Really nice first Draft Kathy! 1. EXT. CLUBHOUSE ON A HILL (WIDE) – DAY I do like the direction this script has gone. This builds scenes that will delight young children and keep them engaged throughout the episode. It models important social emotional learning such as team work and inclusion. One of the strategies I use while reviewing the scripts is to focus in on what the ‘take away’ message is for 4 years olds from the 11 minute episode. From both the characters and the viewers point of view it seems the major question asked should be more about the clubhouse expanding then about the snails. How can we make a clubhouse with enough space for everyone when people keep joining (our club is growing)? Then when they learn from observing the snail that the shell grows as the snail grows, the characters get the idea of adding on additions to the clubhouse as needed. As for the life science learning I would focus on the idea that snails / clubs need shelter and shelters needs to provide appropriate space to live and play. It might be good to use the language of shelter and space when possible. Open on a pretty, green, summer glade. We hear indistinct <SFX: CHILDREN’S CHATTER> IN ON: a big cardboard box “clubhouse” with cut-out windows, perched on a very small hill. Now we hear voices coming from inside the box more clearly, and we can see ELINOR, HAZEL and SALLY BEAVER through the window. (NOTE: Perhaps Sally is a little younger than our mains, so they can explain things to her). We can also see TWO CUTE SNAILS (One bigger and one smaller) perched on the window sill. before line 1 - we hear voices coming from inside the box - suggest we write some dialogue for our actors so I can add it off the top but drop the volume so its not really clear - ie. Elinor can express how excited she is to have Sally join them... Elinor Ready? THROUGH THE WINDOW: Elinor and Hazel start the Explorers Pledge (complete with hand gestures). ELINOR AND hAZEL An Explorer is brave! They cross their arms over their chests. Sally Beaver follows along repeating the words and the gestures SALLY An explorer is brave! ELINOR AND hAZEL An Explorer is kind! Elinor and Hazel put their hands over their hearts. Sally An Explorer is kind. Suddenly we hear someone approaching! It’s ARI, running towards the clubhouse as the voices continue. ELINOR AND HAZEL An Explorer is CURIOUS! THROUGH THE WINDOW: Elinor and Hazel put their hands to their brows, looking. At the same moment, OUTSIDE Ari DOES see something that stops him in his tracks. He takes a moment to check out the snails on the windowsill. ArI Oooooh. ELINOR AND HAZEL An Explorer is CURIOUS! Ari is roused from his reverie and keeps going. 2. INT. CLUBHOUSE -- DAY Elinor, Hazel and Sally say the last line together, arms wide out in joyous wonder. (ala Julie Andrews in Sound of Music but without the spinning). Elinor, hazel and Sally WHO KNOWS WHAT WE’LL FIND!!! Ari bursts into the box. Ari Sorry I’m late, Explorers! What did I miss? I just want to flag that saying 'explorer' and following it with the name may sound mummbled when recording. Especially 'explorer Ari' - the words meld together. If this is a concern then I suggest they only use it to introduce Sally in line 11 and Ari can repeat it in line 12 but then we just use their names. We can decide at the record if we find the actors are struggling with it. ElINOR (proudly) Hi Explorer Ari! We’ve just been welcoming the newest member of our Club – Explorer Sally Beaver. ARI A new member!! Awesome! Welcome Explorer Sally! "So, is Explorers Club anyway?" should read "So, what's the Explorer's Club anyway?" SaLLY Thanks, Explorer Ari. I’m so excited to be part of the Club! So, is Explorers Club anyway? Ari makes his way to the windowsill and checks out the snails (the others don’t notice yet). Love that this line points out asking questions are good. I also think the addition of explaining the 'club' will help the young viewers . ELINOR Good question, Explorer Sally! The Explorers Club is a group of friends (we call them members). We meet in the Explorer Clubhouse. Then we go through the Club Checklist, right Hazel? HaZEL Right! Hazel holds up her notebook. suggest maybe we capitalize 'outside' so our actors emphasize it - so there's a reason for Ari to exphasize 'inside' in line 17 ELINOR Can we add something here to build this definition...to investigate or to look, feel, smell, and listen to everything around you to learn new ideas. Then we go outside and look at EVERYTHING! That’s exploring! So, let’s... Elinor antics to exit the door, but Ari interrupts her. ArI Wait a second, Explorer Elinor. I have something we can explore ...INSIDE the Clubhouse! ElINOR (interested) Really? What is it Explorer Ari? ARI Ta-DAH! Ari proudly gestures to the windowsill. ANGLE ON: Two nice snails crawling along the window ledge. ELINOR <GASP!