(cheerful piano music begins)
♪ You are the best you the world will see ♪
♪ Come along now and share you with me ♪
♪ Let's learn something new and share feelings too ♪
♪ 'Cause these are the things to do to be the best you ♪
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- Hello, friends.
Hello, Possum!
Isn't the weather spectacular today?
- Oh, hey, Auntie Lena.
I guess so.
- Ooh, is everything okay?
You seem a little down.
- I am down, Auntie Lena.
I can't find my eraser.
And I think it was stolen.
- Stolen?
That's a big claim, Possum.
Are you sure you just didn't misplace it?
- Ever since I lost my favorite pencil,
I've been super careful not to lose things.
I think Raven took it.
- But Raven is a good friend.
Why would they take something of yours?
- Well, I took it to show and tell.
And Raven said it was so cool.
And they wish they had one too.
- Well, Possum, it sounds like Raven was
trying to give you a compliment on something you had.
- I think they took it.
And I'm gonna go tell on Raven.
- Whoa, Possum.
Let's slow down and not jump to conclusions.
- Jump on what?
- Jump to conclusions,
or blame someone for something
without really knowing what happened.
- But, I lost my eraser, Auntie Lena.
And I think Raven took it.
- I completely understand you're upset
because you can't find your eraser and you wanna find it.
But did you think how you'd feel if you blamed
Raven for your missing eraser, told the teacher,
and then found out that Raven didn't take it?
- Well, I guess I didn't think about that.
- Well, let's think about that, Possum.
This could really hurt your friendship.
How would you feel if Raven said
you did something you didn't do?
- I wouldn't like that very much.
- It's frustrating to lose things.
But just like the hippos in a story called
"The Principle of Justice,"
we have to be careful not to accuse
or blame someone for something without proof.
- Oh, did someone take something from one of them?
- Let's find out as we join Miss Jazmyn at Arte Noir
as she reads "The Principles of Justice"
by Jeffrey Lee Cheatham II.
(magical chime)
(bright music)
- [Together] Hi, friends. - Hi, friends.
- My name is Miss Jazmyn.
- And my name is Bijan.
- And today, we are going to read "The Principle of Justice"
written by Jeffrey Cheatham II
and illustrated by Xander Nesbitt.
[Miss Jazmyn] "Once upon a time in a land far, far away,
there was Princess Nubia who lived
in the Golden River Kingdom."
- [Bijan] "She enjoyed racing the cheetahs,
exchanging beauty tips with the jackals,
and she loved hosting celebrations for all to enjoy."
(bright music)
- [Miss Jasmyn] "Despite Princess Nubia's
caring and fun-loving personality,
the main reason everyone loved her so much
was because she treated everyone fairly
and always made the right choice.
One day, Nubia visited the waterfall
and saw that the Hippo Tribe was sad.
The Hippo King saw the princess and cried,
'Thank goodness you are here, Princess Nubia.
There has been a great injustice.
Those crocodiles have stolen my crown!'
(bright music)
Princess Nubia asked the group of hippos,
'Can anyone tell me if they know
which crocodile it was that took the crown?'
The crowd looked around, but no one said a word."
(bright music)
- [Bijan] "Puzzled, Princess Nubia asked,
'Did anyone see a crocodile take the crown?'
The Hippo King answered,
'Well, no one actually saw a crocodile take my crown.
We just know that they did it.'"
(bright music)
- [Miss Jasmyn] "Princess Nubia followed the Hippo King
to his treasure room to see the empty pedestal
where the crown should have been."
- [Bijan] "Nubia asked, 'Why do you think
it was the crocodiles that stole your crown?'"
- [Miss Jasmyn] "Well, we beat the crocodiles
in the water race last year,
and the Crocodile King swore
he would make us pay for beating them,'
explained the Hippo King."
- [Bijan] "'Now, my crown is gone.
I know it was the crocodiles.
I'm sure,' said the Hippo King with certainty.
