Ms. Rachel (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

1
Hi, friends.
[gasps]
Look. It's a surprise egg.
Should we open it and see what's inside?
Yeah? Okay.
Let's say our special words together,
and it will open.
Let's say, "I am smart."
One,
two, three.
I am smart!
[gasps]
It's opening.
[gasps]
Wow!
Ooh, a new land.
It's a pretend apple.
And a pretend alligator.
Wow!
What could that mean?
Hmm?
Can you help me figure it out?
Maybe the alligator is so hungry,
and his favorite food is apples.
[nibbles, chuckles]
That's not it.
Maybe the alligator wants to learn
to balance an apple on his head.
[chuckles]
Whoa. Whoa!
[whistles]
[alligator] Oh! [chuckles]
I wonder if I could do that.
Whoa. Whoa!
[gasps]
I'm doing it.
[chuckles]
Whoops. So fun.
[whimsical music playing]
[alligator] Wee!
But this isn't the answer.
Keep thinking!
What could this mean?
Hmm?
I know. We can figure it out, together!
[gentle music playing]
What letter does apple start with?
Yeah, A!
What letter does alligator start with?
Yeah, A!
Alligator and apple both start with…
A.
[gasps]
That's what we needed to figure out.
Good job!
[gentle music continues]
[music fades]
[upbeat music playing]
Phonics, phonics ♪
Phonics song
Oooh ♪
Phonics, phonics ♪
Phonics song
Oooh ♪
A, alligator, ah ♪
B, ball, buh ♪
C, car, cuh ♪
D, dog, duh ♪
E, elephant, eh ♪
F, fan, fff ♪
G, gorilla, guh ♪
H, hot, huh ♪
Phonics, phonics ♪
Phonics song
Oooh ♪
Phonics, phonics ♪
Phonics song
Oooh ♪
I, igloo, ih ♪
J, jump, juh ♪
K, kite, kuh ♪
L, lollipop, luh ♪
M, muffin, mmm ♪
N, nose, nnn ♪
O, octopus, oh ♪
P, popcorn, puh ♪
Q, quilt, qwuh ♪
R, robot, urr ♪
S, silly, sss ♪
T, toothbrush, tuh ♪
U, up, uh ♪
V, vacuum, vuh ♪
W, water, wuh ♪
X, box, kuhs ♪
Y, yoyo, yuh ♪
Z, zipper, zzz ♪
Phonics, phonics ♪
Phonics song
Oooh ♪
Phonics, phonics ♪
Phonics song
Oooh ♪
Phonics, phonics ♪
Phonics song
Oooh ♪
Phonics, phonics ♪
Phonics song
Oooh ♪
Aaah ♪
Uuuh ♪
Mmm ♪
Oh no, friends.
The ground is lava.
We need to get across,
and we can only jump on stones
with the letter A on them.
Can you help? Jump with me.
-Jump on A! [chuckles]
-[cheerful music plays]
[whistles]
Which is next?
-[chime]
-Which one do we jump to next?
[thoughtful music playing]
-Jump on… A. You got it.
-[cheerful music plays]
Hmm.
-Whoa.
-[whooshes]
That's not the A.
-Jump on A!
-[cheerful music plays]
[whistles]
Uh-oh.
This is getting tricky
because this is a lowercase A,
-[chime]
-Hmm.
Which one is the A?
-Yeah. Jump on A.
-[cheerful music plays]
Awesome.
-Hmm.
-[whistles]
Which one now?
We're almost there.
[thoughtful music playing]
-Jump on A.
-[cheerful music plays]
[gasps] We made it
to the other side, friends.
Great job helping me with uppercase A,
and lowercase A.
[cheerful music plays]
[gasps]
Now the ground is rainbow clouds.
[gasps] Jump with me
on the rainbow clouds!
-[boing]
-A unicorn!
-[whimsical music playing]
-What sound does A make?
Yeah, A says ah.
Can you do that?
Put your hands up and open.
Try it with me.
-Hands up and open.
-[chimes]
You did it.
Let's do that with our A sound.
A says ah.
-[chimes]
-Awesome!
How I remember that is
let's pretend our hands
are little puppets.
Hello? Hey, can you do that?
Hi. I'm a puppet. [chuckles]
And say we were walking around
with our puppet friends,
and we saw an alligator.
We might go, "Ah, an alligator!"
Ah!
A says ah.
Let's sing our A song.
[playful music playing]
A says ah
A says ah ♪
Alligator, apple
A says ah ♪
[chime]
[voice 1] Which group has letters?
Yes, this one.
Which group has numbers?
Yes, these are numbers.
-[chime]
-Nice work.
