Ms. Rachel (2025) s03e04 Episode Script

Hi, friends!
Today, I'm visiting the doctor
for a checkup.
Have you ever been to the doctor?
Oh, wow!
I'm at Manhattan Valley Pediatrics.
When you go to the doctor,
your grown-up will be there
with you the whole time.
Peekaboo! [gasps softly]
You can also bring
a special stuffed animal
or a toy with you.
Let's bring this bunny
inside with us today.
Come on!
[cheerful music playing]
Hi, Melina.
Hi, Ms. Rachel.
-I'm here for a checkup.
-Are you here to see Dr. Hoffman?
Yes.
Great. Just have a seat,
and they'll call you shortly.
-Thank you, Melina.
-You're welcome.
Wow! This is called a waiting room.
Waiting room.
Lots of waiting rooms have fish tanks
and toys and books to read.
Let's go explore. Come on.
[gasps] Wow!
Look at this light board!
So much fun.
[gasps] I found my favorite color, pink!
Let's put it in the light board.
Put it in, put it in, put it… ♪
In.
Wow!
So many colors!
[gasps] Look, a blue car!
Beep, beep.
Vroom, vroom, vroom. Beep, beep.
Let's go sit on the couch together.
Come on.
What is a doctor?
A doctor is a helper ♪
Who makes sure
You're healthy and growing ♪
She checks your eyes
Boop, boop ♪
She checks your ears
Beep, beep ♪
She checks your tummy too ♪
She listens to your heartbeat ♪
She checks every part of you ♪
A doctor is a helper ♪
Who makes sure
You're healthy and growing ♪
I'm so happy to be at the doctor
with you today.
Let's listen for my name.
Ms. Rachel?
[Ms. Rachel] Hi!
Hi. Great to see you.
Can you come
and follow me to room 4, please?
-Yes!
-Okay.
[cheerful music resumes]
Have a seat.
Thank you!
-Can you please take off your shoes?
-Sure!
I'm gonna take off my shoes.
Taking off my shoes. What do I do next?
Now you're gonna step on the scale.
-Okay.
-There, yeah.
I'm stepping on the scale.
-Now I'm gonna take your height.
-[gasps softly]
The scale takes my weight,
and now she's going to see how tall I am.
It's so neat to see how much you've grown.
[cheerful music continues]
-[soft chiming]
-[whistle swells]
-[marker scratching]
-[chiming]
Thank you so much, Kashina.
-Thank you, and have a great day.
-Bye!
Now, we wait for the doctor.
Hmm…
What can you do while you wait?
Maybe play with your toy?
I have this little bunny, remember?
Let's pretend she's sleeping.
[imitates snoring]
Wake up, little bunny!
Hop, little bunny
Hop, hop, hop ♪
Hop, little bunny
Hop, hop, hop ♪
Hop, little bunny
Hop, hop, hop ♪
Hop, hop, hop, and stop ♪
[chuckles]
-[knocking on door]
-I hear a knock. It's the doctor.
Hi, Ms. Rachel. Hi, friends.
-Hi, Dr. Hoffman.
-It's great to see you today.
It's great to see you too!
I brought a stuffed animal with me
so you could show the kids
how sometimes you do
a little checkup on a stuffed animal.
-That's a great idea.
-[chuckles]
-Can I listen to your bunny's heart?
-Yeah.
Okay, I'm going to put on my stethoscope
and listen to her heart.
[Ms. Rachel chuckles]
You can do this at home
with a pretend doctor's kit.
[gasps] You could be the doctor
and listen to your stuffed animal's heart,
or your grown-up's.
Her heart is very strong.
Wow!
I also think
because the bunny has such big ears,
we should check her ears.
Good idea.
[gasps softly]
Look at the bunny's ears. One, two.
This tool is called an otoscope.
I'm going to use it
to look in the bunny's ears.
Wow!
That ear looks perfect.
And this one's good too.
Yay! [chuckles]
Ms. Rachel, now it's your turn
for a checkup.
I get a checkup now. Great!
So, first of all,
I would like to look in your eyes.
-Great!
-This is called an ophthalmoscope.
Whoa, that's a big word.
How do you say it?
Ophthalmoscope.
Wow.
The ophthalmoscope makes
little moons and big moons.
