(catchy music) - Good morning, boys and girls, and welcome back to Room 9, the region's largest summer camp!

It is Dr. Sanders and I am here to teach a little ELA and math to all of my campers.

And this week, what do I always say?

It doesn't matter if you're 2 or 102, you can have some fun!

(clipboard clatters) Oh man, I forgot how to spell fun.

How do you spell fun?

There is fun!

F-U-N, fun!

But you also learn something.

And this week I have my one of my pets, Franklin, he's joining us.

He's a little camera shy but he loves to be petted and taken care of.

So I'm want to show you one of my pets.

The other ones didn't want to come but I didn't want to force them.

We have another cat and a bearded dragon, he was sleeping.

So I didn't want to force him because we got to take care of them, right?

We didn't want to force him to do anything, but Franklin decided to come join us for our pet week.

Let's take a look at our objectives for the week.

In ELA, you'll recognize the main idea and use details.

And in math, you explore different shapes in the environment.

Today is a special day because we get to take a trip.

We get to take a trip.

So we're gonna do a little counting first, we're gonna talk about little pets a little bit, and then we're going to take a trip.

Okay?

I'll tell you when we get there.

So let's start out by counting from... Yeah, a field trip.

From 0 to 100 by two.

Remember, we're gonna help each other out.

Let's go!

0, - 2, - 4, - 6, - 8, - 10, - 12, - 14, - 16, - 18, - 20, - 22, - 24, - 26, - 28, - 30, - 32, - 34, - 36, - 38, - 40, - 42, - 44, - 46, - 48, - 50, - 52, - 54, - 56, (laughs) - 58, - 60, - 62, - 64, - 66, - 68, - 70, - 72, - 74, - 76, - 78, - 80, - 82, - 84, - 86, - 88, - 90, - 92, - 94, - 96, - 98.

- 100!

Now, we're gonna count from 0 to 30 by threes.

Next week, we're gonna go pass 30, okay?

Let's go!

- 0, - 3, - 6, - 9, - 12, - 15, - 18, - 21, - 24, - 27.

- 30!

Now, we are gonna count from 0 to 100 by fives - 0, - 5, - 10, - 15, - 20, - 25, - 30, - 35, - 40, - 45, - 50, - 55, - 60, - 65, - 70, - 75, - 80, - 85, - 90, - 95.

- 100!

Now, we're gonna count from 0 to 100 by twenty-fives.

Let's do it.

You want to, same way, or do you want to do it together?

We'll do the same way, we'll do it together, and then next week, we'll skip each other, we'll take turns.

Let's do it together.

0, 25, 50, 75, 100!

0, 25, 50 75, 100!

Let's take a look at our camp names and when to count the letters in our names.

Let's go, here we go!

Galaxy, that's count galaxy's letters.

One, two, three, four, five, six.

Iris, let's count iris' letters.

One, two, three, four.

Apple, let's count apple's letters.

One, two, three, four, five.

Lemonade, let's count lemonade's letters.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

And snowcone, let's count snowcone's letters.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, wah, wah, wah, wah.

Let's start over.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Don't forget to send your camp names in.

Now it's about time for us to go on our field trip.

We are gonna take this field...

Since we're leaving, I can leave my hat on, right?

We're gonna take this field trip to the Humane Society of Missouri, and it's all about pets.

And I think when you get there, I think we'll see some pets and we may see them in the kennels.

We may see some pets in the kennels, and I think our host will tell us about those pets that are in the kennels because it's important that they're in the kennels for a little time, they're out all the time, but you may see some pets in the kennels, but it also is important to understand that you have to take care of your pets.

Okay?

So I'll see you in a little bit!

Hello, boys and girls, and welcome to the Humane Society.

(wind blows) We are here to learn about some pets.

So we're gonna take a trip inside and learn all about pets.

All right?

The Humane Society.

Hello, boys and girls, we made it to Missouri Humane Society.

And we have Ms. JoEllyn, who's joining us today.

- Hi, everybody!

- [Albert] And she's gonna talk to us about some of these amazing pets that they have that are available for you at home for rehoming and rescuing.

And this is Ms. JoEllyn.

- [JoEllyn] Hi guys!

We're so glad that you're here with us today.

Let's get straight to it, would you guys like to meet some cats?

Follow us, we're gonna go right this way.

So this is our cat corner, where we have all different kinds of kitty cats.

