1. EXT. CLUBHOUSE ON A HILL (WIDE) – DAY 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. 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? 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! 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). 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. ELINOR 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. 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? 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! 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? 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> 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. 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. 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 (laughing) I think we have a Clubhouse problem. ELINOR Yep, too many members and not enough Clubhouse. 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. 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. 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. ARI I guess they need bigger shells. Hazel Like we need a bigger Clubouse. ELINOR 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. ELINOR 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. 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. 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. ELINOR (CONT’D) (thrilled, penny drops) <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!! ArI Elinor, you’ve figured it out AGAIN! Hazel takes out her crayon and starts drawing. HaZEL I’ll draw up some plans. ARI And I’ll organize the others to gather up stuff to use to GROW OUR CLUBHOUSE. (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. 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. 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? HaZEL, Ari, Sally, Kai We are READY!!! 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. 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. 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.