-[Ms. Rachel gasps] Ooh.
-Big and little.
I'm gonna use it to look in your eyes.
Perfect. Everything looks great.
Yay!
Next, I would like to listen to your heart
using my stethoscope.
[Ms. Rachel] Wow!
-[soft chiming]
-[heart beating]
[Ms. Rachel breathes deeply]
Now I'm going to listen to your back
and check your lungs.
[Ms. Rachel breathes deeply]
Deep breath.
[Ms. Rachel breathes deeply]
Taking deep breaths
also helps me feel relaxed.
You can pretend like
you're blowing out your birthday candles.
Ooh, smell the roses.
[inhales deeply]
Blow out the candles.
[blowing]
-Perfect.
-[chuckles] That's fun.
Now I'd like to use my tongue depressor
to look in your mouth.
Okay.
Open up really wide and say ah.
[Ms. Rachel] Aah.
Perfect.
-Great job.
-Cool!
Now I'm going to check
your reflexes on your knees.
[gasps] Whoa! Oh, that's so neat.
-Everything's working perfectly.
-Great!
Hey, friends.
Let's show Dr. Hoffman the song we like
about the gum sticking to our knees.
Icky, sticky, sticky
Sticky bubble gum ♪
Bubble gum
Bubble gum ♪
Icky, sticky, sticky
Sticky bubble gum ♪
Makes your hands stick to your knees ♪
Uh-oh.
And you pull 'em
And you pull 'em ♪
And you pull 'em away ♪
[chuckles]
That's one of my favorites too.
Now I'm going to check your ears.
This is my otoscope.
Some kids like to touch it.
See, it doesn't hurt.
It just makes your finger glow.
[Ms. Rachel] Ooh.
That's neat.
Now I'm going to look in your ears.
-Do you have monkeys in your ears?
-[chuckles]
I don't think so.
None on that side.
Let me check the other one.
Very good.
That was easy.
Now I'm going to warm up my hands
and check your neck.
This is my neck.
[gentle music playing]
Okay. Everything feels great.
Yay.
Last but not least,
I'd like to check your tummy.
-Can you lay down?
-Okay. Sure. I like getting a checkup.
-Your belly feels nice and soft.
-[Ms. Rachel] Great.
Thank you for coming, Ms. Rachel.
I really enjoyed my checkup, Dr. Hoffman.
Thank you.
-Would you like a sticker?
-Yes.
Here you go.
[gasps] Wow. Look, friends.
Blue, yellow,
and my favorite color, pink.
Yay! [gasps]
-And here's a balloon with a zebra on it.
-Oh my gosh. Thank you so much.
It's an orange balloon with a zebra. Yay!
Dr. Hoffman, I have a question.
-Sure.
-How can we stay healthy?
The way to stay healthy is to go outside
as much as possible…
run around…
eat a variety of foods…
and spend time with people you love.
[Ms. Rachel] Oh, that's so nice.
-Thank you so much for having me today.
-Thank you for coming.
[whimsical music playing]
Miss Polly had a dolly
Who was sick, sick, sick ♪
So she called for the doctor
To come quick, quick, quick ♪
The doctor came
With his bag and his hat ♪
And he knocked on the door
With a rat-a-tat-tat ♪
He looked at the dolly
And he shook his head ♪
-And he said ♪
-Miss Polly, put her straight to bed ♪
He wrote on a paper
For a pill, pill, pill ♪
I'll be back in the morning
With my bill, bill, bill ♪
Come on, let's do it again.
[whimsical music continues]
Miss Polly had a dolly
Who was sick, sick, sick ♪
So she called for the doctor
To come quick, quick, quick ♪
The doctor came
With his bag and his hat ♪
And he knocked on the door
With a rat-a-tat-tat ♪
He looked at the dolly
And he shook his head ♪
-And he said ♪
-Miss Polly, put her straight to bed ♪
He wrote on a paper
For a pill, pill, pill ♪
I'll be back in the morning
With my bill, bill, bill ♪
[music ends]
Guess who else is getting a checkup today.
I'll give you some hints.
He's orange.
And he's furry.
And he's so silly.
[drumroll]
-Yeah, it's Herbie!
-[children cheering]
Let's check in
and see how Herbie's checkup is going.