We have adult cats, yeah, you can come in here.

We have adult cats, we have kittens, we have cats of all colors and sizes.

And they're so happy to say hi to you.

Yes, we even have a friend here.

We have volunteers that come in and they play with the kitty cats and give them lots of love and attention.

So yeah, aren't they cute?

So you guys right now are looking at Kit-Kat.

This is Kit-Kat and she's about seven months old, she's a calico.

And cats sometimes like to hide in their little hidey huts and jump out at their prey, And so, and toys, so here in the shelter site, we have toys that they can play with.

So if you look in their kennels, you can see all the fun stuff they have.

They like to play with toys just as much as you do.

And you can make toys out of something as simple as a sack, like that, right there.

An old snack.

And we have towels, and look, what is the kitty cat wearing?

What would you call that on the kitty cat?

That's called a collar, you're right.

I heard someone say it out there.

And see that tag that's hanging on him?

That tells us what the kitty cat's name is and where they live.

And right now, they live here at the Humane Society, but they're waiting for their lifelong home.

They're waiting for someone to take them to their house to live happily ever after.

Come say hello, you guys.

She says, "Hi, everybody!"

- Hey!

Look at Ms. Molly, hey!

- Hi, Dr. Sanders.

(Ms. Molly meows) - [Albert] How are you doing?

- [JoEllyn] Oh, say, "I'm doing okay.

I'm just waking up from my afternoon cat nap."

Wah, wah.

(Albert and JoEllyn laugh) - Look at her pretty whiskers, you guys.

Aren't they cute?

(Ms. Molly meows) She says yes.

- Oh, she says, "Yes, they are."

You know they're cute!

- [JoEllyn] You guys, if you listen very carefully, you can hear her purring.

(Ms. Molly meows) She's purring.

Can you guys make a purr sound?

(Albert and JoEllyn purrs) Yes!

Cats purr when they're happy, when they're excited to see us.

Would you like to pet her?

Would you like to hold her?

- [Albert] I think a-DAIR is gonna hold the kitten.

- Look, if you want to- - The cat.

- [JoEllyn] You got her?

And we can put her in this room over here and play with her, if you like.

- Ohh.

- Would you like that?

So every day, we get each kitty out of their kennel once a day to come into the room for playtime, 'cause kitties like to run around and jump and play.

Oh, she loves you, and the attention that you're giving her.

Do you see how she's spreading her a little paws apart and she's making biscuits, we call it making biscuits when they go like this.

And that means that they're content, which is another word for happy!

If you're happy out there, raise your paw, guys.

Raise it high, whoo!

(Albert and JoEllyn laugh) - [Albert] All right, boys and girls, you see the kittens were in cat corner.

Now, we're gonna go see some other critters and I'm not gonna tell you what it is, but we'll see in a second.

- [JoEllyn] Look, you've got a friend here, Madison.

- She's got a broken ear.

- Madison.

- Oh, Madison.

- She's a little shy.

Guys, here's our friend, Madison, and she's waiting for her lifelong home.

She loves Dr. Sanders, - Hey!

- check that out.

- Hey, how are you?

- [JoEllyn] I think she picked Dr. Sanders.

- [Dog Handler] And look this, are you (crosstalk drowns out speaker) (Albert laughs) - [JoEllyn] She did.

- She is a sweetheart.

- How are you?

- Oh, yeah.

- Oh, yes.

- I know.

- Animals know animal lovers, that's for sure.

- Yeah, they do.

- Hi, sweetheart.

- Yeah, look at her.

- [JoEllyn] What color is she?

Who said gray?

I heard it.

(Albert laughs) She's gray.

- [Albert] Boys and girls, what do we have here?

What do you think we have?

Let's see.

- [JoEllyn] Oh, look at the animals.

This is called our critter corner!

We got all kinds of little critters.

We have, wow, let's see, we have guinea pigs and rabbits and mice.

Does anybody here ever had a pet mouse?

They're pretty cool pets.

They don't eat very much.

(Albert and JoEllyn laugh) And here, we have Kenzie, the guinea pig.

Actually, she's got a friend with her too, Brownie.

Brownie and Kenzie.

They're three years old.

Who out there is three years old?

If you're three, raise your paw!

Aw.

They're so cute, and this rabbit right here is Chloe.

Hi Chloe.

And she's called, guess what?

What kind of rabbit Chloe is?

