1. EXT. the park - day A HIGH SHOT up in the trees. We hear <BIRDS TWEETING, LEAVES RUSTLING, CRICKETS CHIRPING>, and then we hear... ELINOR (O.S.) Are you ready to play a new game? OLIVE (o.S.) I love new games! ArI (O.S.) Me too. What is it, Elinor? 2. Ext. The park - cONTINUOUS CLOSE ON: ELINOR. She smiles as she points to her ear. ELINOR It’s called “I Hear With My Big Ear”. Olive and Ari react with curiosity. OliVE Oooh ! I have a big ear. I have two of them. Ari What if I don’t have a big ear? Elinor Okay, let’s call it “I Hear with My Own Ear.” ArI Great. So ... How does it work? ELINOR I tell you what I hear, and you have to find what’s making the sound. OliVE Sounds like fun! ( giggle ) Elinor closes her eyes. Her ears swivel . <BIRDS TWEETING, LEAVES RUSTLING, CRICKETS CHIRPING>. ELINOR Okay, let’s go. I hear with my own ear something that sounds like ... Suddenly we hear <CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH> ELINOR (CONT’D) Crunching! Olive and Elinor look puzzled. <CRUNCH> They turn and look at Ari, who has HALF A CRACKER in his hand and is clearly crunching the other half. OLIVE It’s Ari eating a cracker! Elinor and Olive <giggle> and Ari looks a little guilty. ARI Oops. Sorry. ElinoR It’s okay, Ari. But do you both get the idea of how the game works? Ari nods, finishing his cracker. Olive nods too. OLIVE Yup . Can I try one? ELINOR Sure, Olive. What do you hear with your big ear? Olive <GIGGLES> then listens. OLIVE (giggle) I hear, with my big ear, something that sounds like ... Suddenly there’s a loud MUSICAL STRUM ON A GUITAR. OLIVE (CONT’D) Music?? Ari Where’s that coming from? Surprised, the three of them look around to find the source of the music. ON: SEñOR TAPIR, who is < strumming > his guitar in the park by THE GLOBE (or A GAZEBO). ELINOR It’s Señor Tapir. Come on! They hurry off to see him, as the < strumming> continues. 3. EXT. the park - conTINUOUS The kids rush up to Señor Tapir, who smiles and plays another flourish on his guitar. ElinoR Señor Tapir! Señor tapir Buenos Dias , amigos . So wonderful to see you. He plays a final flourish. ElINOR And wonderful to hear you. Ari points back to where they were. Ari We heard you playing your guitar from all the way over there. Olive So we had to come and say hello. SEñOR TAPIR I’m so glad you did. Are you coming to the concert later? ELINOR There’s going to be a concert?? SEñOR TAPIR Si! The best kind of concert - the kind where anyone can play along. Ari How do we “play along”? Señor Tapir gives his guitar a < strum> . SEñOR TAPIR With musical instruments! It’s exciting, isn’t it? Elinor, Olive and Ari look at each other. Elinor Very exciting ... except ... Ari We don’t have any instruments to play. Señor Tapir nods and strokes his chin. SEñOR TAPIR Ah. That could be a problem. Olive sighs in disappointment. Then she looks at her trunk. She reacts with a smile. Olive Wait a second. I have my own built- in musical instrument. I can trumpet with my trunk. She demonstrates <TRUMPETING>. Elinor < laughs >. Ari does a back flip in excitement. Ari Haha ! I love when you do that. Olive Does that count? Señor Tapir is delighted. SEñOR TAPIR Of course! There are many different ways to make music. You just have to be creative. eLINOR So if we all find musical instruments, we can play in your concert? SEñOR TAPIR That would make me very happy! See you later. He walks off, < strumming> his guitar. ElINOR We’ll be back in time for the concert with ... something . Elinor, Ari and Olive look at each other. ARI How are we going get our own musical instruments? ELINOR Señor Tapir said to be creative. OLIVE That means we have to think about it a different way. Elinor looks at Olive, and her trunk, then gets an idea. ELINOR Olive made music with her trunk. Maybe we can make music with our bodies. What if I do this with my ears? Elinor taps her ears together. No sound. ElinoR (CONT’D) Anything? Ari Nope. How about this? Ari flaps his wings. No real sound. Elinor shakes her head. But then, in the distance, we hear a <TAP, TAP-TAP, TAP>. Elinor reacts. Her ears