[cheerful music playing]
-[music ends]
-[knocking on door]
Oh, here comes the doctor.
Hi, Herbie. How are you today?
I'm good. Hi, Dr. Hoffman.
Okay. So let's start with your eyes.
-Okay, I'm ready.
-Do you know what this is called?
An eye thing?
It's called an ophthalmoscope.
[Herbie] Oh.
I'm gonna put it next to my eye,
and I'm gonna look inside of your eye.
-Okay, I'm ready.
-Okay. Oh, oh, oh, try to stay still.
-Okay.
-Okay. Okay.
-Oh, your eyes look great.
-Aah.
-Okay. No.
-Should I say ah?
You can say ah when we do your mouth.
Do you wanna do your mouth now?
-Yeah.
-Okay, let's do your mouth.
How do we do that?
I'm gonna use my light,
and I'm gonna use something called
a tongue depressor.
[Herbie gasps]
Are those for popsicles?
-No, they're not for popsicles.
-Oh.
-They're just for your mouth.
-Okay.
So open up and say ah.
[Herbie] Aah.
-Everything looks fantastic.
-Yay!
-You did a great job.
-Okay, now you say ah.
[both in singsong] Aah.
-[chuckles]
-[Herbie] Oh yeah.
-That was fun.
-Oh, yeah.
-All right, Herbie--
-Now I say ah. Aah!
You have a great voice, Herbie.
I had no idea.
-Thank you.
-Okay.
-So I'd like to look in your ears now.
-Okay.
So, I'm gonna open up…
Wow, you've got a lot of hair around here.
Let me find your ears.
Oof. Okay, there they are.
I'm looking in there.
Can you see the apples I ate this morning?
I don't see any apples,
but I do see your eardrum
and the little bones
that conduct your hearing.
Wow. What about bananas?
No bananas, but a little bit of earwax.
Can you see my brain?
-Nope, I can't see your brain.
-Oh.
-Can I look on the other side?
-Yeah.
No bananas on that side either.
-Oh.
-Eardrums, wax, and little, tiny bones.
-Oh yeah. I had watermelon.
-[chuckles]
-Should I listen to your heart?
-Yeah.
-Let's listen with my stethoscope.
-Okay.
Let's take a listen.
Boom, boom, boom.
Your heart is going very fast.
-Are you nervous?
-No, I'm excited.
Oh, that happens sometimes too.
I'm gonna listen to your lungs now.
-Okay.
-Take a deep breath.
[both breathing deeply]
Good job, Herbie. Everything sounds great.
Hooray.
-Can I touch your tummy?
-Sure.
-All right, let me touch that belly.
-[giggles]
Sorry. I didn't know you were so ticklish.
-I'm ticklish. [giggles]
-Okay, okay. All right, you're good.
Can I listen to your heart?
Sure. Would you like to try
the stethoscope?
-Yeah.
-Okay, absolutely. Here you go.
Should I put it on you?
-Yeah, can you?
-Yeah.
-Let's put it on.
-Okay.
Here, this is where my heart is.
It's on the left side.
Oh.
You have a nice heartbeat.
-Oh, thank you.
-It's a very nice heart.
-Thank you.
-I can tell you really care.
I do. I do care, Herbie.
You did a great job today, Herbie.
Can I give you a sticker?
Yeah.
-Here you go.
-[Herbie gasps]
-Thank you.
-You're welcome.
I'm gonna go see my next patient now.
It's been nice spending time with you.
-Okay, bye.
-All right, bye.
Bye-bye.
Next time I'll bring the popsicles.
Hi, I'm Ms. Ashley.
What letter do you hear
at the beginning of the word "doctor"?
Yes, the letter D.
Can you say it with me?
D.
-[soft chiming]
-Great job!
[gentle music playing]
That was a great checkup,
and now we're back home again.
At home, you can pretend to be the doctor.
You can give a checkup to your grown-up
or a stuffie.
Do you have a stuffie
you could get out right now?
And we'll pretend to do
a checkup on the stuffie together.
I have a
puppy.
Yeah.
He's so cute. His name is Puppy.
Hi, Puppy.
"Hello. Woof, woof!"
[chuckles]
Let's pretend we're the doctor
knocking on the door.