The hippo crowd cheered, but Nubia wasn't convinced.
She recognized a tiny footprint next to the pedestal."
(bright music)
- [Miss Jasmyn] "'Follow me,
I know who took your crown,' said Nubia."
- [Bijan] "Once outside, Princess Nubia and the Hippo King
were confronted by an angry crocodile clan.
'What's this I hear about you accusing us
of stealing,' shouted the Crocodile King."
- [Miss Jasmyn] "'Of course you did, you sore loser,'
the Hippo King shot back.
As both sides began to argue,
Princess Nubia spotted the true thief
of the crown just a few feet away."
(bright music)
- [Bijan] "Nubia approached the Turtle King
as he carried the stolen crown.
In a moment of shock, the Turtle King
saw was caught and he dropped the crown.
'Uh oh,' he cried."
(bright music)
- [Miss Jasmyn] "'Why did you take the Hippo King's crown,'
Princess Nubia asked the Turtle King."
(bright music)
- [Bijan] "The turtle king answered,
'Those blasted hippos and crocodiles
made me look bad in the water race last year.
And I wanted my revenge!'"
(bright music)
- [Miss Jasmyn] "'The thief has admitted his folly.
Take him away,' Princess Nubia said
as she summoned the royal guards
to take the Turtle King to detention.
The Hippo King and the hippo crowd, being a bit embarrassed,
then turned to the crocodiles and apologized
to them for jumping to conclusions.
And the Crocodile King humbly accepted their apology.
(bright music)
[Miss Jazmyn] The next week at the water races,
the hippos and the crocodiles peacefully stood
next to each other as they cheered on their teams.
This warmed Princess Nubia's heart
as she enjoyed the fair and fun competition."
What did you think about this story?
- Um, I thought it was great.
And I think the lesson of this story is
to never jump to conclusions.
- So Bijan, who was your favorite character in this story?
- My favorite character was Princess Nubia
because she never gave up.
And she always kept trying even when it got hard.
Friends, who was your favorite character?
- Well, thank you so much, Bijan,
for reading this story with me today.
And thank you, friends, for joining us.
[Together] Bye, friends! - Bye, friends!
(cheery music)
- [Possum] It's time for Movement Minute.
(cheery music) (bouncing)
- Hello, friends.
My name is Miss Angie with Double Dutch Divas.
Welcome to Movement Minute.
And we are at the Midtown Plaza.
I am here to show you how to do basic jump rope.
Here we go, we're gonna count to five.
We're gonna do both feet.
Ready, set, go.
One, two, three, four, five, good job!
Now, we're going to do our crisscross feet.
Count to five.
One, two, three, four, five, way to go.
Now, we're going to do our last one, back and forth.
One, two, three, four, five.
Now, let's just put it all together.
Both feet, one, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five, great job!
Thank you, friends, for joining us for Movement Minute.
Bye-bye!
(magical chime)
- Look, Auntie Lena, here's my crown.
- Possum, is that the crown we made with Mr. Ari?
- It sure is. - Oh, it looks great!
- And I'm glad you enjoyed "The Principle of Justice."
Did the hippos' situation remind you of yours?
- Well, yeah.
The crocodiles were pretty mad
when the hippos said they stole their crown.
Um, did they jump on a conclusion like I did?
- Yes, the hippos were assuming.
Assuming is when you believe
something is true without any proof.
- Well, I know how the hippos feel.
They wanted their crown back.
- Yes, but it wasn't fair
for the hippos to blame the crocodiles.
To blame means you are saying out loud
that someone is responsible for something going wrong,
- And that's not nice.
- I know, Possum.
When you or I assume, or blame,
it means we believe or we say that someone
has done something to make things go wrong
without any proof that they did it.
It's not being fair.
- And I always wanna be fair.
But I also really wanna find my eraser.
- I know you do, Possum.
And just like in the story when the hippos went
to the Queen to find out who may have taken their crown,
you can go to a teacher for help
to help you find your eraser.
