats the movement and says VERY GOOD, BOYS AND GIRLS.
VERY GOOD!
WASN'T IT FUN USING OUR STUFFIES
TO PRETEND?
I REALLY LIKE TAKING TOYS AND
PRETENDING WITH THEM
AND PLAYING MAKE-BELIEVE, AND
LEARNING LESSONS FROM IT,
'CAUSE WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT HOW
TO COMMUNICATE
AND HOW THINGS COMMUNICATE,
UH, WITHOUT...
THINGS AND PEOPLE COMMUNICATE
WITHOUT WORDS.
AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR
WORDS, AS WELL.
IT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING,
BOYS AND GIRLS.
BOYS AND GIRLS, UH, HOW ELSE
DO WE COMMUNICATE AS OPPOSED
TO TALKING?
CAN ANYBODY ELSE THINK
OF OTHER WAYS?
WE KNOW THAT IF I SHOWED YOU
THE SAD FACE...
AND THE HAPPY FACE,
YOU COULD TELL IF I WAS
SAD OR HAPPY,
WITHOUT ME EVEN USING THE WORDS.
BUT WHERE ELSE DO WE SEE THINGS
LIKE SAD FACES, HAPPY FACES?
LAUGHING FACES, EXCITED FACES.
THAT'S RIGHT, BOYS AND GIRLS.
EMOJIS!
WE'VE SEEN EMOJIS BEFORE.
AND SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE USING
DEVICES AND USING EMOJIS,
THAT'S A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO
COMMUNICATE HOW THEY'RE FEELING,
ALONG WITH THEIR TEXT MESSAGES
OR THEIR TYPED WORDS.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES
OF EMOJIS HERE.
He picks up a small whiteboard which contains a smiling emoji and a crying emoji.
He says AND ONE IS HAPPY, ONE IS SAD.
AS YOU CAN SEE.
IT WAS MY DAUGHTER WHO DREW
THESE FOR ME,
SO I'M VERY HAPPY SHE
DID FOR ME,
'CAUSE I'M NOT MUCH OF A DRAWER.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S CLEAR
ONE IS VERY HAPPY
AND ONE IS VERY SAD.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER
WAY OF COMMUNICATING
WITH OUR NON-VERBAL CUES.
WE'RE USING EMOJI INSTEAD OF
USING OUR BODY LANGUAGE
OR OUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS.
SO IF YOU'RE USING A DEVICE, AND
COMMUNICATING THAT WAY
OR IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY
USING A DEVICE,
AND COMMUNICATING THAT WAY, AND
THEY'RE USING EMOJIS,
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
THEY'RE USING IT.
BOYS AND GIRLS, ALL THIS TALK
ABOUT PLAYING
AND MAKE-BELIEVE AND EMOJIS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT
MAKES ME REMEMBER A GAME THAT I
USED TO PLAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU
KNOW THIS GAME.
IT'S CALLED "CHARADES."
AND CHARADES IS A GAME WHERE YOU
GET TO MAKE-BELIEVE A LOT
AND HAVE OTHER PEOPLE GUESS.
IN FACT, CHARADES IS REALLY FUN
BECAUSE YOU DON'T SPEAK AT ALL
DURING CHARADES.
YOU ACT OUT A SITUATION,
YOU ACT OUT HOW SOMEBODY MIGHT
BE FEELING,
YOU ACT OUT AN EMOTION.
UH, AN YOU GET THE OTHER PEOPLE
TO TRY TO GUESS
WHAT'S GOING ON WHILE
YOU'RE ACTING.
SO IF YOU'RE REALLY GREAT AT
ACTING WITHOUT USING YOUR WORDS,
THEN PEOPLE WILL GUESS WHO YOU
ARE OR WHAT YOU'RE DOING
OR WHAT SITUATION YOU'RE IN,
OR HOW YOU'RE FEELING
REALLY QUICKLY.
NOW IF YOU'RE NOT SO
GREAT AT ACTING
OR YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE ABOUT
THIS, IT'S STILL A LOT OF FUN
BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL START
GUESSING WHAT'S GOING ON
AND YOU MIGHT LAUGH A LITTLE BIT
AT SOME OF THEIR GUESSES,
SO IT'S A REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY FUN GAME
AND IT'S CALLED CHARADES.
AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH
A LITTLE BIT OF A VIDEO CLIP
ABOUT CHARADES, AND HOW WE
PLAY CHARADES.
SO, UH, I'LL BE BACK A LITTLE
BIT AFTER WE PLAY
THIS CHARADES GAME... OR, SORRY,
PLAY THIS CHARADES VIDEO.
AND WE'LL TALK A BIT AFTER THAT,
SO ENJOY THE VIDEO ABOUT
CHARADES AND I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
Lucas and Laura appear on split screens.
A says HEY, TVO KIDS! LUCAS
AND LAURA HERE!
s says THAT'S RIGHT, AND WE ARE GOING
TO PLAY A GAME OF CHARADES.
UM, WANT ME TO GO FIRST?
a says YEAH, YOU GO FIRST.
s says OKAY, READY?
a says YEAH, TOTALLY.
s says UM, OKAY. UM...
She moves sideways as if she were walking, then raises two fingers.
a says YOU'RE WALKING DOWN
THE STREET!
TWO WORDS. OKAY.
WALKING?
SKIING?
She rubs one finger under her nose.
He says OOH. GETTING A HAIRCUT.
WHAT?
As Laura holds her fingers together and moves her hands up and down, Lucas says YOU'RE A BUSINESS MAN.
YOU'RE DRIVING! YOU'RE
A BUS DRIVER.
YOU'RE A BUS DRIVER.
YOU'RE A CLERK?
(LAUGHING)
TWO WORDS. OH.
OH, OKAY. TWO WORDS.
SECOND WORD.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
She opens her hands and moves them in front of her face.
He says OOH... UM...
YOU'RE A SCOUT?
YOU'RE, UM, AN OBSERVER?
She holds one hand over her eyes as if sheltering herself from a bright light. Then, she acts serious and holds up sheets of paper.
He says HM... A PROFESSIONAL?
A BUSINESSMAN? UH...
OH MY GOD, I'M NEVER
GOING TO GET IT.
She points at him.
He says YOU'RE ME... LANDON FOG!
LANDON FOG.
She says YES!
He says YOU ARE LANDON FOG.
(SIGHING)
She says OH, MAN! WELL,
WE GOT THROUGH ONE!
He says THAT WAS ALL, TVO KIDS, BUT KEEP
GETTING CREATIVE,
AND KEEP HAVING FUN. THAT'S
ALL FOR NOW!
Teacher Robert appears again and says WELCOME BACK, BOYS AND GIRLS!
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT VIDEO
ABOUT CHARADES.
I SURE DID! YOU KNOW, CHARADES
IS REALLY FUN TO PLAY.
IT'S A... IT'S A WONDERFUL GAME,
SO I AM HOPING THAT,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE BROTHERS
OR SISTERS
OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AT HOME,
YOU CAN MAKE, KIND OF LIKE, A
GAME DAY OR A GAME NIGHT
BEFORE BEDTIME, MAYBE SAY "LET'S
PLAY SOME CHARADES
"BECAUSE I LEARNED ABOUT
CHARADES,
"I UNDERSTAND HOW TO
PLAY IT NOW."
AND IT'S... IT'S VERY
FUN TO PLAY.
YOU CAN ACT OUT THINGS AND HAVE
YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS
TRY TO GUESS WHAT IS GOING ON,
OR WHO YOU ARE,
OR WHAT EMOTION YOU ARE FEELING.
AND, UH, YOU CAN'T SPEAK,
REMEMBER?
YOU CAN'T USE YOUR WORDS.
SO YOU HAVE TO USE A LOT OF
THOSE NON-VERBAL CUES.
AND WE WERE TALKING A LOT ABOUT
THAT TODAY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
COMMUNICATION,
AND HOW WE USE OUR WORDS,
OR HOW WE USE OUR
NON-VERBAL CUES.
AND IT'S SO VERY IMPORTANT THAT
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE TWO
WAYS OF COMMUNICATING CAN HELP A
VETERINARIAN UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS
WHEN WE BRING OUR PETS IN
IF THEY ARE NOT DOING WELL.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WE
TALKED ABOUT OUR VETERINARIAN.
WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
THAT TODAY.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OTHER
PROFESSIONS, OTHER JOBS,
OTHER CAREERS OUT THERE THAT YOU
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DOING.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE SAW A VIDEO AND
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT FIRE FIGHTERS, AND HOW
INTERESTING
THAT TYPE OF JOB COULD BE.
AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
BEING POLICE OFFICERS.
I KNOW I SPOKE ABOUT THAT.
ROCK STARS, WE DIDN'T TALK
A LOT ABOUT THAT,
BUT THAT WAS ALWAYS ONE
OF MY DREAMS.
ROCK STAR, FOR SURE.
AND, UH, YOU CAN THINK OF ANY
TYPE OF JOB OUT THERE.
AND BOYS AND GIRLS, THINK ABOUT
WHAT YOU WANT TO BE
WHEN YOU GROW UP, AND...