Knock, knock, knock. Can you do that?
Knock, knock, knock.
Hello, I'm Dr. Rachel.
What's your name, doctor?
Hi, Puppy!
First, I'm gonna see how much you weigh.
Step on my scale.
Can you make your stuffed animal
step on the scale?
Step on the scale.
I'm pretending my hand is a scale.
Yeah.
Oh. The puppy weighs seven pounds.
How much does your stuffed animal weigh?
Great.
Now, Puppy,
we need to see how tall you are.
We need to see how much you've grown.
I'm gonna pretend
that I'm measuring the puppy.
[gasps softly] My puppy is one foot.
How tall is your stuffed animal?
Great! Good job, Puppy.
I'm proud of you.
"Woof, woof. Thank you."
Next, I need to look at Puppy's…
What are those?
What do we see with?
Our… eyes.
I need to look at your eyes.
Let's get out our ophthalmoscope.
Oh, wow, Puppy.
Your eyes are looking great.
Did you look at
your stuffed animal's eyes?
Good job.
Now, we need to look
in our stuffed animal's…
What are these? What do we hear with?
Our… ears.
Good job. We need to look in your ears.
Do you want to touch the otoscope first
to see what it feels like?
[gasps softly] Let's let Puppy touch it.
Yeah. That's our otoscope.
Yeah.
Let's look in your ears now.
"Okay."
Look in your stuffed animal's ears.
Oh, looks great.
Is there anything
in your stuffed animal's ears?
Puppy's ears look very healthy.
Good job, Puppy. I'm so proud of you.
[music ends]
Hi. Can you help me find my stethoscope?
Where is my stethoscope?
[mysterious music playing]
[items clattering]
Where could it be?
Hmm…
[items clattering]
-[horn honks]
-[chicken clucks]
Do you see my stethoscope?
It's on my elbow?
No, that's not it.
[gasps] It's on my knee?
Hmm. That's not it either.
What?
It's on my head?
-[party horn blows]
-Oh, yay. We found it.
[cheerful music playing]
Now, we need to look in Puppy's…
What's this?
Yeah, the mouth.
Yeah. Let's get out our tongue depressor.
Let's pretend that Puppy
doesn't know how to say aah.
Let's show him.
Help me on the count of three.
One,
two,
three.
Aah.
"Thank you for showing me!"
Okay, Puppy. Say ah.
Aah!
Your mouth looks great.
[cheerful music continues]
Next, we need to listen to Puppy's
heart.
What do we use to listen to the heart?
A… stethoscope.
Yeah, stethoscope.
Let's put it on
and listen to Puppy's heart.
Okay, Puppy.
Boom, boom. Boom, boom. Boom, boom.
Can you do that?
Boom, boom. Boom, boom. Boom, boom.
Your heart sounds great, Puppy.
Now take a deep breath.
I'm gonna listen to your lungs.
Can you help Puppy take a deep breath?
He can't remember how.
[breathing deeply]
Good job.
[breathing deeply]
"I did it!"
Great job, Puppy. You took a deep breath.
Thanks for helping.
I Am Going to the Doctor
by Ms. Rachel.
Illustrated by Loryn Brantz.
Today, I am going to the doctor
for a checkup.
My mommy will be there with me
the whole time.
I can choose a toy to take with me.
[birds chirping]
First, we will check in at the desk.
[computer beeping]
There are toys and books
in the waiting area.
I can play with the toys
and read the books.
[door opens]
The nurse is a nice helper.
She will call my name.
Mommy and I will go to a room.
The nurse will tell me
to step on the scale.
The scale shows the nurse
how much I weigh.
The nurse will take my height.
I can see how much I have grown!
I will meet the doctor.
He is a nice helper.
The doctor will look in my eyes.
The doctor will look in my ears.
The doctor will look in my mouth.
He will listen to my heart and lungs
with a stethoscope.
He will check my tummy.
He will check my neck.
The doctor and my mommy will talk.
After that,
I will be all done with my checkup!
I can choose a sticker!
I will feel proud!
[gentle music playing]
I will go back home with my mommy.
When I'm home, I can play!
[cheerful music playing]
Next, we feel our stuffed animal's… neck.
Let's try that.
Feels good.
Now we feel our stuffed animal's… tummy!