- Okay, I'll ask my teacher for help.
But what if we don't find it?
- Hmm, well, you could put up a lost sign
with a drawing of your eraser up at school.
You can ask your friends if they saw your eraser,
or if they can help you look for it.
Can you think of anything else you can do?
- Um, I can try to remember the last time
I had my eraser and look there.
- I like that idea, Possum.
It shows you're taking responsibility
for helping to solve a problem.
- I am? - Yes.
- Wanting to be fair means you want peace and justice.
- I do, Auntie Lena.
I like it when people get along.
- When we make assumptions or blame others without proof,
we aren't helping to keep the peace.
- So in the story, that's why Princess Nubia
worked so hard to help the crocodiles
and hippos be friends?
- Right.
Princess Nubia helped calm everyone down.
Your situation reminds me that when we get upset,
we have to calm down so we don't make assumptions
and don't blame others.
- Hmm, yeah.
I was feeling really down about my eraser
and talking to you about it helps.
- Well, I'm glad, Possum.
And you know, when I need to calm down,
arts and crafts help me.
Mr. Scott told me about making peace plates at his school,
which sounds like a good idea for us to try.
Would you like to learn?
- Oh yeah, learning new things helps me feel good too.
- Let's visit Mr. Scott at the Fairwood Library
and learn how to make peace plates.
(magical chime)
- Hello friends, I'm Mr. Scott.
And we are here at the Fairwood Library in Renton.
Today, we're gonna be making a project called peace plates.
In front of me, I have all of my art materials.
To the left, I have some really fun stickers
that I can use on my peace plates.
[Mr. Scott] I have some markers.
I have this really awesome washi tape
that has numbers on it.
But you could use whatever tape you might have at home.
I have different size plates,
so I can choose which one I wanna work with best.
I have some paints that we can use.
I have some different size and style of brushes.
I have a paint palette,
so that I can put my paints into this
and keep my surface nice and clean.
Um, I have some sponges, which will give
really great texture effects with our paint.
I have a cup if I need some water.
And then I have some wipes,
so I can clean up when I'm all done.
All right, so I'm ready to begin my peace plate.
And so, I think I'd like to work on the smaller size.
So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna use
the backside of this plate.
And I'm gonna use my tape to make a peace sign.
And if you've never seen a peace sign,
you're gonna start by putting a long strip
right down the middle.
And I'm gonna tear this.
You might need to have an adult help
you tear that or cut the tape.
Then I'm gonna make two short pieces.
(bright music)
And with the short pieces,
I'm gonna make some small triangles
coming off of that long centerpiece.
(bright music)
Put my tape to the side.
(bright music)
All right, and this is the symbol
that people use for peace.
So as I look at my peace plate,
I'm gonna get this larger plate out from under it.
I want to think about fun colors that I can put on here,
fun designs that are gonna help me
feel calm and feel relaxed.
I think to start, I'm gonna use some markers.
And maybe I will draw some other symbols.
I'm gonna start with a heart.
(bright music)
And maybe, I'll draw a star over here.
(bright music)
And I think I need some stickers.
So let me get into my stickers.
(bright music)
Oh, I think this butterfly
is just perfect for my peace plate.
(bright instrumental music)
All right.
(bright instrumental music)
So as I'm working on my peace plate,
I'm thinking about some things that may have
happened that have made me not feel so peaceful.
As an example, one time I was accused
of something I didn't do.
Friends, have you ever been accused
of something you didn't do?
What did that feel like?
(bright instrumental music)
So as I'm looking at my peace plate,
I think I'm gonna use some of these really
beautiful paints that we have here.
And I'm gonna use my sponge
(bright music)
to create some fun textures
in and around my various things.
And I can paint over the tape.
That's one of the fun parts about this.
If I go over the tape, when I pull that off,
it's not gonna be there anymore.
So I'm gonna use that.
(bright music)
Let me get some of this orange.
I think I need a little more paint.
And look at that fun texture we're creating.