She is called a lion head.

A lion head rabbit, did you know there was such a thing?

Look how soft her fur is.

Dr. Sanders, maybe we should touch, feel her fur.

- Let's see her.

- How soft she is.

- Oh.

And look at her mane.

- [JoEllyn] Yes!

- [Albert] Looks like a lion, doesn't she?

- [JoEllyn] Yeah, that's why they call it that.

Pretty cool, huh?

Look how sweet she is.

- Ooh.

- [JoEllyn] Rabbits are very good friends to have, very nice pets.

- [Albert] She's very soft.

- Mm-hmm.

- She looks like she wants to come home with me.

But not yet, I don't know if I can.

- [JoEllyn] He's thinking about it, I can tell!

(Albert laughs) And they love to eat this, you guys.

It's called timothy hay.

It's just dried up hay.

This is their favorite thing, and it helps them grind their teeth down when they chew on this so that their teeth don't overgrow.

Did you know that rabbits' teeth will continue growing and growing and growing throughout their life?

So you have to give them this so they can chew on it.

They also like chew sticks too.

And look at what she's got here.

She's got some rabbit pellet food and water, of course, any living thing needs water.

All animals and people and even plants need water.

And then, did you guys know that rabbits can be trained to use a litter box?

Check it out!

- Oh, wow!

- [JoEllyn] There's a litter box in the corner!

That's something, huh?

And sometimes, they have accidents and they miss the litter box, and it looks like this one likes to play in the litter box.

(Albert laughs) He's having a litter box party in here.

Check it out.

I love his little mane, (laughs) it's so cute.

Oh my goodness, all right.

What about the guinea pigs?

I'm gonna open this one and see if they want to look out at you.

Let's see.

(cage door clangs) All right, they're hiding in their little hiding place.

Yeah.

So little critters love shredded paper 'cause they get some burrow in it, which means like a tunnel, like a rabbit with tunnel.

- [Albert] And where did you get the shredded paper?

- [JoEllyn] You can make shredded paper at home, you can use scissors and cut it up if you want, or if you have a shredding machine at home, you can shred the paper through that.

So at here, at the Humane Society, people donate it to us.

That means they give it to us and drop it off.

So you can do that too.

So guys, when animals come in together, like these two, we try to keep them together 'cause they're company for each other, and it makes them feel more comfortable and safe and happy.

So that's what we try to do.

And if we can try to rehome them together to the same family, we try to do that too.

So you want to see if a mouse wants to come out?

- Hmm.

- I don't know about the mice.

(Albert and JoEllyn laugh) Does the mice want to play?

- What do you think?

Look at them, oh, look at the mice.

You know what they love?

They- (mouse wheel clangs) Oops!

They love to play in their little wheel.

And I'll tell you what, Dr. Sanders, when do mice, when are they awake?

- Um... - Do you know?

- [Albert] At night.

- [JoEllyn] They're awake at night.

They're called nocturnal animals.

Can you think of any other nocturnal animals that you know?

(Albert hoots) Yeah, Mm-hmm.

Owls.

(Albert laughs) I think Dr. Sanders is doing an owl impression, a pretty good one too.

(cage clangs) They're nocturnal too.

Yeah.

Guys, I think we got another lion head!

We do, this is Daisy.

Hi, Daisy.

- [Albert] Hi, Daisy.

- [JoEllyn] Pretty girl.

And look, she's got a paper bag.

They love to hide in paper bags.

We just always have to make sure we leave one side open for them to get out.

This one's kind of covered up right now with the towel.

But yes, so if you're looking to add a new rabbit to your family or a guinea pig or a mouse, come see us at the Humane Society.

- And when people come see you - Mm-hmm.

- [Albert] 'cause these are some amazing animals.

Is it easy for animals to take care of?

Are animals easy to take care of?

- [JoEllyn] It depends.

You just really have to do your research before you add any animal to your family and make sure that you're doing and providing exactly what each animal needs.

'Cause the rabbits eat rabbit food, the guinea pigs eat guinea pig food.

It's different.

It might look the same, but it's different.

The same thing with cats and dogs too.

So quality food, good food, clean water.

Those are two really important things that every animal needs.

And then exercise and attention.

- Attention and time - Time.

- [Albert] because animals love to be petted, walked or hugged and just relax, so taking care of a pet is a real, big responsibility.