Hooray!
-Another surprise egg.
-[chime]
[gasps] Let's say
our special words to open it
'cause we wanna see
what the surprises are. [gasps]
One,
two, three.
I am smart!
Wow. It's opening!
[gasps] Oh my goodness.
[cheerful music playing]
I see a toothbrush…
Hmm.
…and… a pretend turtle.
Can you help me figure it out?
Oh no. This turtle looks sad.
I know. Maybe he's sad
because he doesn't know
how to brush his teeth. I can help you.
[whooshing]
That's not helping.
Hmm.
I know.
Maybe I should ask him, "Are you okay?"
Can you help me?
Thank you. Let's ask him.
Turtle, are you okay?
[in turtle voice] No, I'm sad.
[gasps]
Let's see what's wrong.
What's wrong?
[in turtle voice] I don't know
what letter turtle starts with.
Oh.
-[cheerful music continues]
-[water splashing faintly]
Can you help?
Maybe if you tell Mr. Turtle
what letter turtle starts with,
he'll feel better.
Turtle starts with…
[chimes]
…T.
-[gasps]
-[cheerful music playing]
Look, you helped Mr. Turtle.
[in turtle voice] I feel better.
I feel happy.
Turtle starts with T.
Great work.
And what letter
does toothbrush start with?
[thoughtful music playing]
Toothbrush also starts with T.
That's what we needed to figure out.
Toothbrush and turtle
both start with the letter… T.
What sound does T make?
Yeah. Tuh. Tuh.
Can you do this? Tuh.
You take your pointer finger.
Let me see
you hold up your pointer finger.
Good job!
Then, put it near your mouth.
That's right. And then, move it away.
That's it.
How I remember it is,
it's kind of like you have
a pretend toothbrush.
Get out our pretend toothbrush.
Have you got yours?
Now, we pretend to brush our teeth.
Brush, brush, brush. Brush, brush, brush.
And we take the toothbrush
away from our mouth.
We put the toothbrush down and away.
Let's try it. T says tuh.
Good job.
Tuh. You got it.
[cheerful music plays]
Let's do our T song.
[cheerful music playing]
T says tuh ♪
T says tuh ♪
Toothbrush, turtle
T says tuh ♪
-[chime]
-[applauding]
Oh no, friends.
Another word that begins with A
is stuck in this ooey, gooey slime.
Can you help? [gasps]
Thank you.
Let's say our A sound
so we can get it out.
A says ah ♪
[chime]
Ah. Ah.
I see something. What could it be?
Oh, a bubble. Pop! [chuckles]
Oh, ah. A says ah.
[gasps] What do you think it is, friends?
What is something that begins with A
that looks like that? Ah!
[chiming]
Ah, we got it out.
-It's an astronaut.
-[chiming]
[gasps] Astronaut also begins with A.
Thank you for helping me
get him out of the slime.
[playful music playing]
[music fades]
[whistle]
[children] Sort the objects, Mr. Aron.
[playful music playing]
[pops]
[children] Astronaut.
-No. Astronaut.
-[buzz]
Yes!
[playful music continues]
[pops]
[children] Toothbrush.
-No. Toothbrush.
-[buzz]
-Yes.
-[chime]
[playful music continues]
[pops]
[children] Apple.
-No. Apple.
-[buzz]
-Yes.
-[chime]
[playful music continues]
[pops]
[children] Tomato.
-No. Tomato.
-[buzz]
-Yes.
-[chime]
-Towel! No.
-[buzz]
Towel.
-Yes.
-[chime]
-[pops]
-Tambourine.
[upbeat music playing]
-[children] No. Tambourine.
-[buzz]
-Yes.
-[chime]
-[pops]
-Good job, Mr. Aron.
Next, we're gonna do something
really, really, really, really,
really, really, really, really cool.
Okay. It's kind of hard,
but I know you can do it.
You can do hard things.
-Okay. We're gonna do our two sounds.
-[whoosh]
Are you ready?
-[children] Yeah!
-[chime]
Ah, tuh.
Ah, tuh.
Ah, tuh.
-[cheerful music playing]
-We did it.
Now, we're going to blend them together.
[gasps]
Ah… tuh.
Ah… tuh.
Ahtuh.
Ahtuh. At.
At. At.
At!
[whistle]
[playful music playing]
We read a word, woo-hoo!
We read a word, woo-hoo!
We are readers, hooray!
We read a word, woo-hoo!
Wow, you must be so proud of yourself.
I'm proud of you.
[gasps] Squeeze. Pat on the back.
Squeeze. Pat on the back.
-I love myself.
-[chime]
Next, we're going to read a book.