AND HOW YOUR FUTURE WILL LOOK AS
THAT ROCK STAR
OR THAT POLICE OFFICER,
OR PARAMEDIC, OR NURSE,
OR DOCTOR,
OR EVEN A VET.
WELL, BOYS AND GIRLS, I REALLY
ENJOYED MY TIME WITH YOU TODAY.
I REALLY HOPE YOU HAVE A
FANTASTIC REST OF YOUR DAY.
AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME!
(soft music plays)
A caption reads "Copyright 2020, The Ontario Educational Communications Authority."
An animated title against a sunny sky reads "TVOKids Power Hour of Learning."
In off, Laura says WELCOME TO
TVO KIDS POWER HOUR
OF LEARNING!
TODAY'S PRIMARY LESSON: Tell me all about it!
Teacher Robert sits in a room with a piano and a guitar in the background. He's in his thirties, clean-shaven, with short brown hair. He's wearing glasses and a black T-shirt.
A caption appears on screen. It reads "Primary I-3. Teacher Robert."
Robert says HELLO, BOYS AND GIRLS. MY NAME
IS ROBERT,
AND I'M GOING TO BE YOUR TEACHER
FOR TODAY.
I'M VERY EXCITED TO MEET ALL OF
YOU, SO WELCOME!
THE FIRST THING I WANT YOU TO DO
IS LOOK FOR A VERY COMFORTABLE
PLACE IN YOUR HOUSE TO SIT DOWN,
RELAX, AND GET READY
FOR SOME REALLY FUN LEARNING!
I KNOW THAT I'M EXCITED FOR SOME
FUN LEARNING,
AND I'M HOPING THAT TOGETHER, WE
CAN LEARN A FEW NEW THINGS
TOGETHER, AND MAYBE YOU CAN
SHARE SOME INFORMATION
THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW.
FIRST THING, A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT ME.
I TEACH FRENCH, MUSIC, DANCE,
AND DRAMA.
THAT'S WHAT I DO AT THE SCHOOL
THAT I TEACH AT,
AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE
DOING SOMETHING NEW WITH YOU
NOW THAT WE'RE AT HOME TOGETHER,
LEARNING TOGETHER AT HOME.
SO WELCOME, AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE
ALL COMFORTABLE.
NOW I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHEN
I WAS YOUNG, MAYBE AROUND
YOUR AGE.
WHEN I WAS AROUND YOUR AGE, I
THOUGHT OF WHAT I WOULD WANT
TO BE WHEN I WAS OLDER, AND
BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
IT WAS NOT A TEACHER. I DID NOT
THINK I WANTED TO BE
A TEACHER WHEN I'M OLDER. I
PICKED A FEW THINGS.
I WANTED TO BE A ROCK STAR.
I WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.
AND ALSO A POLICE OFFICER.
I THOUGHT BEING A POLICE OFFICER
WAS KIND OF COOL
BECAUSE, UH, SOME PEOPLE IN MY
FAMILY WERE ALREADY
POLICE OFFICERS, AND I THOUGHT
THEIR STORIES
WERE REALLY INTERESTING, AND
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY
TALKED TO ME ABOUT SOUNDED VERY
ADVENTUROUS.
UH, AND SO I WANTED TO BE A
POLICE OFFICER.
SO BOYS AND GIRLS, I'M NOT SURE
IF YOU'VE EVER THOUGHT OF THIS
OR NOT, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
TO BE WHEN YOU'RE OLDER?
The caption changes to "What would you like to be?"
Robert says THOSE SOUND LIKE SOME REALLY
COOL IDEAS.
SHOUT THEM OUT TO ME!
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, VERY COOL.
VERY COOL!
WELL, I LIKE YOUR IDEAS AND THEY
DEFINITELY SOUND
LIKE A LOT OF FUN! UM, AS YOU
ALL KNOW, THERE'S ALL KINDS
OF DIFFERENT JOBS OUT THERE WE
CAN CHOOSE FROM.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF YOU
THINK ABOUT THE CITY YOU LIVE IN
OR YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE
LIVING IN,
EVEN YOUR OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD, WE
SEE PEOPLE FROM ALL KINDS
OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS WORKING
IN DIFFERENT JOBS.
AND YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE
SOME OF THOSE.
YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE SOME FAMILY
MEMBERS WHO HAVE
SOME REALLY GREAT JOBS THAT YOU
ARE THINKING ABOUT BECOMING
WHEN YOU ARE OLDER.
SO LET'S LIST SOME DIFFERENT
JOBS OUT THERE.
WELL, WE HAVE THE MAIL CARRIER.
UH, POLICE OFFICER, LIKE I
MENTIONED BEFORE.
UH, WE HAVE NURSES,
WE HAVE PARAMEDICS.
WE HAVE FIRE FIGHTERS, WHICH I
THINK IS KIND OF COOL.
FIRE FIGHTER IS REALLY
INTERESTING TO ME
BECAUSE I HAVE A BUNCH OF
FRIENDS WHO ARE FIRE FIGHTERS,
RIGHT IN THE CITY OF TORONTO.
AND THEY TELL ME ALL KINDS OF
REALLY GREAT STORIES THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE ALL IN REALLY GOOD
SHAPE, AND, UH,
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY
TELL ME SOUND VERY...
SOME OF THEM SOUND VERY
EXCITING.
SOME OF THEM A LITTLE BIT SCARY.
BUT I THINK THAT THEY OVERALL
HAVE A REALLY COOL-SOUNDING JOB.
AND SO I WANTED TO BEGIN TODAY
WITH TALKING A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT FIRE FIGHTERS, BY WATCHING
THIS VIDEO CLIP
ABOUT FIRE FIGHTERS. SO I'LL SEE
YOU SOON AFTER THE CLIP.
In a clip, a blond boy says
HI, I'M JACK! IF I COULD BE
ANYTHING,
I'D BE A FIRE FIGHTER.
Music plays as fast clips show children playing, learning and imagining in cartoon animation.
A song plays that says
IMAGINE, IMAGINE
IMAGINE POWERFUL,
IMAGINE COMICAL
IMAGINE MAGICAL,
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT?
Jack draws a firefighter on paper set on an easel.
He says HI, I'M JACK. IF I COULD BE
ANYTHING,
I'D BE A FIREFIGHTER.
Jack appears wearing a firefighter costume and smiles.
He continues I'D HELP OUT OUT FIRES
AND TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT FIRE
SAFETY.
IF I WERE A FIRE FIGHTER,
I WOULD WEAR A SPECIAL UNIFORM.
A HELMET TO PROTECT MY HEAD.
A SPECIAL JACKET TO PROTECT MY
BODY FROM A FIRE'S HEAT.
AND BIG HEAVY BOOTS TO KEEP MY
FEET SAFE.
In cartoon animation, Jack appears inside a fire station with a Dalmatian dog.
Jack continues I'D WORK IN A FIRE STATION.
WE WOULD HAVE A DOG.
(BARKING)
HIS NAME WOULD BE SMOKY.
HE'S A DALMATIAN.
FIRE FIGHTERS EXERCISE A LOT.
THEY NEED TO BE REALLY STRONG.
THE FIRE FIGHTERS AND I WOULD
WORK AS A TEAM.
SMOKY TOO!
(GIGGLING)
Jack and two cartoon firefighters exercise and work together.
Jack continues TOGETHER WE'D PUT OUT FIRES.
(ALARM RINGING)
WHEN THE FIRE ALARM RINGS,
IT WOULD MEAN SOMEONE NEEDS
OUR HELP.
(SIREN WAILING)
EVERYONE DO UP YOUR SEATBELTS!
I WOULD DRIVE THE FIRE TRUCK.
(HORN HONKING)
WE NEED TO DRIVE REALLY FAST.
IT'S AN EMERGENCY.
WEE-WAH, WEE-WAH,
WEE-WAH WEE-WAH!
WE'D USE A REALLY, REALLY LONG
YELLOW HOSE
TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.
Jack holds a cartoon hose and puts out a fire as he says OKAY! WATER!
HOLD ON TIGHT!
Now he approaches carton campers lighting a fire under a tree.
He says WHOA!
THE CAMPFIRE IS TOO CLOSE
TO THE TREES.
THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS.
WHEN WE PUT OUT FIRES, EVERYONE
WILL BE HAPPY!
AND CHEER FOR US!
HIP-HIP HOORAY!
EVERYONE IS SAFE!
A school bus parks outside a school.
Inside a classroom, Jack addresses the children.
He says IF I WERE A FIRE FIGHTER,
I'D GO TO SCHOOLS
AND TEACH KIDS FIRE SAFETY.
WE WOULD PRACTICE FIRE DRILLS.
WHEN THE FIRE ALARM RINGS,
EVERYONE NEEDS TO LINE UP
QUICKLY AND QUIETLY
AND FOLLOW YOUR TEACHER OUTSIDE.
SMOKY AND I WOULD LOOK AROUND
THE SCHOOL
TO BE SURE IT'S SAFE.
IF WE DON'T FIND A FIRE, THE
SCHOOL BELL RINGS
AND THE TEACHER CAN BRING THEIR
CLASS BACK INTO SCHOOL.
Jack high-fives the students.