> Snails! Elinor, Hazel and Sally join Ari at the windowsill admiring the snails. how do the others react to this comment? ARI Meet Norma and Lou-Lou. I named them after my Aunties. A beat then... Ari (CONT’D) They look just like them. The Explorers take a minute to look closely at their new friends. SCIENCE MOMENT CU: ELINOR Wow, they do look like your Aunties - except for their antennae. The Snails wiggle their antennae to demo. The Explorers watch for a beat or two as the snails crawl slowly along. It goes on just long enough to be funny. ELINOR (CONT’D) But they sure don’t move very fast. ARI <GASP!> Wait a minute, I just had a great idea! Norma and Loulou can be our Explorer Club MASCOTS! ELINOR, hAZEL, SALLY Ooooh/ Cool!/ YES! This is a new word for Sally. SallY Uh…what’s a mac-sot? ARI MasCOT! It’s like a pet…for the whole CLUB!! SALLY Oh, I LOVE pets. HazEL And Norma and Loulou will make perfect club mascots! We’ll always know where they are! Mascots – check! Hazel draws a picture of a snail and makes a check-mark. ELINOR Okay! Now if that’s everything on the checklist, then it’s time to go EX... HaZEL Wait a minute Explorer Elinor! We do have one more thing. ON: her checklist - there’s a picture of the clubhouse. HaZEL (CONT’D) Take care of the Clubhouse! ELINOR Oh, right! Thank you Explorer Hazel - Explorers MUST take care of their Clubhouse before they EXPLORE! Elinor, Ari, Hazel and Sally tidy up, picking up some papers and crayons and stacking them in the corner, straightening a picture on the wall - that kind of thing. ELINOR (CONT’D) Okay, we made Sally our new member, we found our new mascots, AND we took care of the clubhouse. Now it’s finally time for the Explorer Club to…! Elinor is interrupted, KAI WOMBAT pokes his head in the door. Kai Hey! What are you guys doing? HAZEL Hi, Kai. We’re having a meeting of the Explorer’s Club. Wanna join? action after line 38 - Tito Mouse pokes his head in - then gives a big grin as if to say 'Me Too!?' this will be a cute moment and give reason to Elinor's next line KAI Sure! At that moment TITO MOUSE pokes his nose in beside Kai. ELINOR You too, Tito, come on in. The Explorer’s Club is for everybody!! HaZEL That’s the Explorer Way! The Clubhouse is getting pretty crowded and as everyone settles into place, Kai notices Norma and Loulou. KAI Oooh, nice snails. And we take another look at the snails in CU: happily crawling along the windowsill. ArI (proudly) They’re our Club mascots! "Even if it was just the windowsill" should we not keep this present tense since they're still exploring the windowsill? ELINOR (good naturedly) And they’re the only ones who have done any exploring today. Even if it was just the windowsill. HaZEL Don’t worry Elinor, we’ll ALL go exploring, right after we teach Kai and Tito the Club Pledge. Elinor leads, with gestures: ELINOR Okay, everybody!! Repeat after me! An Explorer is brave! NOTE: So far Tito has not spoken, and I think he can remain silent if all the other Explorers do the pledge. Thoughts? Its a bit odd that he's not saying the pledge - when he's asked to repeat - unless we play it that he's late each time - he looks to them when they say it and then with a big smile opens his mouth about to say it but Camilla enters HAZEL, ari, sally, Kai An Explorer is BRAVE!! Suddenly, CAMILLA DROMEDARY pokes her head in the window. Camilla Explorer?? Did you say Explorer? I LOVE exploring!! ELINOR Then join our club! Camilla Be right in! It takes some doing as she squeezes inside, they can all barely fit! ELINOR Hoookey, let’s start the club pledge... Suddenly the GOAT TWINS poke their noses in the door. Goat twins (in unison) Any room for us? ELINOR Uh, sure... HaZEL The Explorers Club is for everybody! They squeeze inside, now there’s REALLY no room. ElINOR Okay time to start the... HaZEL Whoops, I dropped my crayon! She ducks down trying to retrieve it, causing the whole group to squirm and squish. ANGLE ON: her hand fishing for the crayon as we see a grouping of feet all shuffling as the crayon is accidentally kicked around - finally... HaZEL (CONT’D) Got it! Hazel stands up triumphant. Suddenly <SFX: Crunch, crunch, crunch> I can see this is helping to set up the challenge of the clubhouse being too small but I wonder if it would be distracting to kids from the problem? It's not really a big deal but I don't ever see granolla as kids snacks when I'm in low income settings. Many will not even know what it is. the word "snack" or "crackers" might be better. KAI (mouth full) Anybody want some granola? I made it myself. ELINOR, ari, hazel, sally (ad lib) Sure!