#219 Wimzie Sees It All

After some pretend allergies on the part of Jonas and Horace, the big event of the day occurs: Graziella enters with a present for Wimzie. It is a new telescope, given to her as an award, that she gives to Wimzie because Wimzie wants to be an astronaut. The children are disappointed that they cannot use the telescope during the day; finally night arrives and Wimzie and her mother look at constellations and the moon. The next day Wimzie wants to use the telescope and looks at clouds, then at the neighbor: Mr Ludwig is somersaulting in his pajamas! Looking at her own front porch, she sees Horace's mother tucking away a new red bicycle. Soon all the children are gazing around the neighborhood, laughing their heads off at the various sights. Yaya catches on, and reprimands the children for not respecting others' privacy. Wimzie lets the news about the new bicycle slip out and is chagrined at spoiling the surprise for Horace. Later, Horace smells smoke and Wimzie cleverly uses the telescope to detect a fire in the neighborhood but is in conflict about whether to tell Yaya. She does and Yaya calls Rousso who puts the fire out. Wimzie gives the credit to Horace. Bo tells on Wimzie for using the telescope. Wimzie says she wasn't playing, but checking on something dangerous. Rousso says the firehouse will give medals to both Horace and Wimzie.

 

Theme: Privacy  
  • Children will learn that in dangerous situations, it is sometimes all right not to follow the rules.
  • Children will learn spoiling surprises makes others unhappy.
  • Children will learn respecting others' privacy is important.

Vocabulary:
constellation
telescope
spying
respecting privacy

Suggested Activities:
Before you view: Wimzie gets a wonderful telescope today. But what does she do with it?
While you view: See suggestions in "How to use this guide"
After you view: Go back to your pre-viewing activity and have the children respond to the question.
(Answer: She uses it to see constellations, spy on the neighbors, ruin Horace's surprise, and stop a fire.) Talk about what you have seen and take some time to discuss it.

Extended Learning Activities
Option 1: Making Telescopes (Craft Activity)
Materials required: Paper towel tubes are perfect but stiff paper rolled into tubes and taped is fine too; star stickers, paint, markers
Decorate tubes and talk about what would be fun to see. Look out the window through the telescopes, or go outside and look around. Talk about the difference between these play telescopes and real ones (play ones do not make faraway objects look bigger and closer). If you have a telescope, binoculars, or magnifying glasses, children can try them out and see how lenses change what we see.

Option 2: Making A Water Drop Magnifier (Science Activity-Older Children)
Materials required: Newspaper, plastic wrap, straws or eyedroppers.

Put a small square of newspaper on table and cover with plastic wrap. Let children use dropper or straws to make a big water drop on the plastic over a word on the newspaper and see how the word looks bigger through the water drop.


Option 3: Thinking About Privacy (Discussion Activity)
Materials required: None
This discussion applies more to older children than younger. Talk about times we are doing things we don't want everyone to watch. Going to the bathroom? Taking a nap? Telling our mother a secret? Feeling sad when we did something not quite right? Children may think differently about privacy than adults do.

Theme Related Books:
Owl Moon, Jane Yolen. NY: Scholastic.
Each Peach Pear Plum, Janet and Allen Ahlberg. NY: Scholastic.
Mooncake. Moondance. Moongame, All by Frank Asch. NY: Scholastic.
Night in the Country, Cynthia Rylant. NY: Bradbury Press, 1986.
My Picture Book of the Planets, Nancy E. Krulik. NY: Scholastic.

Notes
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

 

                     
 
 
Kids Grownups TV Schedule Caregivers
 
  Copyright 1998 © CINAR Films Inc. in trust.
All rights reserved.