Jack continues GREAT FIRE DRILL! GOOD JOB,
EVERYONE!
IT'S IMPORTANT TO LEARN ABOUT
AND PRACTICE GOOD FIRE SAFETY.
I LOVE BEING A FIRE FIGHTER!
As fast clips show Jack dancing and having fun, a song plays that says
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE
CAN YOU IMAGINE THERE'S A
WORLD FULL OF FANTASY
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT LOTS
IT BECOMES SO REAL
DID YOU KNOW,
DID YOU KNOW
DID YOU KNOW
THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING
YOU WANT TO DO
IMAGINE THIS OR THAT,
THINK OF SOMETHING NEW
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE
A THING OR TWO
ANYTHING YOU WANT,
IT'S REALLY UP TO YOU
BA-BA-BA-BA
BA-BA-DA-DA
BA-BA-BA-BA
BA-BA-DA-DA
BA-BA-BA-BA
BA-BA-DA-DA
BA-BA-BA-BA
BA-BA-DA-DA
BA-BA-BA-BA
BA-BA-DA-DA
BA-BA-BA-BA
BA-BA-DA-DA
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT
I'M JACK, AND I'M A FIRE
FIGHTER. IMAGINE THAT!
(SHEEP BLEATING)
End credits roll.
Teacher Robert reappears and says WELL, THAT WAS A VERY COOL CLIP
WE JUST SAW ABOUT FIRE FIGHTING.
I LEARNED A FEW THINGS. YOU
KNOW, FIRE FIGHTERS
GET TO WORK OUT A LOT, AND THAT
MAKES SENSE TO ME.
THEY HAVE TO BE IN WONDERFUL
SHAPE TO BE ABLE TO SAVE US.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
THEY GET TO DO
SEEM A LITTLE BIT EXCITING, A
LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS TOO.
BUT I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ALL
THE TRAINING
TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE
AND KEEP UP SAFE, AS WELL.
UH, MOVING FROM FIRE FIGHTERS,
I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, ANOTHER
PROFESSION. ANOTHER JOB.
AND THAT OTHER JOB IS... WELL,
I'M GOING TO SAY IT LIKE THIS.
IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL,
OR IF YOU HAVE AN INJURY,
YOU'RE HURT SOMEWHERE, OR IF YOU
NEED A CHECK UP,
WHAT TYPE OF PLACE WOULD
YOU GO TO?
WHO WOULD YOU GO AND VISIT TO
HELP YOU WITH THAT?
THAT'S RIGHT, BOYS AND GIRLS.
I'M TALKING ABOUT A DOCTOR.
THAT'S RIGHT, VERY GOOD. AND
WHEN YOU'RE AT THE DOCTOR'S,
YOU'RE ABLE TO GO, AND IF YOU'RE
NOT FEELING WELL,
THEY CAN ASK YOU A BUNCH OF
QUESTIONS,
AND YOU CAN COMMUNICATE BACK
WITH THEM BY SPEAKING TO THEM
AND TELLING THEM HOW YOU'RE
FEELING.
POINTING WHERE IT HURTS, TELLING
THEM THAT YOU'RE NOT
FEELING WELL IN YOUR TUMMY, OR
ANY OTHER THING
THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, WRONG
WITH YOU.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT
WITH YOUR DOCTOR,
THEY'LL ASK YOU A BUNCH OF
QUESTIONS,
AND YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE
QUESTIONS AND THEN ADD MORE,
SAYING "YES, I DON'T FEEL
VERY WELL,"
OR "MY ARM IS TWISTED IN A
FUNNY POSITION."
LET'S HOPE THAT NEVER HAPPENS
TO YOU.
UH, BUT WHEN I WAS A CHILD,
I BROKE MY ARM,
AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO REALLY SAY
A LOT OF THINGS
BECAUSE MY ARM WAS BENT IN A
FUNNY POSITION,
SO THE DOCTOR KNEW RIGHT AWAY.
"OH, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG
WITH THIS ARM."
UM, SO I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU
A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT USING OUR WORDS TO
COMMUNICATE.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING TO
THE DOCTOR,
AND HOW WE DESCRIBE THAT INJURY
OR THAT TUMMY ACHE
AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT IS
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
NOW I WANTED TO ASK YOU A LITTLE
SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR PETS,
YOUR ANIMALS. NOW YOU DON'T HAVE
TO HAVE A PET
TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT ANIMALS.
MAYBE YOU HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAS
A DOG OR A CAT AS WELL.
BUT I WANTED TO ASK YOU
A QUESTION.
WHO DOES THE DOG OR CAT OR OTHER
PET SEE WHEN THEY NEED
A CHECK UP, OR IF THEY'RE NOT
FEELING WELL,
OR IF THEY'RE INJURED?
ARE THERE ANY GUESSES OUT THERE,
BOYS AND GIRLS?
WHO DO THEY SEE?
THAT'S RIGHT, A VETERINARIAN.
EXCELLENT, VETERINARIAN, THAT'S
A BIG LONG WORD.
WE COULD SAY "VET" IF YOU WANT,
OR VETERINARIAN
IF YOU WANT TO GO THERE AS WELL.
UH, AND A VETERINARIAN IS A KIND
OF DOCTOR FOR ANIMALS.
AND THAT'S A REALLY COOL JOB,
BECAUSE THEY GO TO SCHOOL
A VERY LONG TIME TO LEARN HOW TO
CARE ABOUT ALL KINDS OF
DIFFERENT ANIMALS, WHETHER IT'S
YOUR DOG, YOUR CAT,
EVEN SMALLER HOUSE ANIMALS.
AND THERE'S ALSO VETERINARIANS
WHO KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE
OF FARMS ANIMALS AS WELL, SO
THEY VISIT FARMS
AND THEY TAKE CARE OF THE
HORSES, THE COWS,
THE SHEEP, THE GOATS. ALL THE
OTHER ANIMALS YOU SEE ON A FARM.
SO THEY HAVE TO KNOW A LOT ABOUT
A LOT OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS,
SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY
COOL JOB.
NOT ONE THAT I THOUGHT I WOULD
DO WHEN I WOULD GROW UP,
BUT DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I
KNOW SOME OF YOU
MAYBE HAD SAID EARLIER ABOUT
WHAT YOU WANT TO BE
WHEN YOU GROW UP, AND MAYBE IT
WAS A VETERINARIAN.
SO WHEN ANIMALS ARE NOT FEELING
WELL, WE BRING THEM
TO THE VETERINARIAN TO GET
CHECKED OUT.
AND WE, UH, GET TO SPEAK
FOR THEM,
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, OUR DOG AND
OUR CAT CAN'T SPEAK, RIGHT?
SO WE HAVE TO BE THE ONES WHO
SAY WHAT IS WRONG
WITH OUT PETS. AND EVEN IF WE'RE
NOT QUITE SURE,
WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'RE
ACTING. YOU KNOW,
IF YOUR DOG IS LIMPING, OR NOT
WAGGING THEIR TAIL A LOT
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN WE GO TO A VET,
THE VET RELIES ON US
TO USE OUR WORDS
TO TELL THEM WHAT IS WRONG WITH
OUR ANIMALS
SO THAT THEY CAN BETTER
HELP THEM.
OKAY, SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT
TO KNOW,
BECAUSE THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO
WAYS THAT THE VET
CAN HELP YOUR ANIMAL WITH, AND
THE FIRST WAY
IS WITH WHAT I JUST SAID, WITH
US SPEAKING TO THEM
AND DESCRIBING ALL THE PROBLEMS
THAT WE THINK
MIGHT BE HAPPENING WITH OUR PET.
AND THE SECOND THING IS THE
VETERINARIAN IS GOING TO USE
HIS OR HER OBSERVATION SKILLS,
AND THEY ARE GOING TO
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW OUR ANIMALS
ARE FEELING.
AND HOW DO THEY DO THAT? THEY
JUST LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT THEM
AND THEY WATCH ON HOW
THEY BEHAVE.
AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR TELLS THE
VET IF THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THEM.
SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY GET
REALLY, REALLY CLOSE
AND THEY WATCH THEM MAYBE
MOVE AROUND.
THEY WATCH THE WAY THAT
THEY LOOK.
AND THEY ARE ABLE TO
TURN TO, UH,
TO YOU AND ASK MORE QUESTIONS
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING.
NOW THE REALLY COOL THING ABOUT
THAT IS THAT YOUR DOG
OR YOUR CAT CAN COMMUNICATE
THROUGH WHAT WE CALL
"NON-VERBAL CUES." NOW THAT'S
JUST A VERY FANCY WAY
OF SAYING THEY COMMUNICATE WITH
THEIR BEHAVIOUR
AND THEIR BODY, AND EVEN THE WAY
THEIR FACES LOOK.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PUPPY MAKE
A SAD FACE?
I'VE SEEN A PUPPY MAKE A SAD
FACE BEFORE.
MAYBE WHEN IT WANTS SOME FOOD
AND I'M NOT GIVING IT TO THEM.