So you gotta be responsible, are you all responsible?

I know you are!

All right, we're gonna go look at a couple more animals.

So we'll see.

(dog barks) Oh, I think you can hear what we have now.

- [JoEllyn] Oh, boy!

- [Albert] What do you think these things are?

- Oh my goodness, a puppy!

- Yes, they are puppies!

- [JoEllyn] It's a puppy!

- He's an excited- (JoEllyn laughs) Puppies are really excited, hey!

- [JoEllyn] Yeah, they are.

- [Albert] Hey!

- Puppies like to play.

- How are you?

- Yes, yes, yes.

- Oh, this one loves Dr. Sanders.

Oh my goodness, yes!

Let's go to the playroom and play!

So guys, even though the animals, oh, just lost my earring.

(Albert chuckles) Even though these guys, we have to keep them in their own little house, their kennel, to be safe, where they have a safe place to rest, they each get out of their kennel every day to play, like Big Sky here!

Yes!

Big Sky, what do you think?

Oh, my goodness.

- [Albert] He's so excited!

- [JoEllyn] She's excited to see you guys!

- She's excited, hey!

- [JoEllyn] She's jumping for joy.

Yes.

- [Albert] You see all the attention that she needs?

- [JoEllyn] Mm-hmm.

- [Albert] That's why they get out to play every day.

- [JoEllyn] Yes.

- They have to sleep in their kennels, but they get out to play every day, more than once a day, probably more than once a day - Yes!

- [Albert] because they do exercise and time just to run and have fun.

- [JoEllyn] That's right!

Run and have fun, just like us!

That's the thing about our animal friends is they like a lot of the same things that we do.

They love to be with their friends, they love to have healthy food and water and exercise.

Yes!

That's good for their bodies, their hearts.

Yes!

And look at his tail wagging!

Look at that tail wagging!

(Big Sky pants) Guys, do you know the animals are always talking to us?

They're always telling us how they're feeling.

How do you think Big Sky here is feeling right now?

Let's look at her body.

What is her body telling us?

She seems pretty happy (crosstalk).

- [Albert] She's happy, very excited.

That's why she's like, oh!

- Yes!

- Look at her go, Big Sky!

- [JoEllyn] Yes!

She's excited!

(Albert laughs) - You know, when dogs put their butts down to the ground and they run around in circles, do you know what we call that?

We call it zoomies!

They're zoomies!

You got the zoomies, don't you?

Yes, you do, I can tell.

Yes, you do.

She's a pretty girl.

- [Albert] Hey Sky, ah!

- [JoEllyn] There you go.

- [Albert] And this is one of her toys?

- [JoEllyn] Yes, that's one of her toys.

Puppies like to have things to chew on with they're little, sharp puppy teeth.

So sometimes, puppies can get into things at home.

They might chew on your shoe or your toys that you leave laying out.

If you ever see your puppy chewing on something you don't want them to, you just take that from them and give them something else that's good for them to chew on.

You just show them the right thing to do, right bud?

- She's like Dr. Sanders tries to show you the right number that you took out, right?

If it's the number two, you say three.

I don't say, "Oh no, you're wrong!"

I just show you, this is the number three right here.

Just like with puppies, you give them the toy that they need.

- [JoEllyn] Right, right!

- [Albert] Not your shoe!

- [JoEllyn] Yeah, yes, not your shoe!

Not the furniture 'cause that's what puppies do sometimes, but they count on us to teach them, right?

They also like treats.

I don't have any on me right now, but they love to get treats just like we do.

But we want to make sure that we give them healthy treats that are good for dogs to have.

They can't ever have chocolate.

Doggies can never ever have chocolate.

Right?

That's right, Big Sky.

Yeah!

- [Albert] We really appreciate our visit as we visit Big Sky and we saw different animals, we saw them in their kennels, we saw them out of their kennels.

What other animals or what other pets, possible pets do you have here that are available for rehoming or rescuing?

What other pets do you have or Humane Society has?

- Sure, so sometimes, we have chinchillas here.

They're really neat.

You guys will have to check them, kind of like little, tiny rabbits with big, chunky bodies.

So we have chinchillas, we have had sugar gliders, which are like flying squirrels.

We've had ferrets, rats.

We do get rats a lot and they make good pets.

I know people laugh at me sometimes when I say that, but rats are really smart and they make good pets.

So those are the types of animals that we have here at the shelter.