/I’ll have some/pass it over!!/ Me too! More general shifting as the granola is shared. HAZEL Okay, Explorers, let’s get this pledge started so we can get out of here! An explorer is… Just that moment Ari (squished in the far corner beside the window) calls out. ARI (calling out) Has anybody seen Norma and Loulou?! They were just here a second ago. ELINOR, hazel, sally (ad lib ) Nope/ Sorry/ They’re not over here. 3. EXT. SMALL HILL -- CONTINUOUS Ari sticks his head out the window and calls. NOTE: Maybe Norma and Louolou are crawling upside down along the top of the window. ArI Norma!! Loulou!! (looking around) NORMAAAA!! LOULOU!!!!!!! The Clubhouse starts to teeter as Ari’s gestures and the kid movements inside destabilize it. I dont think the clubhouse shiifting back and forth works. Once it starts to tip due to Ari leaning out - i feel it'll continue in that direction. Unless they intentionally force themselves to go to the other side, tipping it in the other direction, overcompensating so its tipping too far. They force themsleves the other way etc...until it tips. ArI (CONT’D) Wha-oh! After shifting back and forth a couple of times... Elinor, Hazel, Ari, SAlly, kai WHOOOAAAW, WHOOOOAAAAAW, WHOOAAAAAA It tips over and entire Clubhouse comically tumbles over and rolls down the (small) hill. should we not have Camila and goat twins also laughing? ELINOR, HAZEL, ARI, sally, kai (CONT’D) (laughing) As the clubhouse tumbles Ari flies out the window ANGLE ON: he lands a little way off. ArI Norma? Loulou? 4. EXT. BOTTOM OF THE HILL -- DAY Hazel climbs out first, then comes Elinor. Hazel can crawl out with some papers on her head - The ones they were stacking earlier HazEL I like this...calling out "we have a problem" (laughing) I think we have a Clubhouse problem. I wonder if Elinor should define the problem more clearly as that is an engineering goal in the framework. The problem is more about the many friends they want to join and the club house is not big enough for them all to be inside. They need more clubhouse space. ELINOR Yep, too many members and not enough Clubhouse. Again I love that Hazel is asking this question. The question implies action and agency of the characters to help solve their problems. HAZEL What are we going to do? ANGLE ON: Meanwhile Ari, who has landed a little ways away, is looking for the snails. ArI Norma! Loulou! Where are youoooo? BACK ON: The kids brainstorm, calling ideas as they climb out of the clubhouse. First, Kai. I was wondering about....changing the "maybe's" to "I wonder if" statements. It really mean the same thing but more clearly models this type of questioning/thinking. KAI Maybe we could get a bigger box? ELINOR Maybe...but what would we do when even MORE friends join the Club. Here comes Sally. SaLLY Maybe we can have two boxes? HAZEL But then we wouldn’t all be together. I like this line too. It seems this is an opportunity to need team work...exploring together and building togehter and thinking together is better because we learn more and get things done that we could not alone. You don't need to say this. I just think there maybe an opportunity to have this be an underlying concept. ELINOR And that’s what the Explorers Club is all about - exploring TOGETHER! At this moment Ari runs up in a bit of a panic! ARI Has anyone seen Norma and Loulou? I can’t find them any…why are you all smiling? ANGLE ON: All his friends are smiling at him. HAZEL Because Norma and Loulou are fine, Ari. ELINOR And they’re on your SHOULDER! The kids erupt in <SFX: LAUGHTER>. Ari smiles as Hazel (using a leaf) gently takes the little snails off his shoulders and puts them on a nearby rock. SCIENCE CU ON: The snails, mildly disturbed they disappear back into their shells. Elinor notices. ELINOR (CONT’D) Ooooh. Norma and Lou-Lou disappeared right inside their shells. That’s SO interesting. HaZEL It’s like they have little Clubhouses on their backs! ELINOR <GASP> Like us! Only we don’t carry our clubhouse on our backs. Hmmmm. I wonder what happens when they grow. lines 83-85 I like how the thought is broken up between the 3 of them ARI I guess they need bigger shells. Hazel Like we need a bigger Clubouse. action after line 85 - good suggestion to have the others go off to fix the clubhouse - therefore we dont have to visually show/spend time watching them get it up the hill and tip over so its right side up ELINOR Would it be too chunky