UH, SO WHEN A VET IS TAKING A
LOOK AT YOUR DOG
AND IT'S MAKING A SAD FACE, OR
IS NOT WAGGING HIS TAIL,
OR BEHAVING VERY STRANGELY
FOR THE DOG,
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY
DEFINITELY WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT
AND ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT
TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR DOG.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW
THAT THE VET IS A DOCTOR
FOR OUR ANIMALS,
AND THEY RELY ON TWO
DIFFERENT THINGS
FOR HELPING YOUR ANIMALS
GET BETTER.
AND THAT IS YOUR WORDS ON HOW
YOU'RE DESCRIBING WHAT'S WRONG,
AND ON HOW THE PET IS BEHAVING,
AND HOW IT'S USING
ITS NON-VERBAL CUES TO
GET BETTER.
NOW I WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK
LOOK AT THIS VIDEO CLIP.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A
LITTLE BREAK
AND TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THIS
VIDEO CLIP.
AND, UH, WHEN YOU COME BACK, I
WANT YOU TO PICK OUT YOUR
FAVOURITE STUFFY, BECAUSE WE'RE
GOING TO BE USING A STUFFY.
NOW I HAVE MY STUFFY, RUFUS,
HERE WITH ME.
He picks up a brown stuffed dog that looks like a Labrador retriever and says THERE'S RUFUS.
HE'S A STUFFED DOGGY. AND YOU
DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
A STUFFED DOGGY, IT CAN BE ANY
STUFFY YOU WANT.
BUT WHEN YOU COME BACK AFTER
WATCHING THIS VIDEO CLIP,
I WANT YOU TO HAVE A STUFFY
WITH YOU,
AND GET COMFORTABLE AGAIN
FOR LEARNING,
'CAUSE WE'RE GOING TO PLAY SOME
IMAGINARY MAKE-BELIEVE GAMES
ABOUT TAKING OUR PETS
TO THE VET,
AND WHAT THAT MIGHT BE LIKE.
OKAY, ENJOY THE CLIP, BOYS AND
GIRLS, AND I'LL SEE YOU SOON!
An animated slate reads "TVO Kids and Goddard Brown, original."
A man sings IT'S AN ABC SING-SONG...
A slate reads "ABC Singsong by Warren Brown and Adam Goddard."
The man says ABOUT THE LETTER V!
A cartoon man with curly ginger hair sings LETTER V,
YOU SOUND GOOD TO ME
LETTER V, WHAT STARTS WITH V,
LET'S SEE
COME ON, NOW!
LETTER V MAKES A "VUH" SOUND,
JUST LISTEN TO MY VOICE
WHEN I SAY "VIOLIN" DO YOU
HEAR THAT LETTER V NOISE?
As he sings, the objects he mentions appear.
The man continues singing
V IS FOR VOLCANO, WATCH
THAT LAVA FLOW
V IS FOR VIOLET
THAT'S A PURPLE FLOWER,
DON'T YOU KNOW?
V CAN BE FOR VEGETABLES,
AS HEALTHY AS IT GETS
V CAN BE FOR VETERINARIAN,
TAKING CARE OF PETS
V IS FOR VENUS,
A PLANET OUT IN SPACE
V FOR VACUUM CLEANER, CLEANING
UP MY MESSY PLACE
VROOM, VROOM, VROOM
LETTER V, YOU SOUND
GOOD TO ME
LETTER V, YOU SOUND
GOOD TO ME...
A slate reads "Produced in association with TVOKids. Marney Malabar, Executive Producer, TVO.
Teacher Robert appears again and says HI, BOYS AND GIRLS,
WELCOME BACK.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT SHORT
LITTLE CLIP.
UH, I'M WONDERING IF ANY OF YOU
CAN GUESS WHY
I CHOSE THE LETTER V FOR
THAT CLIP.
CAN ANYBODY GUESS WHY I CHOSE V?
THAT'S RIGHT, BOYS AND GIRLS. I
CHOSE V FOR VETERINARIAN.
THAT'S RIGHT. AND I HOPE YOU
ENJOYED THE CLIP.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR
STUFFIES WITH YOU!
IF YOU DIDN'T REMEMBER TO GRAB
YOUR STUFFY,
QUICKLY RUN AND GRAB IT
RIGHT NOW.
BUT I'M SURE MOST OF YOU
REMEMBERED TO GRAB YOUR STUFFY.
I HAVE RUFUS HERE WITH ME.
AND WE'RE GOING TO PLAY A LITTLE
BIT OF A GAME.
WE'RE GOING TO PRETEND THAT OUR
STUFFIES ARE INJURED
OR SICK, OR THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THEM.
AND WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH OUR VET
ON HOW OUR STUFFY IS FEELING.
SO WE'RE PRETENDING THAT OUR
STUFFY IS OUR PET
AND WE'RE PRETENDING THAT
THERE'S A PRETEND VETERINARIAN
WITH US, A DOCTOR OF ANIMALS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD
TIME HAVING MAKE-BELIEVE,
AND DESCRIBING WHAT MIGHT
BE WRONG.
A caption appears on screen. It reads "Verbal Communication."
SO I'LL START. I'LL START.
HELLO, DOCTOR. 'CAUSE WE ALWAYS
CALL VETS "DOCTOR,"
'CAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE A
DOCTOR FOR ANIMALS, RIGHT?
AND I'M GOING TO SAY "MY DOG HAS
NOT BEEN FEELING WELL.
"EVERY TIME RUFUS WALKS AROUND,
"HE HAS A HARD TIME WITH
HIS PAW."
"HE KEEPS LIFTING HIS PAW UP IN
THE AIR AND LICKING IT.
"AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY
HE'S DOING THAT
"BUT HE'S MAKING A SOUND THAT
SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT STRANGE
"AS WELL, WHILE HE'S WALKING
AROUND.
"SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN
HELP ME OUT WITH MY DOG RUFUS,
"AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING
WRONG WITH HIM.
"SO HE KEEPS LICKING HIS PAW,
"AND EVERY TIMES HE STEPS ON
THAT PAW,
"HE LIFTS IT REALLY QUICKLY."
BOYS AND GIRLS, NOW IF YOU WERE
MY VETERINARIAN,
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS WRONG WITH
RUFUS?
OR WHAT COULD YOU GUESS MIGHT BE
WRONG WITH RUFUS?
THAT'S RIGHT, RUFUS PROBABLY HAS
SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIS PAW.
MAYBE HE STEPPED ON SOMETHING
SHARP,
MAYBE HE HAS A BROKEN BONE.
OR MAYBE HE HAS SOMETHING INSIDE
BETWEEN HIS TOES,
HIS LITTLE TOES ON HIS PAW.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE A DOG AT
HOME, YOU WILL KNOW
WHAT I MEAN BY "IN BETWEEN
THE TOES."
UH, DOGGIES DON'T LIKE THAT, AND
THEY CONTINUOUSLY
LICK IT AND TRY TO BITE AT IT,
IT'S SOMETHING THAT REALLY
BOTHERS THEM.
The caption changes to "Non-verbal communication."
Robert continues SO BOYS AND GIRLS, I'M GOING TO
ASK YOU TO DO THE SAME THING.
TAKE YOU STUFFY AND LET'S
MAKE BELIEVE AND PRETEND
THAT YOUR PET STUFFY IS HAVING
SOME TYPE OF INJURY.
He moves the stuffy so that it licks its own paw.
He says GO AHEAD, GIVE IT A TRY.
VERY GOOD, BOYS AND GIRLS.
IT'S KIND OF FUN TO MAKE BELIEVE
AND PRETEND
THAT WE HAVE A REAL ANIMAL AT
HOME WITH OUR STUFFIES
AND TO PRETEND THAT WE'RE
AT THE VET.
NOW WHEN YOU DID THAT MAKE
BELIEVE,
DID YOU TALK TO THE VET? DID YOU
TELL THE VET WHAT WAS GOING ON?
IF YOU DIDN'T DO THAT YET,
GO AHEAD. GIVE IT A SHOT.
THAT'S RIGHT, USE SOME
DESCRIPTIVE WORDS.
REMEMBER, MY DOG, OR MY CAT,
OR MY STUFFY IS FEELING THIS
WAY, AND IS DOING THIS.
OR IS NOT DOING SOMETHING.
MAYBE YOUR DOG IS NOT WAGGING
HIS TAIL.
MAYBE YOUR CAT IS NOT PURRING.
WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S THE WAY
THAT YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE
TO THE VET ABOUT THIS.
SO BOYS AND GIRLS, WE'VE... WE'VE
BEEN SITTING HERE A LITTLE BIT,
UH, A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG, I
THINK, AND I WANT YOU
TO BE ABLE TO GET UP AND MOVE
AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO I'M GOING TO JOIN YOU
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A SONG
TO GET YOU MOVING AROUND A
LITTLE BIT.
AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I SING IN MY
CLASSROOM BACK HOME
AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE IT
WITH YOU.
An acoustic guitar appears in his hands.
He says ALL RIGHT, BOYS AND GIRLS!
I'M GOING TO SING A SONG FOR YOU
AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.
EVERYBODY STAY IN A SEATED
POSITION
AND JUST FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS
FROM THE SONG.
LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!
He plays the guitar and sings
STAND UP
AND HAVE A SEAT
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THAT AGAIN.
