NARRATOR: Coming up next on "Betsy's
Kindergarten Adventures"--
-It was here a little while ago.
Someone must have taken it.
-No clues.
No suspects.
This isn't going well at all.
-Your birthday party isn't until Friday.
BETSY (VOICEOVER): At first, I was
afraid my birthday was going to get here too soon.
Now it was four whole days away!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
THEME SONG: ABC and .
It's kindergarten time for you and me,
so climb aboard and take a seat for kindergarten fun
with Betsy.
Meet new friends along the way and have adventures every day
with Betsy.
Kindergarten adventures.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
DARNELL: I know it's in here somewhere.
Hmm.
Maybe I put it on the shelf.
Ooh!
Remind me to tidy up my shed, dear.
Here it is!
Of course.
I remember now.
I hid it in the bucket so no one would see it
while I was away on flight duty.
-What is it, Dad?
-A surprise, Betsy.
Stay right here until I call you.
-Your father is full of surprises.
-[LAUGHING]
-It runs in the family.
-OK!
You can come see it now!
Behold my bird bath fountain, with the singing songbird.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[CHIRPING]
BETSY: It's wonderful, Dad!
[CHIRPING]
-Oh no!
-Oh no!
-Nice catch, Gracie.
-Good girl.
A regular bird dog, you are.
BETSY (VOICEOVER): I always wondered
how my dad could make such cool stuff.
And at school later that day, Mrs. O'Connor
told us how people discover and create
cool stuff like my dad does.
She says people use their hands, eyes, ears, noses, and mouths
to explore the world around us.
She called these our five senses.
-All right, kids.
To find out just how good you are at using your five senses,
we're going to play a little game of hide and seek.
I'm it!
-Yay!
-OK, everyone.
Close your eyes.
Now see if you can find me.
-Hey!
Watch where you're going!
-How could I do that?
My eyes are closed.
MRS. O'CONNOR: True, Billy.
But you have other senses to guide you.
-I don't need senses.
I'll just use the force.
Gotcha!
Say, you sure have rough skin, Mrs. O'Connor.
MRS. O'CONNOR: That's not me, Billy.
Can you user your sense of touch to tell what it really is?
-It feels like the bark from a tree.
-Let me take a guess.
I say you're this way?
Whoa!
Well, you're not in the sandbox.
-[SNIFFING] Roses?
Are you hiding in the roses, Mrs. O'Connor?
MRS. O'CONNOR: You're getting warmer, Molly.
[SQUEAKING]
-Listen!
I hear a squeaky sound.
I know I've heard it before.
[SQUEAKING]
The swings!
[SQUEAKING]
-Good work, children.
You found me, using sound and smell.
-Let's see.
We did seeing, hearing, smelling, touching.
There's still one left!
-I know!
Taste!
Snack time!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Definitely my favorite sense.
-Well, it was here a little while ago.
Someone must have taken it.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Gracie, up girl.
-Someone who could jump onto the fountain,
someone who likes birds.
-Oh, Dad.
You don't think Gracie took it?
-And buried it in the yard somewhere.
After all, she is a bird dog.
-Gracie would never do that.
You're just guessing.
You have to use your senses to be sure.
That's what Mrs. O taught us.
DAPHNE: Look, dear.
DARNELL: Paw prints.
BETSY: Seeing is believing, I guess.
DARNELL: It does make sense, Betsy.
After all, there was the time Gracie buried my slippers.
And the time she chewed up the TV remote
and hid it under the bed.
-She was just a little puppy then.
-Well, I'm afraid we gonna have to keep Gracie in the house
when I'm not here, to keep an eye on her.
Well, I'm off to the shed to make another bird.
-Don't worry, Gracie.
Maria and Billy are coming over this weekend.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-[SNIFFING]
BETSY (VOICEOVER): We were going to use Mrs. O's lesson
to show my dad that Gracie couldn't have done it.
OK.
Maybe I was just guessing that she didn't do it.
But look at that face!
Does that look like a bird-napper to you?
Any luck, Billy?
--[SNIFFING] Aw, nothing but dirt so far.
I'm clueless.
-Aw, tragedy.
Convicted of a crime she didn't commit.