to have Elinor say "We need more observations to help solve our problem"? Right! AND we need MORE observations!! Quick thinking Hazel reaches into the Club-house and hands Elinor her magnifying glass. She also takes out her Explorer’s Nature book. NOTE: Maybe this Science moment can be between Elinor, Hazel and Ari as the other kids work on setting up the Clubhouse in the background. ELINOR (CONT’D) Thank you Explorer Hazel! KaI And while you’re observing, we’ll fix the Clubhouse. ELINOR Thank you Explorer Kai! Elinor and her friends examine the two snails more closely. SCIENCE MOMENT CU they slowly emerge from their shells. ELINOR (CONT’D) Norma is a lot bigger than Loulou. And Norma’s shell is waay bigger, too. CLOSE ON: The two shells side by side. HAZEL Maybe that’s because Norma is older than Loulou. ELINOR Maybe. But what’s Loulou going to do when SHE gets older and bigger? HAZEL Does she have to get a NEW shell? ARI I don’t think so, the shells look like they are PART of the snail. good suggestion to use a blade of grass to point to the ring - otherwise her finger would be too big ELINOR The question about how do they make shells bigger might not need to be asked...the characters could continue on with their observations. The How is really hard to answer...although you do a nice job keeping it observational. Hmmmmm…So I guess the shells get bigger as the snail grows. But how do the snails make their shells bigger? MAGNIFYING GLASS CU: Elinor examines Loulou more closely, pointing to the spiral rings of the snail shell (maybe with a piece of grass). ELINOR (CONT’D) Look. Loulou’s shell gets bigger by winding around in a spiral. (she demos the shape) She has one, two, three rings. Elinor turns her attention to Norma. should we not have her say her tag line 'Thats soooo interesting!" - unless we dont want to overuse it since she said it in line 80 ELINOR (CONT’D) But Norma’s shell has one, two, three, four, five, six rings - that’s a lot more. Iiiinteresting. ANGLE ON: Hazel makes a drawing of this in her note-pad, counting the rings as she draws. HAZEL One, two, three, four, five, six! Elinor consults Hazel’s drawing. ELINOR Wait a minute, the snail shell winds around, starting small and getting bigger with each ring!! I think the snails are ADDING to their shells to make them BIGGER! Hazel consults her (pictorial) Nature Book. Visuals: Jorge and daniel - we can discuss this visual treatment. We want to be sure it doesnt look like she has a 'magical' book that animates pictures. For them its a still picture book. HaZEL You’re right, Elinor – see! She points to a simple diagram of a snail that animates as the snail shell grows and confirms Elinor’s theory. HAZEL (CONT’D) The snail gets bigger as it gets older, and so does its shell. ELINOR You were right, Hazel, Norma is OLDER than Loulou. And as she got bigger Norma ADDED rings to her shell to make it bigger too. """<GASP!> And that’s what WE’RE going to do too!"" suggest removing ""too!"" since we just finished the previous line (line 99) with ""too"" - sounds a bit odd when read out loud " ELINOR (CONT’D) (thrilled, penny drops) I like this ah ha moment.... <GASP!> And that’s what WE’RE going to do too! We’ll GROW our Clubhouse by adding on more parts, just like the snails do!! Can we get the word 'solution' in here? or found a way to solve our problem ArI Elinor, you’ve figured it out AGAIN! Hazel takes out her crayon and starts drawing. HaZEL I’ll draw up some plans. """let's roll!"" can we come up with a different comment - thats a very familiar response especially for shows with vehicles. Maybe he makes a reference to the snails - ""Lets move like a snail!"" no, wait..that'll take all day!"" - gag " ARI And I’ll organize the others to gather up stuff to use to GROW OUR CLUBHOUSE. Yes the words "organize others" is not quite preschool lingo (to the others) Come on EXPLORERS - let’s roll! CROSSFADE TO: EXT. CLUBhOUSE – LATER CU: On Hazel’s drawing, an imaginative one that makes room for ALL the animals. Tito isnt the size of a mouse - he's approx the same size as the other kids - therefore the mouse hole doesnt work . Also, Camilla stands upright on two legs so her hump isnt the heighest point. maybe instead of it being about doors - it can be about different rooms so they can spread out - a reading room, toy room etc. - which also works better with line 107 "theres room for everyone!" HAZEL Okay we have a mouse hole for Tito, two matching doors for the twins, a sunrooom with a dome for Camilla’s hump. Anything else? ELINOR Hmmm, maybe we need a door on the roof, in case the Giraffe family visits there