But sometimes people bring us a wild animals and that's okay.

We're not able to care for them here, but we work with another place that takes care of wild animals.

So if you ever had an animal that was hurt, like a raccoon or a possum, you would never want to go near them, you'd want to get an adult to help you, but then, they call us, then we would take them to the wildlife rescue place.

There's places in St. Louis that rescue wild animals too.

We're lucky to be here in St. Louis.

You live in a city that has lots of different groups that help animals out, all different kinds of animals.

- [Albert] And I heard something about horses.

- [JoEllyn] Yes!

(gasps) Oh, Dr. Sanders, we have a really cool place called Longmeadow Rescue Ranch, and it's not very far from here, but it's a big farm with lots of land.

And we have horses and pigs and goats and sheep and llamas, alpacas, every kind of farm animal you could think of, we have there.

In fact, we just had a little mini horse named Waffle.

She had a baby this week!

So now we have a little mini Waffle.

(Albert and JoEllyn laugh) She's really cute.

- [Albert] A mini Waffle?

- [JoEllyn] A mini Waffle!

Yes!

And when we talk about, I know we've mentioned it a lot.

When we talk about pets, we always want to make sure it's just very important that when you have a pet, can you tell us some, the main things that taking care of a pet, and that, like a lot of times, we all just want a puppy, and we say, "Mommy, can I have a puppy?"

Or, "Daddy, can I have a puppy?"

- [JoEllyn] Yes.

- [Albert] But is it that easy, or should we be very mindful of how we get our pets?

- [JoEllyn] We should be very, very mindful about how we get our pets.

At an animal shelter like this is a great place to go because we can give you information about whatever type of animal that you're adopting.

We can give you all the info you need to care for them properly.

So what do they need?

(Big Sky pants) Food, water, shelter, veterinary care.

They have to go see the animal doctor like you have to go see the doctor, right?

So they go to see the animal doctor too.

And it's important that we just give them everything that they need, and give them a love.

Yes.

- [Albert] All right, and one more thing is, when you do have a pet, - Yes?

- [Albert] and for some reason, you're just not able to take care of it anymore.

Make sure you go to a place like Humane Society.

Just don't let the dog run out, just take them to Humane Society, they'll take your animals in and be able to rescue your animals.

So somebody out, they can have a foster home, or they can go somewhere else where somebody can take care of them.

It's okay not to be able to take care of a pet 'cause sometimes, things just happen.

- [JoEllyn] That's right.

Dr. Sanders is a smart man.

I bet you guys already know that, huh?

He is so right, that's what we're here for.

This picture that's on my shirt.

This is where I work, the Humane Society.

And that's what we're here for, we're here to help any animal that needs us.

And if you can't have your pet anymore, for any reason, you bring them to us and we'll take care of them, like the ones you saw here, until they find their next family, okay?

All right, Ms. JoEllyn, Ms. Jo, thank you very much!

- Oh, you're so welcome!

- [Albert] Boys and girls, say, "Thank you, Ms.

Jo!"

- [JoEllyn] Aw, it's good to see you, boys and girls!

Sky says, "Thank you!"

Thanks for coming and spending some time with us.

- [Albert] All right, thank you very much.

- Yes!

- Hello, boys and girls!

Did you like like our field trip?

Did you see some beautiful animals?

What is something that you learn about animals or about pets on our field trip?

Okay, what else did you learn about pets or animals?

Yes, again, I've been saying this all week during our pet week, how to take care of different pets, and that's very important.

The Humane Society, they rescue a lot of pets.

They come in and get them in and they make them, they give them good health, and then they let people rescue the pets and have them take them home or foster the different pets, and so that they have a good home to stay and they have a big backyard.

And also, when I was talking to Ms. JoEllyn, she said they're always in need of, you have old stuffed animals or shredded paper or some blankets or some old towels that you can donate those to the Humane Society to help take care of those pets.

And you can always visit and say hi to the kittens or the rabbits.

I saw some beautiful kittens.

But remember, taking care of a pet is hard and you must realize that.

And I hope you have fun this week!

And say hi to your pet for me.

But what's our favorite word?

Nine!

Let's spell nine.

And thank, I'm sorry, I forgot to say.

And thank you to the Humane Society for allowing us to visit.

Let's spell nine, nine.

N-I-N-E, nine.

Thank you for being here in Room 9, bye-bye!

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