Touch the tummy.
Your tummy is great, Puppy.
[music ends]
Sometimes when you go to the doctor,
they might take your blood pressure.
They take mine sometimes.
And for that,
they put something on like this.
And it feels like
a tight squeeze on your arm.
It feels like a big arm hug.
Puppy, we're gonna squeeze this
and take your blood pressure.
[air puffing]
Does that feel like
a big hug or a squeeze?
Yeah!
[soft chiming]
[music ends]
Hmm…
Which stethoscope is different?
[drumroll]
Yes, this one.
-[soft chiming]
-Great job!
Now, let's check Puppy's reflexes.
Boop. "Whoo!"
[chuckles] That's silly. Boop.
"Whoo!"
Boop. "Wow!"
Great reflexes, Puppy.
Do you remember what Dr. Hoffman told us
we can do to stay healthy?
Let's tell Puppy.
We need to tell our stuffed animals.
Be active. What does that mean?
Run around.
Go to the playground and climb.
Have fun outside.
[cheerful music playing]
And eat a variety of foods.
What's your favorite food?
My favorite food is strawberries.
They're so yummy.
And spend time with your family.
Get lots of love.
[gentle music playing]
Those things help us stay healthy.
Our stuffed animals
are done with their checkups.
Great job. Should we give them stickers?
Should I give Puppy a sticker?
Yeah? Here's your sticker, Puppy.
You did a great job. And I'm proud of you.
[music ends]
-Doctor?
-Yes?
Do you have a doctor?
Of course I have a doctor.
Does everyone go to the doctor?
Most people do go to the doctor, yes.
I have one question.
-Sure.
-Where's my heart?
It's on the left side of your chest.
I'll show you. Right here.
[gasps] Oh, right there.
-It's right there.
-I know where my nose is.
Where's your nose?
Right there.
Ah. Honey, you got it right.
I got it.
Where is your nose? ♪
Where could it be? ♪
Where is your nose? ♪
Point to it with me ♪
Yeah, you got it.
[horns honking]
Where are your eyes? ♪
Where could they be? ♪
Where are your eyes? ♪
Point to them with me ♪
Yeah, we have two eyes.
[whistle swells]
Where is your mouth? ♪
Where could it be? ♪
Where is your mouth? ♪
Point to it with me ♪
That's our mouth. You got it.
[musical chiming]
Where are your ears? ♪
Where could they be? ♪
Where are your ears? ♪
Point to them with me ♪
[boinging]
[music ends]
Next, let's pretend
that Puppy fell off his bike.
He needs some Band-Aids.
Can you help?
Thank you!
Let's get out our Band-Aid case.
Say "open," and it will open.
Open ♪
-[soft chiming]
-Great!
It opened.
[cheerful music playing]
[dings]
Can you help me
put the Band-Aids on Puppy?
Thank you!
You say "on," and they'll go on.
Put it on, put it on, put it… ♪
On.
Great.
The Band-Aid's on Puppy.
Let's put one on Puppy's arm.
Put it on, put it on, put it… ♪
On.
Oh, wonderful.
Puppy is feeling so much better.
Next, let's get out my blue Band-Aid.
I think I have
a blue Band-Aid in my pocket.
Here it is.
Let's put this one on Puppy's other arm.
Ready?
Put it on, put it on, put it… ♪
On.
Oh. Puppy's feeling so much better.
Thank you for helping him.
[magical chiming]
"I feel better!"
I'm so glad you feel better.
Would you like a hug?
"Yeah."
[cheerful music plays]
[popping]
[man] How many stickers are there?
Let's count them.
One, two,
three, four…
five.
Five stickers.
-[soft chiming]
-Great job!
We learned so much today
about going to the doctor.
We learned that a doctor is a helper
and that you can take
a special stuffed animal to the doctor.
Peekaboo! [chuckles]
We also learned
all the things a doctor checks
to make sure
that you're healthy and growing.
I know when you visit the doctor,
you're going to have a wonderful visit.
Don't forget that you're an amazing kid.
And I'm so proud of you.
Bye-bye, friends ♪
Bye-bye, friends ♪
Bye-bye, friends ♪
We'll see you again real soon ♪
Bye-bye.
[upbeat music playing]
[inaudible]
[music fades]