[gasps]
-And you are going to read the word "at."
-[chime]
You know how to read it now.
[gentle music plays]
The word "at" will be in red,
and you'll fill it in.
-[cat meows]
-[chimes]
Look, it's my friend
Reilly the Reading Cat.
He must've heard
that we're going to read a book,
and he wants to listen.
Meow, meow.
Meow.
[gasps] He just said
he loves being read to.
He can't wait
to hear you say the word "at."
-So say it nice and loud.
-Meow!
And the book is about you, Reilly!
You're going to love it.
Are you ready?
Let's read!
Cat and his Mat, by Ms. Rachel.
Illustrated by Loryn Brantz.
I'm the author of this book.
That means I wrote the words.
Loryn is the illustrator.
That means she drew the pictures.
You can write and illustrate a book too.
[page turns]
-Cat wants a mat.
-[pop]
[page turns]
-Where is a mat?
-[pop]
[page turns]
Is it
at the park?
[indistinct chatter]
No.
[indistinct chatter continues]
[page turns]
Is it…
at the ice cream store?
No.
[page turns]
-Is it…
-[birds chirp]
…at the pet store?
Do you think
it's gonna be at the pet store?
Hmm, let's see.
[page turns]
-Yes! They have a mat.
-[bell chimes]
[water bubbling]
[page turns]
-Cat buys the mat.
-[bell rings]
[page turns]
-Cat loves his mat!
-[chimes]
His mat is where it's…
at! You got it.
[cheerful music playing]
Hi, friends. It's Ms. Keisha.
That was a great story.
Do you remember what the cat wanted?
[gasps] That's right.
A mat.
Do you remember
where he finally found the mat?
[gasps] Yes. The pet store.
[cheerful music continues]
How do you think he felt
when he found the mat?
Yes, that's right. Happy.
[cheerful music continues]
[upbeat music playing]
Oh no, friends.
One of our T words is stuck
in this ball of kinetic sand.
Can you help?
Thank you.
To get him out,
we have to say our T sound.
Nice and loud.
Do you remember our T sound?
[gasps] Oh, good.
Tuh. Tuh. Tuh.
It's working. It's opening.
Tuh. Tuh. Tuh.
[gasps] I see our T word.
-Tuh. Tuh.
-[chimes]
We're getting you out.
Don't worry. We're coming.
Tuh. Tuh.
We're gonna get you out.
-Tuh. Tuh. Tuh.
-[chimes]
[gasps] We did it.
[in tiger voice] Thank you so much.
Our T word that was stuck
in the kinetic sand was
tiger.
-Tiger starts with T.
-[playful music playing]
-Tuh. Tiger.
-[music fades]
Hi, friends.
It's me, Mychal, the librarian.
Have you ever been to the library?
[gasps] I'm so happy
you're here at the library.
Do you know how much fun
there is at the library?
Guess what you can do.
You can read books.
You can play with toys.
Play with games.
Play with puzzles.
You can color with your friends.
Yes, or you can make friends
at the library.
[playful music playing]
At library story time.
That's one of my favorite places
to be at the library.
You get to listen to stories
with the librarian.
You get to dance. You get to sing songs.
You get to have
the time of your lives together.
And guess what's even better?
You can get your very own library card
to take the books home with you.
How cool is that?
[playful music continues]
We love you.
You will always belong at the library.
It's your library.
You belong here at the library,
and you always will.
Find your grown-up.
Come on by the library.
And don't forget
to tell us all about your trip.
We can't wait
to see you here at the library. Yes!
[playful music continues]
[music fades]
-Hooray!
-[cheerful music plays]
-Another surprise egg!
-[chime]
[gasps] Yay!
Let's say our special words nice and loud,
so we can see what these surprises are.
-[pops]
-One, two, three.
I am smart!
[chiming]
Wow!
It is opening.
[gasps] It's a really cool surprise.
First, we have…
[gasps]
…another music note!
[gasps] So we need to figure out
what song to sing.
[thoughtful music playing]
And next, this is really, really cool.
We have
-a bathtub.
-[chime]
[gasps] And what's inside the bathtub?
A little
turtle.
[chime]
He's so cute!
[gasps] Do you think
the bathtub really works?
-Let's turn it on.
-[chime]
Turn it on
Turn it on ♪
Turn it
on!
[gasps] It really works, friends.
[gasps] Let's get this turtle
nice and clean.
He loves it.
[laughs]
I love the water.
We're getting him so clean.
What song could we sing
that has a turtle and a bathtub?
-I don't know. I don't know.
-[pops]
Let's see what this turtle's name is.
What's your name?
[in turtle voice] My name is Tiny Tim.