swivel. ElinOR Wait. I hear with my own ear ... something that sounds like ... a musical instrument. Ari Where? ELINOR It’s coming from the forest. Let’s go! 4. EXT. FOREST – A LITTLE LATER The three walk, looking around, with Elinor in the lead. ArI I don’t see any musicians around. Suddenly, there it is again. <TAP, TAP-TAP, TAP>. Elinor stops. Ari and Olive bump into her. Olive Ooof ! ARI Elinor. Why’d you stop? ELINOR Listen. Do you hear it? They all listen. And then ... <TAP, TAP-TAP, TAP>. ARI That tap-tap-tapping? OLIVE It sounds kind of like a drum. ElinOR But I don’t see anyone drumming. So what’s making that sound? Ari An invisible drummer? ELINOR ( giggle ) I don’t think so. OLIVE Let’s spread out and see if we can find where it’s coming from. WIDE SHOT: They walk in different directions. And then, we hear <TAP, TAP-TAP, TAP>. They stop and listen. The tapping stops. They all walk in a different direction. They hear < tap, tap-tap, tap > again. They stop. Elinor points off in one direction. ELINOR This way. The others follow Elinor. And we hear, louder, a <TAP, TAP-TAP, TAP>. Elinor looks up. ELINOR (CONT’D) I think it’s up in this tree. They look up. ANGLE ON: A WOODPECKER hopping around on the side of the tree, searching for the right spot. Ari All I see is a bird hopping around. The bird stops and taps its beak on the trunk. <TAP TAP TAP> . ELINOR Listen. That little bird is making those tapping sounds. Ari Wow! That’s a pretty loud sound for such a little bird. Why d’you think it’s doing that? Olive reaches into her satchel and pulls out her NATURE BOOK. OLIVE Let’s see what I can find out in my nature book. She opens her book and flips through some pages, then finds the right one. OlIVE (CONT’D) Hmmm . Oh! Maybe it’s a woodpecker. Look. CLOSE ON: Illustration in Olive’s book shows a woodpecker poking its beak into tree bark. OLIVE (CONT’D) ( reading ) Woodpeckers are birds that poke holes in the tree to get at insects inside. It says they have a really strong and hard beak for tapping on the wood. From the book, we go to the live woodpecker as it starts pecking at the tree with a very loud <TAP, TAP-TAP, TAP>. ELINOR That’s SO interesting! When you hit something hard with something else hard, you get a tap-tap-tapping sound. Ari starts moving his body to the <TAP TAP TAPPING>. Ari You also get a pretty cool beat. Elinor and Olive look at Ari and then <GIGGLE> and join the dance. The three do a goofy dance Kinda like https: // www.dropbox.com /s/ 5apjlyjsaggyvwg / calvin-hobbes-dance-comic.jpg?dl =0 until the bird STOPS TAPPING and flies off. ELINOR/aRI/OLIVE (giggles and laughs) Elinor has a thought. ElinOR If I were a bird with a hard beak, I’d have my own musical instrument, like Olive and her trunk. ARI I guess we have to keep looking. Olive And listening. 5. EXT. FURTHER IN THE FOREST – A LITTLE WHILE LATER They walk, with Elinor in the lead. Suddenly, she stops. Olive and Ari bump into her again. OlIVE Oof . Ari Elinor? Why’d you stop again? ELINOR I hear with my own ear ... something that sounds like rattling. They get very quiet and they hear a <RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE> . OLIVE Is someone playing maracas? Ari I don’t know.( beat ) What are maracas? A THOUGHT BUBBLE appears over Olive’s head, with two MARACAS. Olive MIMES shaking a maraca in each hand. OLIVE They’re these wooden instruments you hold in your hands. And they have stuff that rattles inside. So when you shake them they sound like... <RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE.> OLIVE (CONT’D) Just like that. ElINOR But what’s making the sound? Ari looks around, then gets a funny idea. Ari An invisible maracas player? ELINOR ( giggles ) You are so silly. They stop and listen for a second. And they hear it again. <RATTLE RTTLE RATTLE>. In unison they all point in the same direction. ElinoR (CONT’D) I think it’s coming from over there. CLOSE ON: Bean pods blowing in the wind. <RATTLE RATTLE> Some are GREEN and some are BROWN. Elinor, Ari and Olive approach and look at the bean pods waving and <RATTLING>. Ari Cool! Beans! ... But is that what’s rattling? They look around. Olive There isn’t anything else. ELINOR We need more observations! Ari looks more closely at the pods. ARI Some of the beans are green and some are brown. Elinor touches a green pod. It’s squishy. ElINOR The green ones are squishy. Squishy things don’t rattle. Olive touches a brown pod and reacts. OLIVE This brown one isn’t squishy. It’s hard and dry. Ari squats down and finds some brown bean pods on the ground. One is split open, revealing the hard brown beans inside. Ari The beans inside are hard and dry too. A gust of wind blows on the hanging bean pods and they <RATTLE> in the breeze. ElinOR Listen. When the wind blows, they rattle. Ari So the wind is the invisible maracas player. They all <giggle>. Then Ari picks up a brown pod each hand and shakes one <RATTLE> and then the other <RATTLE>. Ari (CONT’D) I can make them rattle, just like the wind. All of a sudden, Elinor gets an idea. elinor And that makes you ... Olive catches on and joins Elinor. Elinor/olive A maracas player! Ari looks from one hand to the other, and then realizes they’re right. He gives his “maracas” a few rhythmic shakes <RATTLE RATTLE RATTLE> Ari You’re right. I am a maracas player. That means I’ve got an instrument for the concert. OLIVE Now we just need an instrument for you, Elinor. Elinor smiles with an idea. ELINOR I think we already found one, but we just didn’t know it. ARI We did? What was it? A THOUGHT BALLOON forms over Elinor’s head, and we see the WOODPECKER TAPPING ON THE TREE <TAP TAP TAP> . ELINOR Remember when we thought we heard a drummer ... Olive smiles as she gets it. OLIVE But it turned out to be the woodpecker tapping its hard beak on the tree. Ari is trying to follow it. Ari Right. ... ElINOR So if we find something strong and hard and use it to hit something hard, I can sound like a drummer. ari Right! So we just need to find two hard things to hit together. OLIVE Then we can all play in Señor Tapir’s concert! They hurry off. 6. EXT. FOREST – montage 1) Ari finds two sticks and hands them to Elinor. She tests them for hardness and nods “Yes”. Then taps them on the ground. Not much sound. She shakes her head “No”. 2) Olive holds out an APPLE, and Elinor taps it with the stick. No sound. Elinor shakes her head “No.” 3) Ari finds a SMALL hollowed out log and holds it up for Elinor. She tries tapping the stick against the log <TAP, TAP-TAP TAP>. All three nod their heads, “YES”! 4) They head back toward the park, Ari holding his BEAN PODS and Elinor holding her STICKS AND HOLLOW LOG. 7. EXT. PARK – MOMENTS LATER Elinor, Ari and Olive run to Sr. Tapir with their “instruments”. He is at the gazebo, strumming his guitar. There are some members of the COMMUNITY who have gathered for the show. Some are on blankets, others walking along and stop to watch etc. SEñOR TAPIR Amigos . You’re just in time for the concert. Did you find instruments to play? ElINOR We sure did. We have Olive trumpeting on her trunk. Olive raises her trunk and <TRUMPETS!> Olive ( trumpets then giggles) And we have Elinor drumming on a hollow log. Elinor does a little <DRUMMING RIFF> tapping out rhythm with two sticks on the hollowed out log. ELINOR And Ari playing bean pod maracas. Ari dances and shakes his bean pods <RHYTHMIC RATTLE>. Señor Tapir applauds enthusiastically. SEñOR TAPIR Wonderful, amigos ! Shall we make some music? Elinor, Ari and Olive react with excited <WALLA>. SONG: MAKE MUSIC, NATURALLY Sr. Tapir/elinor/olive/ari Sr. Tapir: There is music all around us From the birds and from the bees From the babbling of a brook And the whistling of a breeze If you want to make some music You can play along with me Use your own imagination And make music, naturally! ( spoken ) Join in amigos ! Elinor: I’ll tap these sticks just like a drum, S. Tapir: Tap along with me while I strum Elinor does a little <DRUM RIFF> using the sticks on the log, as Señor Tapir strums . Ari: Hear the rattling sound I make When I give these beans a shake. Ari shakes the bean pods and dances to the rhythm. Señor Tapir responds with a guitar flourish. Olive: With my trunk I’ll play along Adding trumpet to our song. Olive does a jazzy little “trumpet” solo on her trunk. ALL: If you want to make some music You can play along with me Use your own imagination And make music, naturally! SEñOR TAPIR There’s nothing better than making music - naturally! Si , amigos? ElinOR/ARI/OLIVE Si , Señor Tapir! ElinoR Let’s play it again! Sr. Tapir/elinor/olive/ari ALL: If you want to make some music You can play along with me Use your own imagination And make music, naturally! As they sing and play the final verse again, we ... FADE OUT.

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ELINOR WONDERS WHY EWW131 Make Music, Naturally! By: Kate Barris Elinor’s Question: How can we make our own musical instruments? Logline: Elinor wants to find a way to make music with Sr. Tapir. Curriculum Goals: SEP1 . Asking questions a. Demonstrate curiosity about the greater world outside of their local environment c. Ask and/or identify cause and effect questions that can be answered by an investigation SEP4 . Analyzing and interpreting data b. Use the 5 senses and simple tools to gather and record data SEP6 . Constructing explanations a. Use background knowledge experiences, and data to construct reasonable explanations and theories of natural phenomena LS1 . Understand that all living things have external parts a. Identify and describe the physical characteristics of a variety of animals and plants b. Record observations about an animal’s or plant’s physical appearance. (Elinor and her friends observe plants and animals that make rhythmic sounds.) ND3 . 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. (Elinor and her friends make percussion instruments inspired by what they’ve observed.) Main Characters: Elinor, Ari, Olive, Sr. Tapir, audience members (no lines) Locations: Forest, Park Props: Sticks, hollow log, bean pods, beans, Sr. Tapir’s guitar FIRST DRAFT May 15, 2019 SECOND DRAFT June 5, 2019 Is this a bit unclear - technically the sound she's hearing are the leaves 'hit each other' which is the sound being created as a result of the gentle wind. consider removing "and hit eahother". Very nice Ari's reaction - in several previous episodes, we've established that he loves when she uses her trunk. perhaps he reacts in a positive way instead of being startled "After 42, if there's time, consider a bit more idea-generating here. For example: Elinor and Ari can try to make music with their bodies (Ari flaps his wings, Elinor bangs her ears together?)" agree - Elinor can point out tht Olive used her body - maybe they can too - and try to make sounds ie - J&D suggestions 94-94 - could possibly have this in thought bubbles so our audience gets to be reminded of what they observed in nature Elinor Elinor/olive/ari Ari Olive Elion Mr. Dog Ari/olive Ari’s mom Ari’s little sister Air Ms. Mole Mr. Mole Art Olie Mr. Hamster Mary Lizzie Liszzie Mary & lizzie Mr. Hm Mr. N Kids Elinr Elinor/ari/Olive Senor tapir Oiive Oive (V.O.) (O.S.) (O.C.) (CONT'D) (SUBTITLE) (thing-ese)_ (thing-ESE) INT EXT I/E 7 1 6 3. EXT 1. EXT TRANSITION CIRCLE TIME SCIENCE STATION ACTIVITY BOARD COMPUTER STATION OPIE MONOLOGUE OPENING TITLES SEQUENCE COLD OPENING OPENING TITLES BLOCK AREA CIRCLE TIME SONG DOORWAY TO KINDERGARTEN COATROOM COATROOM - CUBBIES SENSES TABLE BAHTROOM BATHROOM CIRCLE RUB OPIE FANTASY DRAMA CENTRE CREDITS. PLAYGROUND - CATERPILLAR PLAYGROUND - NEAR THE SLIDES PLAYGROUND - TEEPEE LARGE SHRUB CUBBY AREA CLASSROOM HOLEY WALL CREATIVITY CENTRE CLASS - BETWEEEN MATH AND SCIENCE CIRCLE TIME RUG MATH CENTRE INT. CLASSROOM ICY SNOWY EXPANSE OUTSIDE SALLY'S HOUSE THE THINGAMAJIGGER FRICTIONARIUM FRICTIONARIUM - RAMPS THINGAMAJIGGER THINGAMAJIGGER -HEADING HOME NICK'S BACKYARD NICK'S BACK DOOR SERENDIP PATH SERENDIP FIRST PATH INT. SERENDIP CLOSER TO SCHOOL – A LITTLE LATER THE PARK DAY NIGHT AFTERNOON MORNING EVENING LATER MOMENTS LATER CONTINUOUS THE NEXT DAY CUBBIES SAME SAME TIME AERIAL ESTABLISHING SHOT CUT TO: FADE IN: FADE OUT. FADE TO: DISSOLVE TO: BACK TO: MATCH CUT TO: JUMP CUT TO: FADE TO BLACK.