(bright music)
Okay, I think I need one more color.
So let's go ahead, shake this one up.
(bright music)
And I can feel myself getting more relaxed
as I lean in to making this project,
(bright music)
and allowing myself to be creative and focus
on making something that's gonna help me
to relax a little bit.
(bright music)
Okay, I can set that off to the side.
I'm gonna use my wipes to clean my hands,
which have gotten dirty.
And while I do that,
the paint's gonna dry just a little bit.
And now, it's time to lift up our tape.
(bright music)
So
(bright music)
reach under there,
(bright music)
pull that up.
That's gonna help me pull this piece up.
And then we're gonna grab our last piece of tape.
(bright music)
Wow, and there's our peace sign.
I think one last thing we're gonna do,
I want to come in here with a darker color.
And I'm just gonna outline
(bright music)
the border of our peace sign a little bit,
so it stands out and it's nice and clear.
All right, friends, so I'm all done with my peace plate.
I hope you try it at home.
Thanks for joining us.
And we'll see you next time.
(rhythmic whistling)
(cheery music) (Possum laughs)
(cheery music) (rhythmic whistling)
(Possum laughs)
- Why were the mushrooms invited to every party?
Because they were such fungis.
- Did you hear about the big fame pickle?
He was a big dill.
- What's a zucchini's favorite sport?
Squash.
(magical chime)
- Oh, I like the peace plate.
It's so colorful.
But Aunt Lena, it's missing something.
- Oh yeah, hm.
Now, what could that be?
- F-O-O-D, food! (laughs)
- Well, the plate sure could use some food, Possum.
But before we fill our plates...
(gasps) Ooh, look at what I found.
- (gasps) My eraser!
- It was hiding in the grass.
- Oh, you found it.
Thank you, Auntie Lena.
- You're welcome.
- Now, I don't have to tell my teacher
about it or jump on a conclusion.
- Oh, Possum, the saying is, "jump to a conclusion."
- Oh yeah.
Well, I don't wanna jump to a conclusion either.
And I also don't wanna hurt Raven's feelings.
- Good for you, Possum.
Hey, I'm ready for a snack.
And I know you are too. - Mm-hm.
- I was going to suggest a treat that I like.
But it has raisins in it,
which I don't think you like. - Mm-mm.
- So we'll have to compromise.
- What's a compromise?
- It's making a deal or trading with your friend.
I have the perfect example to show you what I mean.
And we can eat and learn about compromise
all at the same time.
Let's join Chef Aaron and our friends in the kitchen
to learn how to make a friendship mix.
(magical chime)
- [Together] Hi, friends. - Hi, friends.
- I'm Riya and this is Chef Aaron, AKA, my dad.
What are we making today?
- Ah, I'm glad you asked.
We are making one of my favorites.
We are making a friendship mix.
We have a few ingredients here.
Some we've tried, some is gonna be pretty new for us.
But uh, it should be fun.
- [Riya] What ingredients do we have today?
- Ah, okay.
So first we have some walnuts. - Mm-hm.
- We have some yogurt covered pretzels.
We have some popcorn, our favorite.
We have some raisins here.
We have some of our favorites,
some gummy bears, a little assortment of those.
We have some animal crackers.
And lastly, we have some Craisins here.
So a couple things that are new, couple things we know.
Uh, and we are going to make our friendship mix.
You ready? - Yeah.
- All right, let's do it.
Okay, you wanna start first or you want me to start?
- You. - Okay.
- I'll go for the walnuts.
My favorite ice cream, you know,
growin' up was vanilla ice cream,
hot fudge, and wet walnuts.
So I'll try a little bit of these.
(bright music)
All right.
- I'm doing the bunnies.
(bright music)
Yeah.
- [Chef Aaron] Okay, I like those.
Animal crackers, what do you call it, the bunnies?
- Yeah. - All right, that's new.
- [Riya] I call it the bunnies.
- All right, I am going to go next
with our yoga covered pretzels.