-His name is Tiny Tim.
-[cheerful music playing]
That's the song we need to sing.
I had a little turtle. Did you guess it?
-Let's sing it together.
-[chime]
Get out your turtle.
[playful music playing]
I had a little turtle
His name was Tiny Tim ♪
I put him in the bathtub
To see if he could swim ♪
He drank up all the water ♪
Gulp, gulp, gulp.
He ate up all the soap ♪
[nibbles]
And now he's home sick in bed ♪
With bubbles in his throat ♪
Bubble bubble, bubble
Bubble, bubble, pop ♪
Bubble bubble, bubble
Bubble, bubble, pop ♪
Bubble bubble, bubble
Bubble, bubble, pop ♪
Bubble bubble, bubble
Bubble, bubble, pop ♪
Bubble bubble, bubble
Bubble, bubble, pop ♪
Bubble bubble, bubble
Bubble, bubble, pop ♪
-[playful music continues, fades]
-[pops]
[chime]
[voice 1] How many syllables
are in the word dog?
Clap with me.
-Ready? Go. Dog.
-[claps]
-[chime]
-One.
How many syllables
are in the word playground?
Clap with me.
-Ready? Go. Playground.
-[claps]
-Yes, two.
-[chime]
How many syllables are in your name?
Try it today.
-[chime]
-Nice work.
[whimsical music playing]
Excuse me, waiter.
-Yes, ma'am.
-Could I have tea, please?
Excellent choice.
-Tea coming right up.
-Thank you.
[whimsical music continues]
Here you are, ma'am. Your T.
[whimsical music continues]
I meant tea in a cup.
[waiter] Oh yes.
Tea in a cup. Coming right up.
[whimsical music continues]
[clanking]
Here you are, ma'am. T in a cup.
Can I just have peas, please?
Of course. Peas coming right up.
[whimsical music continues]
[rapid tapping]
Here you are, ma'am.
Your Ps.
Ah, uh-oh!
-[boing]
-[whistle]
Oh no, there are Ps everywhere.
Check, please.
[whimsical music continues, fades]
-Wow, friends!
-[chime]
Another surprise egg!
Let's say our special words
so we can see what's inside.
[gasps]
-One…
-[pop]
-…two, three.
-[pop]
I am smart!
-It's opening.
-[chimes]
Wow.
Let's see what's inside.
-[chimes]
-[gasps] Oh!
I see something really, really cool.
It's a little boat.
[gasps] With little paddles.
It's a rowboat.
What else is in here? Let's see.
[gasps] It's a little boy.
Let's put him in the rowboat.
Put him in
Put him in ♪
Put him
-in the boat.
-[water splashes]
Uh-oh. I see something from earlier.
-[pop]
-What was this called?
[playful music playing]
-An alligator.
-[boing]
[water splashes]
[gasps]
And there's one more thing.
Wow. Do you know what this is?
It's a music note.
It's called an eighth note.
Wow. What could all this mean?
Hmm.
Maybe we're supposed to sing a song.
Can you help me figure out
what song we are supposed to sing?
[whimsical music plays]
Thank you, friends.
[thoughtful music continues]
Do you know a song
that has a rowboat in it?
Row, row, row your…
boat! That's what we're supposed to sing.
Let's sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat."
Get out your paddles.
Row, row, row your boat ♪
Gently down the stream ♪
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily ♪
Life is but a dream ♪
This time,
let's pretend we see an alligator.
Row, row, row your boat ♪
Gently down the stream ♪
If you see an alligator ♪
Don't forget to scream ♪
Ah!
[music ends]
Friends, it's time to get out
-your magic crayon. Wow.
-[pop, chime]
It doesn't have to be real.
Mine is pretend.
Or you can get out
a real crayon and some paper.
What color is your crayon?
[pops]
Wow, that's a nice color.
[playful music playing]
Let's start with an uppercase A.
Here we go.
Slant down
Jump to the top ♪
Slant down
And go across ♪
One more time, a little faster.
Slant down
Jump to the top ♪
Slant down
And go across ♪
-I'm so proud of you!
-[chimes]
[cheerful music playing]
Next, let's try a lowercase A.
[gasps] Get out your magic crayon.
Here we go.
Draw a circle
And then a line down ♪
[chimes]
Now, a little faster.
Draw a circle
And then a line down ♪
[chimes]
We did it!
You get a sticker.
[cheerful music plays]
Yay!
-[whoosh]
-[music ends]
Oh no.
Our word that begins with A is stuck
in this ooey gooey slime.
[gasps] Can you help?
[playful music plays]
To get it out, we need to say our A sound.
[gasps] That's the only way
to get it out of the slime.