STAND UP
AND HAVE A SEAT
LET'S SEE IF I CAN TRICK
YOU NOW.
HAVE A SEAT
STAND UP
WELL DONE, BOYS AND GIRLS.
WELL DONE.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO SOMETHING
FUN NOW.
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE
DANCE
EVERYONE DANCE
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE,
DANCE
DANCE
HAVE A SEAT
STAND UP
HAVE A SEAT
STAND UP
HERE WE GO!
JUMP, JUMP, JUMP, JUMP
EVERYONE JUMP
LET'S SEE THOSE JUMPS, BOYS AND
GIRLS! HOW HIGH CAN YOU GO?
JUMP, JUMP, JUMP, JUMP
JUMP
HAVE A SEAT
STAND UP
HAVE A SEAT
STAND UP
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET DOWN LOW.
GET DOWN REAL LOW
GET DOWN LOW
THAT'S IT, SQUAT DOWN AS LOW AS
YOU CAN GO!
GET DOWN REAL LOW
LOW
HAVE A SEAT
GET UP
THAT'S IT!
TAKE A SEAT
STAND UP
ALL RIGHT NOW, BE VERY CAREFUL
WITH THIS ONE. HERE WE GO!
SPIN AROUND FAST
SPIN AROUND FAST
BE CAREFUL, DON'T BUMP INTO
ANYTHING!
SPIN AROUND FAST
SPIN
HAVE A SEAT
STAND UP
HAVE A SEAT
HAVE A SEAT
THAT'S RIGHT, JUST STAY THERE,
BOYS AND GIRLS.
HAVE A SEAT
HAVE A SEAT
ALL RIGHT, LET'S PRETEND WE'RE
TAKING A NAP.
NOT FOR REAL!
SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP
EVERYONE SLEEP
SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP, SLEEP
SLEEP
FRÈRE JACQUES, FRÈRE JACQUES
DORMEZ-VOUS...
He stops playing and singing, and says WELL DONE, BOYS AND GIRLS!
GOOD JOB MOVING AROUND!
Now he sits in front of a piano and says HI, BOYS AND GIRLS.
WELCOME BACK!
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT LITTLE
BODY BREAK,
THAT MOVEMENT BREAK WE DID.
UH, THAT'S A FUN LITTLE SONG
THAT I LIKE TO SING,
AND I HOPE YOU WERE ABLE TO GET
UP AND JUMP AROUND
AND DANCE AND HAVE SOME FUN,
AND I HOPE WHEN YOU WERE
SPINNING AROUND
YOU DIDN'T BUMP INTO ANYTHING OR
GOT TOO DIZZY.
THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.
BUT I'M GLAD YOU HAD
A GREAT TIME.
SO BOYS AND GIRLS, JUST
TO RECAP AGAIN,
WE'RE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
COMMUNICATION,
AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE, AND HOW
OUR PETS CAN COMMUNICATE
AND HOW THAT'S TWO VERY
DIFFERENT THINGS.
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, OUR PETS
CANNOT SPEAK,
SO WE DO THE SPEAKING FOR THEM.
AND WHEN WE'RE AT THE
VETERINARIAN,
THE VETERINARIAN IS HOPING THAT
WE ARE VERY DESCRIPTIVE
AND HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION
TO SPEAK ABOUT.
BUT THE VETERINARIAN ALSO RELIES
ON OUR PETS THEMSELVES
AND HOW THEY'RE BEHAVING.
REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT OUR PETS
NOT WAGGING THEIR TAILS, OR THE
CAT NOT PURRING?
AND THEN WE HAD OUR STUFFIES AND
THEN WE WERE PLAYING AROUND
WITH OUR STUFFIES AND TALKING A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH,
YOU KNOW, DESCRIBING WITH
OUR WORDS
WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR STUFFIES.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING
A LITTLE BIT MORE
WITH OUR STUFFIES, BUT I WANTED
TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK
AND HAVE YOU WATCH AN EPISODE OF
WHEN I GROW UP,
AND I THINK YOU'RE REALLY GOING
TO LIKE THIS
BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT
VETERINARIANS.
SO ENJOY THE VIDEO, AND I'LL SEE
YOU SOON. WITH YOUR STUFFIES!
In a clip, a girl with curly brown hair pops up and says MY NAME IS MIKAELA, AND SINCE
I CAN REMEMBER,
I'VE DREAMED ABOUT WHAT I'LL BE
WHEN I GROW UP
THERE ARE SO MANY COOL JOBS!
SO I DECIDED TO TRY THEM ALL.
I BUILT AN AWESOME STUDIO
IN MY GARAGE
SO I CAN MAKE AND SHARE VIDEOS
ABOUT MY JOURNEY.
IT'S ALL ABOUT DISCOVERING WHAT
I'LL BE WHEN I GROW UP.
A caption reads "When I grow up."
Mikaela sits in a chair inside her garage studio. Next to her, a black dog sits in a similar chair.
She says OH COME ON, DON'T BE SUCH A
WORRY WART.
IT'S JUST A CHECK UP.
(WHIMPERING)
The dog looks sad.
Mikaela says I TOLD YOU, I CAN'T GIVE
YOU A CHECK UP
BECAUSE I'M NOT A VET! I...
(GROWLING)
Mikaela says YES, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED
TO BE A VET.
AND I DO LOVE TAKING CARE
OF ANIMALS.
AND YES, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE
THE BEST JOB EVER.
ALL RIGHT, LOOK. WHAT IF I
GO WITH YOU?
I'LL LIVE MY DREAM OF BEING A
VET, AND YOU CAN GET A CHECK UP.
DEAL?
The dog looks away.
Mikaela says GOOD! HI, EVERYONE.
THIS IS MY DOG, PATTY.
AS I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD,
I WANT TO BE A VET,
AND SHE NEEDS A CHECK UP.
SO WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR?
I'M GOING TO BE A VET
SO I CAN TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS
WHEN I GROW UP!
Now Mikaela stands outside the Dundas West Animal Hospital on a sunny day.
She says HERE I AM AT AN ANIMAL HOSPITAL
WHERE VETERINARIANS
TAKE CARE OF DOGS, AND CATS, AND
GIRAFFES, AND HIPPOS,
AND ANACONDAS, AND DINOSAURS,
AND KING KONG!
(CHATTERING IN MICROPHONE)
She touches her ear and says WHAT WAS THAT? OKAY.
SO THEY ONLY TAKE CARE OF DOGS
AND CATS, BUT STILL,
I AM SUPER EXCITED. LET'S GO!
She walks into the animal hospital and approaches a young woman with straight brown hair.
Mikaela says HI, ANDREA!
Andrea says HI, MIKAELA!
THIS IS DR. ANDREA, SHE'S A
VETERINARIAN HERE
AT THE ANIMAL HOSPITAL!
A caption appears on screen. It reads "Andrea. Veterinarian."
Andrea says ARE YOU READY TO BE A VET?
Mikaela says YES.
Andrea says GREAT!
COME ON IN.
As they stand in a room where people wait with their pets, Andrea says THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE WAIT
WITH THEIR PETS
WHEN THEY COME TO THE VET.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE
PETS WHO FEEL NERVOUS SOMETIMES
COMING HERE, PEOPLE BRING THEIR
BEST FRIENDS
TO MAKE SURE THEY STAY HAPPY
AND HEALTHY.
THIS IS WHERE WE TAKE
THE CATS ON DOGS
WHEN IT'S TIME TO CHECK ON
THEIR HEALTH.
Clips show veterinarians examining cats and dogs on shiny examination tables.
Andrea says AND THIS IS WHERE WE KEEP CATS
THAT ARE UP FOR ADOPTION.
As she looks at cats sitting in soft beds, Mikaela says AWW!
Andrea says WE LIKE TO HELP PETS FIND NEW
OWNERS AND OWNERS FIND NEW PETS.
Mikaela says AWW!
Now Mikaela dressed as a cat and wearing sunglasses says HEY! HOW YOU DOIN'? PICK ME!
I MEAN, UM, MEE-YOW, AM I RIGHT?
Mikaela grimaces and says UH... LET'S KEEP MOVING.
Cat Mikaela says HEY! WHERE YOU GOING?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?
(DRUM ROLL)
(LAUGHING)
A woman gives a dog a treat and says GOOD GIRL!
Later, Mikaela wears black scrubs and says NOW THAT I'VE GOT THE
LAY OF THE LAND,
IT'S TIME TO GIVE PATTY
A CHECK UP.
WITH ANDREA'S HELP, I'M SURE
SHE'LL BE JUST FINE.
SHE'S READY TO GO, TOO...
Patty the dog rushes by and Mikaela screams PATTY!
DON'T BE SUCH A SCAREDY CAT!
In animation, she chases Patty across a park.
Later, she stands next to Andrea inside an examination room as Patty lies on a table.
Mikaela says SO WHAT'S THE FIRST STEP WHEN
GIVING A DOG A CHECK UP?
Andrea says WELL, PETS CAN'T TELL US HOW
THEY'RE FEELING
SO WE HAVE TO ASK THEIR OWNERS
QUESTIONS TO GET IDEAS
OF HOW THEY'RE DOING, SO WE
MIGHT ASK THINGS LIKE
WHAT DOES PATTY'S TYPICAL DAY
LOOK LIKE?