-Maria, cool it.
Gracie's just grounded for a while.
-Poor thing.
-She might be hungry.
-Gracie does not eat birds.
-She's part bird dog.
-She would never!
-Sometimes dogs can't help it.
-Whose side are you on, anyway?
Go on.
Go back to work, Billy!
[SNIFFING]
-No clues.
No suspects.
This isn't going well at all.
-Oh, I know!
I could go undercover and do a little spying,
flush out the real culprit.
-I don't think we'll be needing that just yet, Maria.
[MEOW]
-You found something, Billy?
You found more paw prints!
Good boy.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-You don't think Gracie buried my dad's bird right here,
do you?
-Only one way to find out.
No birdie.
-That's good.
For a minute, I thought maybe Gracie did do it.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Look.
I found a clue!
It's a piece of the bird's tail.
MARIA: But where did it come from?
-OK, kids!
Wash up for lunch.
-[SLURP] Oh boy!
Time for my favorite sense!
-Oh well.
Can't do detective work on an empty stomach.
-(WITH HIS MOUTH FULL) Strawberry
and blueberry ice cream.
Mmm.
[DOG WHINING]
-Poor thing.
Still in here while the real birdnapper runs loose.
Maybe right here in this house!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-You don't think Betsy's dad really did it?
-He sure is into birds.
-Don't be silly, Maria.
Why would my dad steal his own bird?
-Eh.
So he could have a reason to make another one?
-Look, Betsy.
I've nearly finished my new bird.
I just love making things!
-Everyone is a suspect.
-My dad did not steal his own bird.
-Cuckoo!
Cuckoo!
Cuckoo!
-But I know who might have!
[MEOW]
[ROAR]
-Oh, no.
My Kitty would never chase a birdie.
Isn't that right?
-[BABBLING]
[GIGGLING]
-Kevin!
Well, he does like to play with things that aren't his.
What's that on his thumb?
I think we found our birdnapper.
-[YAWN]
DAPHNE: Nap time, Kevin.
-No guessing.
We've got to check the evidence and make sure.
-Is this when I get to go undercover?
[MUSIC PLAYING]
This isn't exactly what I had in mind.
-We've got to get a closer look to make sure the paint matches.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[SQUEAK]
-[YAWN]
-Oh, no!
He's going for the thumb.
I've got to save the evidence!
-[CRYING]
-Shh.
It's me, Billy.
Don't cry, Kev.
-Is something the matter, kids?
-Oh.
Uh, uh.
Um, sorry.
Um, we, we didn't mean to scare him.
-Uh, it's just that he's a suspect, in the birdnapping.
-Your little brother?
-Yes, Mom.
You see, the paint on Dad's bird matches
the paint on Kevin's thumb.
-Are you sure that's paint?
-One way to find out, give it the smell test.
[SNIFFING]
-Well?
-Strawberry and blueberry.
-Paint?
-Nope.
Dessert.
-Betsy, you don't want to jump to conclusions
before you've collected all the facts.
Now let Kevin have his nap.
-OK, Mom.
-You're free to go, Kevin.
But don't try to leave town or anything.
-[BABBLING]
-We just don't have any proof.
Everyone is still a suspect.
[MEOW]
BETSY (VOICEOVER): We still had no proof.
But we had a plan.
If the birdnapper struck again, we'd catch him in the act.
When the birdnapper strikes, we bag him in the sack.
[SCRATCHING]
Keep your eyes and ears open.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Get ready.
Now!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Now we gotcha!
[GROWLING]
[BARKING]
-Look!
Your dad's new bird is gone.
It was Gracie all along!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-I coulda told ya.
OK, Gracie, hand over the goods.
[BARKING]
-I still don't think it was Gracie.
-You're just guessing again.
-No I'm not.
I've got evidence.
[TAPPING]
Listen.
[TAPPING]
-What's that tap, tap, tap sound?
[TAPPING]
[BARKING]
[TAPPING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
MARIA: The magpie!
It was collecting shiny things and using
them to build its nest.
Hey!
-Shoo!
-Go away, bird!
-Looks like I was wrong about you, Gracie.
You're a guard dog, not a bird dog.
We need you out in the yard to keep an eye on that crow.
BETSY (VOICEOVER): It was a good thing
that Mrs. O'Connor taught us all about using our senses.
It helped us show my dad that Gracie didn't do it.
Of course, I knew it all the time.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
One of the things I really like about kindergarten
is that you never know what to expect each day.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Weekends are fun.
But I like school better.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[MEOW]
-[BABBLING]
-Off we go in our wild blue pajamas.
Zoom!
--[LAUGHING] It's the wild blue yonder, Betsy.
Not wild blue pajamas.
-What's a yonder?
-Yonder?
Well, yonder means far away or distant.
(SINGING) Off we go, into the wild blue place
that's far away.
-Oh.
[MEOW]
[BARKING]
-Now, you'd better have your breakfast
so you can go off into the wild yellow school bus.
-School?
Today?
-Sure.
It's Monday and we all have our jobs to do.
You have to go to school.
-I have Kevin to take care of.
-And I have a jumbo jet that needs to get Australia.
KEVIN: [BABBLING]
[MEOW]
[BARKING]
-Australia?
But what about my birthday party?
-Your birthday party isn't until Friday.
-Friday?
When is Friday?
-That's four whole days from now.
-Will you be home on Friday?
-You can count on it, kiddo.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[BARKING]
[MEOW]
-Now let's all have breakfast.
-Good idea.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Hmm.
That's odd.
-What's wrong?
DARNELL: I can't seem to find my pilot's cap any place.
DAPHNE: Hmm.
Where did you see it last?
DARNELL: Well, it was on Kevin's head.
-Uh-oh!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
BETSY (VOICEOVER): My dad is an airline pilot.
And he flies his airplane all over the world.
Sometimes he's gone for days and days and days.
And sometimes he's home for days and days and days.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-All right, everyone.
It's morning circle time.
Good morning, everyone.
-Good morning, Mrs. O'Connor!
-Today we'll be learning about the days of the week.
Now, does anybody know what day this is?
Betsy?
-Monday.
-That's right.
And how do we know it's Monday?
-Because we have school?
-Right again, because we all go back to school on Monday.
Does anybody know the rest of the days of the week?
Scott.
-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
-That's very good, Scott.
Does anyone know how many days that makes?
-Oh!
Oh!
Mrs. O'Connor!
Mrs. O'Connor!
Call on me!
I know this!
MRS. O'CONNOR: All right, Billy.
How many days does that make?
-Seven!
It makes seven days!
-That is correct.
-All right!
-Yesterday was--
-Monday.
-Friday.
-Sunday.
-Sunday.
So that makes today--
-Monday!
-That means that tomorrow will be-- Maria?
-Tuesday!
-That's right.
-I remember because I'm having my hair cut on Tuesday
at a real beauty parlor.
-How nice.
And what day comes after Tuesday?
-Wednesday, Mrs. O'Connor!
I know because I have my ballet class
with Madame Dsavrishka on Wednesdays!
She's very exclusive!
-My goodness.
Yes, Scott?
-The next day is Thursday.
I know because Kenji and I always
meet at my house for our block building club.
-Yes.
It's every Thursday afternoon!
-Well, we sure have some very busy people here.
OK.
We've heard all about Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, and Thursday.
What day do you think comes after Thursday?
-One, two, Monday.
Three, Friday.
Oh no!
-Friday!
-That's right.
Friday.
Does anyone have special plans for Friday?
How 'bout you, Betsy?
-Uh-huh.
It's my birthday.
-Awesome!
Happy birthday, Betsy!
-Billy!
Betsy's birthday isn't until Friday!
-I know.
I was practicing.
-Good, Billy.
-Um, Betsy.
I was just wondering, will you be having a party?
-I, I don't know.
-Of course you'll have a party, Betsy.
I spoke with your mother this morning.
-You did?
-Yes.
And she's invited all of us to a big party at your house
after school.
-A party?
Cool!
-But how can everybody come?
Maria is having a haircut.
And Molly has a dance class.
-Um, ballet class!
-Ballet class.
And Kenji and Scott have building block club.
And--
-All those activities will take place way before your birthday.
-They will?
-I know.
I'll show you.
Maria, Molly, Scott, Kenji, will you all come up here, please?
Maria, will you please stand here in front of Tuesday
and pretend to cut your hair?
-[GIGGLING]
-Molly, please pretend you're at your ballet class.
-Oh, all right!
-Scott, Kenji, pretend to be building something with blocks.
-Certainly.
BETSY: I don't understand.
What are we doing?
-We're going to take a little walk
through the days of the week.
Well, here we are at Monday.
-That's today.
-Right.
Today you got up, got dressed, had
breakfast, and came to school.
Tonight you'll go home, have dinner, go to bed.
And when you wake up, it will be--
-Tuesday.
-That's right.
You'll come to school and go home.
-Maria will go and have her hair cut.
[GIGGLING]
-And the next day will be--
BETSY: Wednesday.
I'll come to school.
Molly will have her dance class.
-Ballet class!
-Whoops.
Ballet class.
I'll have dinner, go to sleep.
And the next day will be--
-Thursday!
-We'll have school.
Scott and Kenji will have building block club.
And then it's home, dinner, and bed.
-Which brings us to--
-My birthday.
I mean, Friday.
-That's right!
-Happy birthday, Betsy!
-No.
Not yet, Billy!
-OK.
OK.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
BETSY (VOICEOVER): I guess I don't have to worry about all
my friends coming to my birthday party after all.
It's four whole days until my party.
At first, I was afraid my birthday
was going to get here too soon.
Now it was four whole days away!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
BETSY: Good afternoon.
This is your pilot Betsy speaking.
We will be flying today at about a zillion miles an hour.
Now please put your snack trays up,
sit up straight, and don't fidget.
That is all.
Thank you.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
That was a very good takeoff, eh, copilot Gracie?
[BARKING]
-Here we go, Gracie.
Off to Friday!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
BETSY (VOICEOVER): Monday was a really good day.
I learned that there were seven days in a week, Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
On Tuesday, we had another fun day at school.
Maria left early so her mom could take her
to the beauty parlor to have her hair cut.
On Wednesday, it rained all day.
Molly wore pink tights and showed us her ballet slippers.
Thursday the sun came out again.
Kenji and Scott were very excited
about their building block club.
At last, it was Friday.
School was so much fun today.
I almost didn't want to go home.
When I got home, I couldn't believe my eyes.
My mom had decorated the whole backyard
with streamers and balloons.
-Well, what do you think?
-Oh, Mom.
It's beautiful!
-I'm glad you like it.
I had to work fast to make sure I had everything set up
before Kevin woke up from his nap.
As it was, Kitty kept trying to help.
And you know how much help Kitty can be.
-Mom, is Dad's plane in yet?
[CRYING]
-Oh, dear.
Coming, Kevin.
Coming!
-Happy birthday, Betsy.
-Dad!
You're home!
-I said you can count on me.
-Yes.
And I have to count a lot too.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
That's five whole days.
-Ha ha ha.
It sure is.
-Is that present for me?
-Do you want to open it now?
BETSY: He's beautiful!
And I know just what I'm going to name him.
-Oh?
What?
-I'm going to name him Friday.
-Friday?
Why Friday?
-Because my birthday is on Friday.
And Friday is the day you came home.
[LAUGHTER]
-Sounds like your guests are arriving.
-Hi, everyone!
This is my dad.
CHILD: Nice to meet you.
CHILD: Well, hello.
It's nice to meet you.
-Happy birthday, Betsy!
-You must be Billy.
-Yeah.
How did you know?
-Just a lucky guess.
-What a cute rabbit!
-It's a kangaroo.
And his name is Friday.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[LAUGHTER]
NARRATOR: Visit the "Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures"
website and see how Betsy's getting ready for school.
Play games, color pictures, and meet all of Betsy's friends
at pbskids.org.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
BETSY (VOICEOVER): My friends and I love to read.
You can find all kinds of fun and interesting books
to read at your local library.
Visit the library in your town today
to have your own adventures, just like me.
[LAUGHING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Did you brush your teeth?
-I sure did, because brushing your teeth
helps keep them healthy and strong.
-That's right.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
-Blub blub blub blub.
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