will be room for their tall necks. HAZEL Ooooh, good idea. Hazel quickly adds one. Elinor admires the plans. I like this line...the idea that everyone is welcome to the club no matter how different they are is an important message (: ELINOR Wow, nice work Hazel, that’s a perfect Clubhouse - there’s room for EVERYONE. (calling) Ari? How is the building material collection going? ArI Super-dee-duper, if I do say so myself! WIDEN TO REVEAL: The Explorers are standing beside a colorful pile of random and whimsical building materials -- snow-saucers, posters, pieces of wood, branches with leaves, sheets of colorful fabric and colorful decorations - etc. ELINOR Wow, look at all this great stuff. We’re gonna have the coolest Clubhouse ever! (to the group) Explorers, are you ready? is camilla and the goat twins still there? should they not say it as well HaZEL, Ari, Sally, Kai We are READY!!! great opportunity to show teamwork ELINOR Then let’s get BUILDING!!! CLUB-BUILDING MONTAGE The kids sing as we show a montage of them building the clubhouse addition. Elinor, Hazel, Ari Room for everyone! Room for everyone! Everyone is welcome, ‘cause there’s room for everyone!! Elinor: We have a lot of friends, Hazel: And a club that’s really fun, ARI: We had a awesome Clubhouse ELINOR: But we need a bigger one! HAZEL: We‘ll add on rooms and sections. ARI: Like our snails, we’ll get it done. (ANGLE ON: The Snails) ELINOR: Our Club keeps growing bigger, we need... ALL: ROOM FOR EVERYONE! Room for everyone! Room for everyone! Explorer’s Club is AWESOME cause there’s room for everyone!! END MONTAGE! Hazel checks her plans. HaZEL I think we’ve got everything except the door on the roof! PAN UP TO REVEAL: The REAL Clubhouse and all the Explorers working on it. Kai pops through a door in the roof. would kai be able to reach to pop his head up through the roof door? - do we take the opportunity to have a visual gaga of him on another characters shoulders? KaI One roof door - DONE! Elinor looks on with satisfaction. ELINOR Now THAT’S a Clubhouse for EVERYONE! Hazel And we have lots of extra building stuff if need to make it bigger later. ANGLE ON: Extra stuff. ELINOR Great! So now that the Clubhouse is finished, it’s time to go EXPLORING!! Finally! Come on Explorers! The Explorers happily approach, but Ari runs up in a panic. ArI We can’t go yet! I’ve lost Norma and Loulou AGAIN!! A beat as he looks at his smiling friends and figures it out. ARI (CONT’D) Don’t tell me. They’re on my shoulder, aren’t they? (covering) I knew that. Hazel again uses a leaf to put them gently on a rock ELINOR Explorers, are you ready? Hazel, ari, sally, kai, Camilla, GoatS We are READY!!! Elinor leads her friends(with gestures) as they march OS. Love the last line. ELINOR, Hazel, ari, sally, kai, Camilla, Goat Twins An Explorer is BRAVE, an Explorer is KIND!! An Explorer is CURIOUS!!! WHO KNOWS WHAT WE’LL FIND!! IRIS OUT, THE END

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ELINOR’S TOWN EP 102 The Amazing Expandable Clubhouse By: Katherine Sandford Elinor’s Question: How does a snail always seem to fit even when the snail grows bigger? Logline: Elinor and her friends run into trouble when so many kids join their club that there’s no more room in the Clubhouse. Curriculum Goals: SEP1 . Asking questions and defining problems. SEP5 . Using mathematics and computational thinking SEP3 . Planning and carrying out investigations SEP4 . Analyzing and interpreting data LS4 . Understand that all animals and plants have a life cycle, can reproduce, and change and grow over time ND3 . ( RTL Crosscutting concept ‘Structure and Function’) Understand that structures and materials in the natural world can be used or can inspire the engineering of structures with similar function in the designed world Main Characters: Elinor, Hazel, Ari, Sally, Kai Secondary Characters: Camilla, Goat Twins (in unison) Incidental Characters: Tito, Norma, LouLou Backgrounds: Top of the hill, Inside the Clubhouse, bottom of the hill Props: notebook, crayon, granola, leaf, magnifying glass, nature book, Clubhouse, building materials OUTLINE: November 23, 2018 FIRST DRAFT: December 10, 2018 ELINOR ARI HAZEL SALLY Kai Cam Camilla Al All Goat twins Elinor, Hazel, Ari HaZEL, Ari, ELINOR, hAZEL, aRI, sALLY SILAS ELINOR, HAZEL, ARI, sally, kai Hazel, ari, sallu, kai, Camilla, Goat Twins (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (SUBTITLE) INT EXT I/E CLUBHOUSE ON A HILL (WIDE) – DAY CLUBHOUSE -- DAY SMALL HILL -- DAY BOTTOM OF THE HILL -- DAY CLUBOUSE – LATER IRIS OUT THE END. DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK.