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EPISODE: CLIFFORD'S CARNIVAL
CLIFFORD'S BIG IDEA: PLAY FAIR
SYNOPSIS: Everyone, including Clifford, must work as a team
to put on this year's Fall Carnival. But it doesn't seem fair that
Jetta is more of a "boss" than a team player. Jetta learns the importance
of doing your part as a part of a "team".
APPLICATION: This episode teaches children that working together
and treating everyone with fairness is the best way to have fun. Learning
how to play fair will help children interact more successfully in
both the home and learning environment.
CLIFFORD'S NEW WORD: Team
Have you ever been part of a team? A team is made up of more than
one person that works together to do something. You and a friend can
have a team or you and many others can get together to make an even
bigger team! It's like a baseball team, basketball team or team that
you might have on the playground when you divide up into groups at
playtime. Playing fair and working together is what teamwork is all
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ACTIVITY:
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Team
Mural! |
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This
activity promotes teamwork and cooperative learning by encouraging
children to share ideas, space and materials to produce a creative
mural. |
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Materials: |
Paper
large enough for two or more children to draw on together, colors,
markers or paint. |
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Share
your ideas, materials and paper to create a fantastic mural. Your
mural might be about Clifford and his friends or you and your friends.
This is a fun team effort! After you finish, hang up your mural so
that everyone can see what great artists you are!
(Caregiver: Suggestions: Murals many times illustrate a story or a
significant scene. Show pictures of a mural if possible and discuss
that it is really special to have the opportunity to create a mural
with other great artists!) |
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dog-gone fun things to do!: |
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Be
on the lookout for murals around your town. They often are on the
sides of buildings! |
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Get
out your sidewalk chalk and create a mural outside.
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| *This
episode also supports Clifford's Big idea: BE RESPONSIBLE |
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EPISODE:
GREAT RACE
CLIFFORD'S
BIG IDEA: PLAY FAIR*
SYNOPSIS:
T-Bone finds himself in a contest with Mac. He doesn't win, but
he does his best. T-Bone learns that you don't have to win to feel
good - you just have to do your very best.
APPLICATION:
This episode teaches children that competition is a good thing,
but so is playing fair. Being the winner is sometimes not as rewarding
as the recognition for being a great competitor! Children can see
this when T-Bone's friends cheer him past the finish line even when
he did not come in first.
CLIFFORD'S
NEW WORD: Best
What does the word best mean? It is a word we use when we talk about
something that is better that anything else. The best! You are the
best! Think about how many things you are the best at doing. Is
it making your bed, coloring, dancing, or riding a bike? It's good
to feel like you are the best at doing the things you really like,
and you are!
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Bag
It! |
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This
activity gives children the opportunity to compete with friends or
caregiver in a fun and positive way! |
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Materials: |
Paper
bags for everyone and a person to be the timekeeper. |
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What
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This
game is fun because you get to make up the rules! Here are some suggestions:
You have two minutes to find anything that begins with a "C" for Clifford.
It must fit in your bag! When the time is up, everyone counts their
objects and a winner is announced! Change the rules and play again.
It's fun and if you play enough and help each other, everyone can
be a winner! Oh, and be sure to return each object back to where ever
it belongs! This will keep us all out of trouble! |
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Cooperative
Museum: Have your friends to enter something they have created themselves
(art, song, recipe, etc.) in a neighborhood exhibit. Give everyone
a prize of some kind for entering, then invite people to come and
see this great exhibit! Suggestions for prizes: Most original, unusual,
creative, significant, environmental, colorful, wildest idea, etc.
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Go
to your library and find books about animals that live in the oceans.
There are thousands and thousands to discover! |
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episode also supports Clifford's Big idea: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF |
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EPISODE: THEN CAME BOB
CLIFFORD'S BIG IDEA: PLAY FAIR
SYNOPSIS: Vaz babysits for Bob - a cute, but not very well-behaved
little dog that Dr. Dihn recently acquired from the dog pound. This
little mischief-maker is very good at getting into trouble ≠ and causing
Clifford to get the blame! Several people think Clifford has suddenly
developed some very bad habits ≠ but Emily Elizabeth never doubts
her big dog for a minute. The truth about Bob finally comes out and
Clifford receives apologies from all his doubters. |
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