Mikaela says WELL, I WALK HER LIKE THREE
TIMES A DAY,
SO SHE SHOULD BE PRETTY HEALTHY.
Andrea says AND THEN WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT
THEIR EYES.
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THEIR EYELIDS
FOR ANY ABNORMALITIES
LIKE LUMPS OR BUMPS, AND THEN WE
CAN ACTUALLY USE
AN OPHTHALMOSCOPE TO LOOK RIGHT
INSIDE THE EYE.
She hands Mikaela an ophthalmoscope and Mikaela examines Patty's eye.
Mikaela says WOW! THAT'S SO COOL!
Andrea says AND NEXT WE LOOK AT THEIR EARS
FOR REDNESS
OR SIGNS OF INFECTION THAT MIGHT
BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR HER.
WE CAN USE ANOTHER INSTRUMENT
CALLED AN OTOSCOPE FOR THAT.
She picks up an othoscope and says WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A PEAK?
Mikaela says SURE!
She looks into Patty's ear and says WHOA! IT LOOKS PRETTY CLEAN.
Andrea says YEAH, IT DOES. VERY GOOD!
OKAY, AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT
PATTY'S TEETH.
As she pulls Patty's mouth open, she says SO HERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR SIGNS
OF TARTAR, WHICH IS THAT STUFF
THAT THE DENTIST CLEANS OFF OUR
TEETH, TOO.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT HER GUMS
FOR REDNESS,
AND HER TEETH FOR ANY SIGNS
OF DECAY.
Mikaela says YUCK!
WHAT'S THAT FOR?
Andrea says WELL, THIS IS A STETHOSCOPE,
THIS IS WHAT WE USE
TO LISTEN TO PATTY'S LUNGS
AND HER HEART.
Mikaela says I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE.
Andrea puts on the stethoscope and presses the round end against Patty's chest as she says SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WE WANT
TO FIND THE HEART.
LOCATED JUST SORT OF BEHIND HER
ELBOW HERE.
DO YOU WANT TO GET A LISTEN?
Mikaela says YEAH!
Andrea says AND HERE WE'RE LISTENING FOR ANY
ABNORMAL RHYTHM,
SO IT SHOULD BE NICE AND STEADY.
Mikaela says IT SOUNDS LIKE THUNDER.
Cat Mikaela appears and says WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR FUZZY
FRIENDS,
ANDREA KNOWS HER STUFF
PURR-DY WELL.
BUT HOW DID SHE BECOME A VET IN
THE FIRST PLACE?
MILK! THE PURR-FECT DRINK.
She drinks milk from a glass and says AH. MEE-YOW!
Now as Mikaela speaks, cartoons illustrate her words.
Mikaela says EVER SINCE ANDREA CAN REMEMBER,
SHE'S LOVED ANIMALS.
A girl lies on a bed smiling as she daydreams of dogs and horses.
Mikaela says WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, SHE BEGGED
HER PARENTS
FOR A HORSE AND A DOG!
(HORSE WHINNYING)
(DOG BARKING)
Mikaela says ANDREA ENDED UP WITH A HAMSTER
AND A CAT.
JUST AS GOOD.
(MEOWING)
Mikaela says WHEN SHE GOT A LITTLE OLDER,
ANDREA REALIZED THAT SHE LOVED
BIOLOGY!
A girl sits in a classroom and says "Biology is cool!"
Mikaela says SOON ANDREA DISCOVERED THAT HER
LOVED OF ANIMALS AND SCIENCE
WERE A PERFECT MATCH!
IT ALL CLICKED, AND SHE KNEW
THAT BECOMING A VET
WAS HER DREAM COME TRUE.
Inside a vet's office and wearing blue scrubs, adult Andrea examines a large dog's ear as she says "Let's see what's wrong, Duke."
Cat Mikaela says NOT BAD! WITH HARD WORK AND
DEDICATION,
YOU CAN BE A VET TOO!
KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
WELL, YOU'VE GOTTA BE BRAVE.
YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE COURAGE.
YOU'VE GOTTA...
(DOG BARKING)
Frightened, she says AUGH!
She runs away.
Now as she and Andrea pet a striped brown and black cat, Mikaela says SO WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN DOGS AND CATS?
Andrea says SO THE WAY THAT WE DO A PHYSICAL
EXAM BETWEEN A CAT AND A DOG
IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, HOWEVER
THERE ARE A LOT
OF BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES.
FOR EXAMPLE, CATS ARE MORE PRONE
TO GETTING GINGIVITIS
THAN DOGS ARE, WHICH IS REDNESS
ALONG THE GUM LINE.
Andrea examines the cat's mouth and Mikaela says SHE DOESN'T LIKE THAT VERY MUCH.
Andrea says ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT CATS CAN
GET MORE OFTEN THAN DOGS
IS ASTHMA, SO WHEN WE LISTEN TO
THEIR CHEST,
WE'RE LISTENING FOR SIGNS
OF WHEEZING,
WHICH CAN BE A SOUND THAT
HAPPENS WHEN THEY HAVE
AIRWAY DISEASE OR ASTHMA.
SO WE CAN TAKE A LISTEN TO
ZORA'S HEART AND LUNGS TOO.
Wearing the stethoscope, Mikaela says SOUNDS GOOD!
(DRUM ROLL)
Mikaela says SOMETIMES YOUR PET IS
REALLY SICK
AND NEEDS MORE THAN A CHECK UP.
IT NEEDS SPECIAL ATTENTION,
LIKE AN OPERATION.
IN THAT CASE, VETERINARIANS HAVE
TO PERFORM SURGERY.
AND SINCE I'M A VETERINARIAN,
I'M GOING TO BE LEARNING
ABOUT SURGERY.
(HORROR MOVIE MUSIC)
Mikaela says HEY, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT!
JUST BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE
VETERINARIAN'S OFFICE
DOESN'T MEAN YOU NEED TO ACT
LIKE A CHICKEN.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PERFORMING
SURGERY
ON A REAL ANIMAL JUST YET,
WE'RE GOING TO BE PRACTICING
ON THIS.
She holds up a banana.
Then, she stands next to Andrea by a large metal sink.
Mikaela says THIS ISN'T AN OPERATING TABLE.
Mikaela says WELL, MIKAELA, WHEN YOU'RE A VET
AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO PERFORM
SURGERY ON AN ANIMAL, IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT
TO SCRUB IN FIRST, WHICH IS JUST
A WAY OF SAYING "WASHING UP."
Mikaela says LIKE BEFORE DINNER AT HOME.
Andrea says SO YOU WANT TO COVER YOUR HANDS
WITH SOAP ALL OVER.
YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
WORK THE SOAP
OVER EVERY SINGLE SURFACE OF
YOUR HANDS.
GERMS LIVE EVERYWHERE.
Mikaela says AS THE SAYING GOES,
"RUB-A-DUB-DUB!"
Andrea says AND YEAH, WE ACTUALLY WILL SCRUB
ALL THE WAY UP OUR ARMS
TO OUR ELBOWS.
AND THEN WHEN WE RINSE, IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT
THAT WE DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING,
BECAUSE THAT CAN TRANSFER GERMS
BACK ONTO OUR CLEAN HANDS.
As she rinses her soapy hands, Mikaela says HOW DO WE TURN OFF THE SINK?
Andrea says USUALLY ACTUALLY WE USE
A FOOT PEDAL.
Mikaela says I'VE GOT IT COVERED.
A hand pops up and turns off the sink.
Andrea says MIKAELA, DO YOU HAVE YOUR
BANANA?
Mikaela says YES, BUT WHY IS A BANANA SO GOOD
TO PRACTICE ON?
Andrea says WELL, A BANANA IS COVERED
IN SKIN
SO WE CAN USE IT TO PRACTICE
PLACING A SUTURE.
Mikaela says WHAT'S A SUTURE?
Andrea says SUTURES ARE JUST A FANCY TERM
FOR STITCHES.
THEY'RE WHAT WE USE TO KEEP SKIN
OR TISSUE TOGETHER
TO HELP IT HEAL.
Mikaela says OKAY, SO A SUTURE IS WHAT WE'LL
BE PERFORMING
WHEN MY BANANA IS SPLIT.
She grins.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(ECHOING)
Now using the banana as a microphone, she says IS THIS THING ON?
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
LET'S PERFORM A SUTURE.
Andrea says SO WE WILL NEED A COUPLE
OF THINGS
BEFORE WE GET STARTED.
FIRST WE'LL NEED SOME NEEDLE
DRIVERS TO HOLD THE NEEDLE
AND PASS IT THROUGH THE SKIN.
Mikaela picks up an object that looks like scissors with no sharp edges and says NEEDLE DRIVERS!
Andrea says AND THEN NEXT WE'LL NEED
SOME FORCEPS.
WHICH WE CAN USE TO HOLD THE
SKIN GENTLY
AND PULL THE NEEDLE THROUGH.
Mikaela says FORCEPS.
Andrea says GREAT!
I THINK WE'RE READY
TO GET GOING.
As she speaks, she performs the actions she mentions.
She says SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR NEEDLE
DRIVERS.
