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Transcript: Segment 6:
Similarities & Differences

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After singing the song “I am Thumbody Special,” the participants are encouraged to talk about their similarities and differences, such as their handprints, thumbs, face, etcetera.  Just as we are unique and that we have differences, so do animals.  According to the North Carolina Zoo’s website at www.nczoo.org, animals have different designs on their bodies, which reflects their diversity, their signature, their handprint.  For example, did you know that the giraffes are the tallest mammals in the world, reaching heights of about 18 feet?  Also, the spots on the giraffe are similar to human fingerprints in that no two giraffe share the same spot pattern.  Also, the zebra has a unique signature.  The distinct black and white stripes of the zebras are much like human fingerprints, with no two being exactly alike.  Let’s go back and see and hear what the teachers are doing in this workshop.

F:
___ what is your thumb connected to?  What is it on?

F:
Your hand.

F:
Your hand.  And how many of you—look at the person next to you, does that person’s hand look like your hand?

F:
No.

F:
No [LAUGHTER].

F:
So, you’re different, aren’t you?  But you each have hands.  What about your faces?  Look at each other’s faces [LAUGHTER].  Do your faces look alike?  No, they do not.  So, when you look at your animal print, your animal print is what?

F:
Different. 

F:
Different.  And the reason that you did the animal print is for two reasons.  Later on, as one of the art activities, we’re going to—going to make a big, big world.  And where do you think these hands are going to go?

F:
On our world.

F:
On your world.  Or what else could you use these handprints for?

F:
A hand collage. 

F:
A hand collage, anything else?

F:
A foot [ph] pattern.

F:
[LAUGHS] Anything else?

[INAUDIBLE COMMENTS]

F:
Say that again, Cleo.

F:
You can make an animal with these hands. 

F:
That’s right.  Now, how would you make an animal with that handprint?

F:
Well, since its eyes looks like to me a tiger, I would put some eyes on it, and I would decorate it with some other stuff to make sure that it looked like an animal to me.  I would glue some things on it to make it look like a tiger. 

F:
So, we will stop, and we will put your animal print away.  That’s the extra animal print, so you don’t lose it, just in case you want to keep it, because I know how, when I was in a classroom, we saved every single thing that we could that was good stuff to keep.  So, put that away so you’ll have that for the next time you do an activity.