We had these, actually, the night for movie night.
They are pretty good, okay.
Okay, what's next?
- I'm doin' popcorn. - Nice.
- [Chef Aaron] We have regular popcorn,
kettle, butter? - It's just (indistinct).
- Just popcorn?
(Riya whispers)
(laughs) All right, so next up,
I'm gonna put just a little bit of raisins.
But, I know you don't really like raisins too much.
So I'll put just a little bit in there for me.
If you're interested in trying it, you can try it.
But Imma put a little bit of raisins in there
just to see how it mixes up, okay?
- Mm-kay. - All right, all right.
- [Chef Aaron] Here we go, just a little bit on this side.
- I like cranberry, so I'll put some of these in.
- Perfect, perfect, perfect.
Which one you go...
Oh, you going straight for it,
here you go.
- Gummies.
- Nice.
And then we have to do the mix.
That's the other part of the friendship mix: the mix.
So let's do this.
Why don't you mix it up a bit for us.
There you go.
- We're cookin' up.
(Chef Aaron laughs)
- Yeah, all right, so just try a little bit.
You try some, I'll try some,
and let me know what you think.
- Okay.
(bright music)
- Hm, what'd you think?
- It's good.
- I told you, see.
My best mix ever.
Well, look Riya,
thank you for making the friendship mix-
- Family mix.
- (laughs) Good family mix.
Let's say goodbye to our friends.
You ready? - Bye, friends.
(magical chime)
- Mm-mm, that was yummy, Auntie Lena.
And the dried cranberries were a great compromise,
so I didn't have to use raisins.
- See, good things can happen when you
compromise and work to keep the peace.
- Oh, I'm so glad I have you to talk to, Auntie Lena.
- Oh, thank you.
It's important to talk through hard
situations with grownups sometimes.
This way, you get your feelings out,
save yourself the pain of blaming,
jumping to a conclusion,
or making an assumption without any proof.
It's not how friends treat each other.
Good friends treat each other how they want to be treated.
- Well, I'm a good friend.
I'm fair, I'm nice, and I share.
- Yes, all those things are true.
And I know it for myself.
Did you enjoy learning about your ABCs today?
Well, what ABCs did we learn today?
- We learned about assuming, blaming, and compromise.
- Oh, um, assuming is when we believe
something is true without any proof.
- Good job!
And do you remember what blaming means?
- It's when you say someone made something go wrong.
- And compromise is like making a deal
to be fair when a choice has to be made.
It's an important lesson for friends to learn,
so that they can...
- Keep the peace.
Oh, thank you, Auntie Lena, for teaching me more ABCs.
- You're welcome, Possum.
And friends, thank you for taking the time
to Look, Listen, and Learn with us today.
Remember, you're the best you
that the world will ever see.
- Bye for now.
- Bye-bye
(cheery music)
- Now, for Auntie Lena's Parent Tip.
(cheery music)
- Being accused of doing something you didn't do,
it's hurtful at any stage of life.
However, it especially stings for children.
Today's story, "The Principle of Justice,"
by Jeffrey Lee Cheatham II,
is a light and colorful read
to teach early learners about the ABCs
of assuming, blaming, and compromise,
teaching children not to make assumptions
and blame others also teaches them how to exercise patience,
respect their peers, and value equality and fairness.
It also reinforces positive thinking
and the Golden Rule,
treat others how you would like to be treated.
With only a few years of experience
in this crazy thing we call life, for kids,
small issues can seem a lot more serious
and scarier than they are.
Helping them to learn, ease anxiety, fear,
and other not so good feelings
through respectful problem solving and compromises,
ensures our early learners are on the path
to be the best that they can be.
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- [Announcer] "Look, Listen, and Learn"
is brought to you in part by Thistle Theatre.
Thistle Theatre is a local professional
puppet theatre for families.
We feature an ancient Japanese style
of puppetry called Tabletop Bunraku.
Learn more at thistheatre.org.
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