YOU CAN USE THEM TO PICK UP
THE NEEDLE. OKAY.
TAKE YOUR FORCEPS WITH
YOUR LEFT HAND
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA PLACE THE
NEEDLE AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE
ABOUT MAYBE... ABOUT A CENTIMETRE
AWAY FROM THE EDGE
OF THE WOUND THERE ON YOUR
BANANA.
AND THEN GRADUALLY, GENTLY DRIVE
THAT NEEDLE THROUGH
AND TURN YOUR WRIST AS YOU GO,
WORKING WITH THE CURVATURE OF
THE NEEDLE
UNTIL IT COMES NICELY THROUGH
THE OTHER SIDE.
I KNOW IT'S TRICKY.
GOT IT!
VERY GOOD!
NOW YOU CAN USE YOUR FORCEPS TO
PULL THE NEEDLE
ALL THE WAY THROUGH. KEEP GOING.
Mikaela says THIS IS LIKE SEWING WITH MY
GRANDMA, I DO IT ALL THE TIME.
Andrea says IT IS! VERY GOOD THEN, YOU'RE
GETTING LOTS
OF PRACTICE ALREADY.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO A
KNOT IF YOU LIKE.
WE'RE GOING TO WRAP THE LONG END
OF THE SUTURE TWICE AROUND
AND THEN YOU'LL JUST TAKE THE
END OF THE SUTURE.
THERE YOU GO, AND THEN YOU'RE
GONNA PULL IT THROUGH
THOSE LOOPS THAT YOU JUST MADE.
GREAT!
GREAT. AND THEN GENTLY...
Mikaela says IS MY BANANA GOING TO
MAKE IT, DOC?
Andrea says I THINK SO, YOU'RE DOING
REALLY WELL.
Mikaela says MAYBE I'LL BE A FRUIT SURGEON
WHEN I GROW UP.
Andrea says GREAT JOB! AND THEN IF YOU SEE
THESE... THAT LITTLE PART THERE,
THAT'S ACTUALLY SCISSORS.
SO WE USE THAT TO CUT
THE SUTURE.
YOU LEAVE ABOUT MAYBE AN INCH.
Mikaela says WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE THING
ABOUT BEING A VET?
Andrea says WELL, I GUESS IT'S PROBABLY
INTERACTING WITH ALL
OF THE CATS AND DOGS AND
THEIR OWNERS.
AND THERE'S REALLY NOTHING
MORE REWARDING
THAN SENDING HOME A VERY SPECIAL
FAMILY MEMBER
TO A HAPPY FAMILY.
Mikaela says ORANGE YOU GLAD I SUTURED
THIS BANANA?
IT'S PRETTY "APPEALING!"
(LAUGHING)
Mikaela says ALL RIGHT, THAT'S MY TIME,
FOLKS. GOOD NIGHT!
Back in her studio, Mikaela says THAT WAS THE COOLEST! BEING A
VET IS EVERYTHING
I COULD HAVE HOPED FOR AND MORE!
YOU GET TO TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS.
THAT MAKES THE ANIMALS AND THEIR
OWNERS HAPPY!
EVERYONE HAS A SMILE ON
THEIR FACE,
WHETHER THAT FACE IS
FURRY OR NOT!
ESPECIALLY PATTY HERE!
RIGHT, PATTY?
Patty whines and leaves.
Mikaela says YOU'RE WELCOME?!
ANYWAY, I SURE WOULD LOVE TO
BE A VET SOMEDAY,
BUT I'VE GOT SOME MORE JOBS
TO TRY FIRST.
IT'S ALL PART OF MY QUEST TO
DISCOVER WHAT I WANT TO BE
WHEN I GROW UP!
End credits roll.
Teacher Robert reappears and says WELCOME BACK, BOYS AND GIRLS!
BOY, I SURE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
GOING TO A VETERINARIAN,
AND IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO
SEE WHAT THEY DO
DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
UH, I WONDER IF ANY OF YOU HAVE
BEEN TO THE VET BEFORE.
UH, AND IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO
GO TO THE VET,
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT IT
MIGHT BE LIKE
TO SPEND AN ENTIRE DAY WITH A
VETERINARIAN?
JUST TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF THINGS
THEY GET TO DO?
I KNOW THAT I'VE THOUGHT
OF IT MYSELF.
AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT GOING
TO THE VETERINARIAN AND SPENDING
THE DAY AND HANGING OUT
WITH ALL THOSE WONDERFUL
ANIMALS.
BUT I DON'T THINK PERSONALLY
THAT I WOULD GET
A LOT OF WORK DONE, I DON'T
THINK I WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
BECAUSE I WOULD BE TOO BUSY
CUDDLING ALL THE DOGS
AND THE CATS AND HAVING A REALLY
GREAT TIME WITH THEM.
UH, AND SO I THINK I WOULD BE IN
THE WAY MORE THAN HELPFUL.
BUT BOYS AND GIRLS, I'M SURE YOU
WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL
IF YOU WERE ABLE TO SPEND THE
DAY WITH THE VET
IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD OR YOUR
COMMUNITY.
SO WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
WHAT A VET DOES.
DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR STUFFIES
WITH YOU?
I STILL HAVE RUFUS.
He shows his brown stuffy and says
HERE HE IS HERE. AND WE'RE GOING
TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THOSE NON-VERBAL
CUES AGAIN,
AND HOW BEFORE, WHEN WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT OUR STUFFIES
NOT FEELING WELL, WE WERE
PRETENDING TO TALK
TO OUR VET AND SAY TO THE
VETERINARIAN
"HEY, OUR DOGGIE IS NOT
FEELING WELL,"
AND FOR EXAMPLE, RUFUS WAS
LICKING HIS PAW,
AND WHIMPERING A LITTLE BIT
WHEN HE WAS WALKING AROUND.
AND I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN DO
THE SAME THING THIS TIME
BUT WITHOUT SPEAKING?
SO WHO IS GOING TO BE DOING THE
SPEAKING THIS TIME?
THAT'S RIGHT! IT'S OUR STUFFIES.
OUR STUFFIES ARE GOING TO BE
USING THOSE NON-VERBAL CUES.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET
RUFUS RIGHT UP HERE,
NICE AND CLOSE,
AND I'M GOING TO MAKE RUFUS
NOT FEEL WELL,
AND I'M GOING TO SEE IF
YOU CAN GUESS
WHAT'S WRONG WITH RUFUS.
OKAY? ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
He tilts Rufus's head from side to side.
(WHIMPERING)
(WHIMPERING)
He says BOYS AND GIRLS, DID YOU HEAR
THAT RUFUS WAS WHIMPERING
A LITTLE BIT? AND HIS HEAD WAS
GOING SIDE TO SIDE?
NOT UP TALL LIKE A DOGGY
USUALLY DOES.
NOW I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN
GUESS WHAT'S WRONG WITH RUFUS.
WELL, AT THE VERY LEAST, I KNOW
THAT A VETERINARIAN
MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT'S WRONG.
SO CAN ANYBODY GUESS?
THE DOGGY MIGHT BE TIRED, YES.
MAYBE NOT FEELING WELL, MAYBE HE
HAS A SORE TUMMY.
VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD.
NOW IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE WHAT'S
WRONG WITH RUFUS
WITHOUT THE TWO COMMUNICATIONS,
SO ME SPEAKING, AND RUFUS
SHOWING HOW HE'S FEELING.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
COMMUNICATING,
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE
THOSE TWO COMMUNICATION PIECES.
SO IF RUFUS CAME IN AND WAS
WHIMPERING
AND HIS HEAD WAS SAGGING BACK
AND FORTH LIKE THIS
A LITTLE BIT, AND HE WAS HAVING
A HARD TIME LIFTING HIS HEAD,
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAY "HEY,
RUFUS IS HAVING A HARD TIME
"KEEPING HIS HEAD UP TALL.
"AND RUFUS IS MAKING A
WHIMPERING SOUND.
"AND HE'S NOT WAGGING HIS TAIL,
HE JUST DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT."
OKAY, NOW BOYS AND GIRLS,
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN
OPPORTUNITY,
A CHANCE RIGHT NOW, TO TAKE
YOUR STUFFIES
AND HOLD IT UP CLOSE TO
THE TELEVISION
OR UP TO THE COMPUTER SCREEN,
AND I'M GOING TO HAVE
YOU SHOW ME
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR PUPPY,
YOUR KITTY CAT, WHATEVER STUFFY
THAT YOU DO HAVE.
PRETEND THAT YOUR... YOUR STUFFY
IS NOT FEELING WELL.
GO AHEAD, GIVE IT A TRY.
I'M GOING TO DO MINE AGAIN.
He repeats the movement and says VERY GOOD, BOYS AND GIRLS.
VERY GOOD!
WASN'T IT FUN USING OUR STUFFIES
TO PRETEND?
I REALLY LIKE TAKING TOYS AND
PRETENDING WITH THEM
AND PLAYING MAKE-BELIEVE, AND
LEARNING LESSONS FROM IT,
'CAUSE WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT HOW
TO COMMUNICATE
AND HOW THINGS COMMUNICATE,
UH, WITHOUT...