Do you remember the A sound?
A says ah. Let's say it.
Ah. Ah.
Ah.
I see something coming out. It's working.
Ah. Ah.
Oh my goodness.
Do you see it? It's coming out.
Oh. [laughs]
It is our alligator.
He was stuck in the slime.
[in alligator voice] Thank you so much
for getting me out of the slime.
[whimsical music plays]
Now, let's draw our uppercase T.
Get out your magic crayon.
Let's do our uppercase T.
Here we go.
Draw a line down
And then across the top ♪
You got it. A little faster.
Draw a line down
And then across the top ♪
Wow! Now, our lowercase T.
Here we go.
Draw a line down
And then across the middle ♪
A little faster.
Draw a line down
And then across the middle ♪
You did it!
[cheerful music playing]
Wow. You get another sticker.
-[music ends]
-[whoosh]
-Hey, Herbie. Guess what it's time for?
-Hi.
-What's it time for?
-The Rhyme of the Day!
[Herbie] Yay, it's time for
The Rhyme of the Day!
And I need your help.
-Okay?
-Okay. You help us.
If the words rhyme, jump.
-Okay. I'm ready. Okay.
-Okay?
Let me try. Okay, I'm ready.
-Hmm.
-[Herbie] Hmm.
Mad and elevator.
-No, those don't rhyme.
-No?
-They don't sound the same at the end.
-Those don't rhyme? Oh.
-Right.
-How about mad and happy?
No jumping.
Those don't sound the same at the end.
-Those don't rhyme?
-No, but it's okay to make mistakes.
-Oh, okay. I'll try again.
-Okay, let's try again.
-How about mad and sad?
-[pops]
-Yay!
-Yay!
-Yay!
-That's The Rhyme of the Day!
-That's the Rhyme of the Day!
-Mad and sad rhyme.
-So we jump. Jump with us.
-They rhyme.
[laughs]
That was so much fun.
-Mad and sad rhyme.
-[pops]
They sound the same at the end.
They are The Rhyme of the Day.
-Oh, Ms. Rachel.
-Yeah?
-I have one.
-Okay, great.
Cat and mat.
-Those rhyme! Let's jump!
-Yeah, let's jump.
-Cat and mat. Cat and mat.
-[chuckles]
[whimsical music plays]
[playful music playing]
-Let's pretend that we're having a fair…
-[children cheer]
…and if you win this game,
you get five tickets.
-Can I play?
-Of course.
To win, you need to throw the spider
on to the ah and the tuh.
I can do that!
-Ah.
-[buzz]
-Ah.
-[buzz]
-Ah.
-[buzz]
I'll keep trying.
Ah.
[chimes]
I did it.
Now do the tuh.
-Tuh.
-[buzz]
Aw!
-Tuh.
-[buzz]
I can't do it.
-[woman 1] You can do hard things.
-I'll keep trying.
-Tuh.
-[buzz]
-Tuh.
-[chiming]
You did it. You get five tickets.
Yay!
[cheerful music ends]
[cheerful music playing]
[vocalizing]
A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪
H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪
Q, R, S, T, U, V ♪
W, X, Y, and Z ♪
Now I know my ABCs ♪
Next time won't you sing with me? ♪
-[cheerful music continues]
-[vocalizing continues]
Now I know my ABCs ♪
Next time won't you sing ♪
[vocalizing continues]
[all] A, B, C, D, E, F, G ♪
H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ♪
Q, R, S, T, U, V ♪
W, X, Y, and Z ♪
Now I know my ABCs ♪
Next time won't you ♪
Sing with me? ♪
[vocalizing continues]
[music fades]
We had such a fun day together.
We learned the sound for A. Ah.
And the sound for T. Tuh.
And we put them together
to read a real word. At.
I am so, so, so, so, so, so proud of you.
Also, I wanted to share something.
-Remember when our turtle was sad?
-[chime]
-Did you know that it's okay to be sad?
-[whistle]
Yeah. It's okay to be sad and mad.
It's okay to have big feelings.
Something that helps me
when I have big feelings
is taking a deep breath.
Smell the roses. [inhales]
Blow out the candles. [exhales]
Yeah. It can also help to talk to someone.
Talking about the way we feel
to a grown-up
can help us feel better. Yeah.
And the feeling won't last forever
because feelings change.
But it's okay to not be okay.
And I promise you will feel better soon.
Okay?
Well, I just wanted to say
that you are an amazing kid,
and I love you.
Bye-bye, friends ♪
Bye-bye, friends ♪
Bye-bye, friends ♪
I'll see you again real soon ♪
Bye-bye.
[cheerful music playing]
[music fades]