THINGS AND PEOPLE COMMUNICATE
WITHOUT WORDS.
AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR
WORDS, AS WELL.
IT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING,
BOYS AND GIRLS.
BOYS AND GIRLS, UH, HOW ELSE
DO WE COMMUNICATE AS OPPOSED
TO TALKING?
CAN ANYBODY ELSE THINK
OF OTHER WAYS?
WE KNOW THAT IF I SHOWED YOU
THE SAD FACE...
AND THE HAPPY FACE,
YOU COULD TELL IF I WAS
SAD OR HAPPY,
WITHOUT ME EVEN USING THE WORDS.
BUT WHERE ELSE DO WE SEE THINGS
LIKE SAD FACES, HAPPY FACES?
LAUGHING FACES, EXCITED FACES.
THAT'S RIGHT, BOYS AND GIRLS.
EMOJIS!
WE'VE SEEN EMOJIS BEFORE.
AND SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE USING
DEVICES AND USING EMOJIS,
THAT'S A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO
COMMUNICATE HOW THEY'RE FEELING,
ALONG WITH THEIR TEXT MESSAGES
OR THEIR TYPED WORDS.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES
OF EMOJIS HERE.
He picks up a small whiteboard which contains a smiling emoji and a crying emoji.
He says AND ONE IS HAPPY, ONE IS SAD.
AS YOU CAN SEE.
IT WAS MY DAUGHTER WHO DREW
THESE FOR ME,
SO I'M VERY HAPPY SHE
DID FOR ME,
'CAUSE I'M NOT MUCH OF A DRAWER.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S CLEAR
ONE IS VERY HAPPY
AND ONE IS VERY SAD.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST ANOTHER
WAY OF COMMUNICATING
WITH OUR NON-VERBAL CUES.
WE'RE USING EMOJI INSTEAD OF
USING OUR BODY LANGUAGE
OR OUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS.
SO IF YOU'RE USING A DEVICE, AND
COMMUNICATING THAT WAY
OR IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY
USING A DEVICE,
AND COMMUNICATING THAT WAY, AND
THEY'RE USING EMOJIS,
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
THEY'RE USING IT.
BOYS AND GIRLS, ALL THIS TALK
ABOUT PLAYING
AND MAKE-BELIEVE AND EMOJIS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT
MAKES ME REMEMBER A GAME THAT I
USED TO PLAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU
KNOW THIS GAME.
IT'S CALLED "CHARADES."
AND CHARADES IS A GAME WHERE YOU
GET TO MAKE-BELIEVE A LOT
AND HAVE OTHER PEOPLE GUESS.
IN FACT, CHARADES IS REALLY FUN
BECAUSE YOU DON'T SPEAK AT ALL
DURING CHARADES.
YOU ACT OUT A SITUATION,
YOU ACT OUT HOW SOMEBODY MIGHT
BE FEELING,
YOU ACT OUT AN EMOTION.
UH, AN YOU GET THE OTHER PEOPLE
TO TRY TO GUESS
WHAT'S GOING ON WHILE
YOU'RE ACTING.
SO IF YOU'RE REALLY GREAT AT
ACTING WITHOUT USING YOUR WORDS,
THEN PEOPLE WILL GUESS WHO YOU
ARE OR WHAT YOU'RE DOING
OR WHAT SITUATION YOU'RE IN,
OR HOW YOU'RE FEELING
REALLY QUICKLY.
NOW IF YOU'RE NOT SO
GREAT AT ACTING
OR YOU'RE NOT QUITE SURE ABOUT
THIS, IT'S STILL A LOT OF FUN
BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL START
GUESSING WHAT'S GOING ON
AND YOU MIGHT LAUGH A LITTLE BIT
AT SOME OF THEIR GUESSES,
SO IT'S A REALLY, REALLY,
REALLY FUN GAME
AND IT'S CALLED CHARADES.
AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH
A LITTLE BIT OF A VIDEO CLIP
ABOUT CHARADES, AND HOW WE
PLAY CHARADES.
SO, UH, I'LL BE BACK A LITTLE
BIT AFTER WE PLAY
THIS CHARADES GAME... OR, SORRY,
PLAY THIS CHARADES VIDEO.
AND WE'LL TALK A BIT AFTER THAT,
SO ENJOY THE VIDEO ABOUT
CHARADES AND I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
Lucas and Laura appear on split screens.
A says HEY, TVO KIDS! LUCAS
AND LAURA HERE!
s says THAT'S RIGHT, AND WE ARE GOING
TO PLAY A GAME OF CHARADES.
UM, WANT ME TO GO FIRST?
a says YEAH, YOU GO FIRST.
s says OKAY, READY?
a says YEAH, TOTALLY.
s says UM, OKAY. UM...
She moves sideways as if she were walking, then raises two fingers.
a says YOU'RE WALKING DOWN
THE STREET!
TWO WORDS. OKAY.
WALKING?
SKIING?
She rubs one finger under her nose.
He says OOH. GETTING A HAIRCUT.
WHAT?
As Laura holds her fingers together and moves her hands up and down, Lucas says YOU'RE A BUSINESS MAN.
YOU'RE DRIVING! YOU'RE
A BUS DRIVER.
YOU'RE A BUS DRIVER.
YOU'RE A CLERK?
(LAUGHING)
TWO WORDS. OH.
OH, OKAY. TWO WORDS.
SECOND WORD.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
She opens her hands and moves them in front of her face.
He says OOH... UM...
YOU'RE A SCOUT?
YOU'RE, UM, AN OBSERVER?
She holds one hand over her eyes as if sheltering herself from a bright light. Then, she acts serious and holds up sheets of paper.
He says HM... A PROFESSIONAL?
A BUSINESSMAN? UH...
OH MY GOD, I'M NEVER
GOING TO GET IT.
She points at him.
He says YOU'RE ME... LANDON FOG!
LANDON FOG.
She says YES!
He says YOU ARE LANDON FOG.
(SIGHING)
She says OH, MAN! WELL,
WE GOT THROUGH ONE!
He says THAT WAS ALL, TVO KIDS, BUT KEEP
GETTING CREATIVE,
AND KEEP HAVING FUN. THAT'S
ALL FOR NOW!
Teacher Robert appears again and says WELCOME BACK, BOYS AND GIRLS!
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT VIDEO
ABOUT CHARADES.
I SURE DID! YOU KNOW, CHARADES
IS REALLY FUN TO PLAY.
IT'S A... IT'S A WONDERFUL GAME,
SO I AM HOPING THAT,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE BROTHERS
OR SISTERS
OR OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AT HOME,
YOU CAN MAKE, KIND OF LIKE, A
GAME DAY OR A GAME NIGHT
BEFORE BEDTIME, MAYBE SAY "LET'S
PLAY SOME CHARADES
"BECAUSE I LEARNED ABOUT
CHARADES,
"I UNDERSTAND HOW TO
PLAY IT NOW."
AND IT'S... IT'S VERY
FUN TO PLAY.
YOU CAN ACT OUT THINGS AND HAVE
YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS
TRY TO GUESS WHAT IS GOING ON,
OR WHO YOU ARE,
OR WHAT EMOTION YOU ARE FEELING.
AND, UH, YOU CAN'T SPEAK,
REMEMBER?
YOU CAN'T USE YOUR WORDS.
SO YOU HAVE TO USE A LOT OF
THOSE NON-VERBAL CUES.
AND WE WERE TALKING A LOT ABOUT
THAT TODAY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
COMMUNICATION,
AND HOW WE USE OUR WORDS,
OR HOW WE USE OUR
NON-VERBAL CUES.
AND IT'S SO VERY IMPORTANT THAT
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE TWO
WAYS OF COMMUNICATING CAN HELP A
VETERINARIAN UNDERSTAND
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR PETS
WHEN WE BRING OUR PETS IN
IF THEY ARE NOT DOING WELL.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WE
TALKED ABOUT OUR VETERINARIAN.
WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT
THAT TODAY.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OTHER
PROFESSIONS, OTHER JOBS,
OTHER CAREERS OUT THERE THAT YOU
MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DOING.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE SAW A VIDEO AND
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT FIRE FIGHTERS, AND HOW
INTERESTING
THAT TYPE OF JOB COULD BE.
AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
BEING POLICE OFFICERS.
I KNOW I SPOKE ABOUT THAT.
ROCK STARS, WE DIDN'T TALK
A LOT ABOUT THAT,
BUT THAT WAS ALWAYS ONE
OF MY DREAMS.
ROCK STAR, FOR SURE.
AND, UH, YOU CAN THINK OF ANY
TYPE OF JOB OUT THERE.
AND BOYS AND GIRLS, THINK ABOUT
WHAT YOU WANT TO BE
WHEN YOU GROW UP, AND...
AND HOW YOUR FUTURE WILL LOOK AS
THAT ROCK STAR
OR THAT POLICE OFFICER,
OR PARAMEDIC, OR NURSE,
OR DOCTOR,
OR EVEN A VET.
WELL, BOYS AND GIRLS, I REALLY
ENJOYED MY TIME WITH YOU TODAY.
I REALLY HOPE YOU HAVE A
FANTASTIC REST OF YOUR DAY.
AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME!
(soft music plays)
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