(giggling)
- [Jeremy & Kendra] Oh!
(clicking of camera shutter)
- One, two, three.
Alright, Isaac come on up.
It's time for second grade!
(cheering)
Welcome to second grade!
- Oh my.
This much books.
- This is your reading books for this year.
- Yes!
Wow.
21 books for one year.
- It's K'Nex education gear set.
You're gonna learn how to build and how all
these things work.
- Is it school?
- Yeah, it's school.
- Awesome!
(giggling)
- And that's the workbook that goes along with it.
- Wow.
This don't look like a workbook to me,
it looks like a fun book.
- A red calculator.
- For Chiefs!
- For Chiefs.
- [Both] Yes!
- Jinx.
- [Jeremy] Daughter.
- Mom, Mom, Mom.
- Hey come see.
This is the stuff that's for our whole family.
- This is the thing that I wanted.
I just told you and dad that this was the thing
I wanted.
- [Kendra] That's the thing you wanted?
Was a globe?
- [Jeremy] It has a summary of the history
of the world.
- Oh my goodness.
Thank you.
- Those are our family read-a-louds for the year.
- We're gonna read The Wizard of Oz?
- Yep.
- Yes!
- [Jeremy] And then watch the movie maybe.
- Yes.
- And we're gonna do
Charlie - And then.
- And the Chocolate Factory.
- And then I have the movie on Netflix.
- Yep.
- We're gonna learn about some artists.
We're gonna learn about Leonardo di Vinci and Monet.
We're gonna have an awesome year at school.
- I think this will be my favorite school
year so far.
- Me too.
It's gonna be awesome.
(upbeat music)
(clicking of shutter)
Alright Leesy, come on up, it's time for first grade!
Yay, (clapping) welcome to first grade!
Yours is right here.
- These?
Measuring cups?
And a whisk.
- You've got a look, that's a cooking class.
This is your very own recipe book cooking class
we're gonna do together.
- Could we do some today?
- [Kendra] Well, maybe.
- Wow.
Thank you!
- You're welcome.
Oh, you've gotta smell your new pencil.
- Ice cream.
- [Kendra] Give it a smell.
Your math book has all these math tools
that go with it.
- Wow.
- Okay?
So you're gonna learn how to use all of these in math.
Here is your reading program that we're
using this year, and some of the readers.
This is gonna be so much fun.
And this is a reading book just for you.
I read this when I was a little girl,
and I think you're gonna love it.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Whoa!
- These are our read-a-loud books I'm so excited
about those.
Alright, Miss Laura, ready for you!
Welcome to toddler school!
These are your toddler school things.
(gasping)
Do you have a snack?
- This is my snack?
- It's your snack.
- Is this is my cell phone?
- That's not your cell phone.
That's a calculator.
- Oh, is it mine?
- Yeah, it's yours.
- Wow.
Thank you, Mommy!
- Oh, you're welcome big girl.
- Is this some paint?
- Yeah, that's your paint.
- Wow.
- You're gonna learn patterns.
- A whoa!
Thank you, Mom.
- You're welcome, sweetheart.
And these, I think you're gonna really love.
(grunting) This is the last one!
- Just is what?
(giggling)
- [Kendra] Watch out, world, here comes Caleb!
Welcome to Pre-K, Caleb!
Come on down!
- I already touched this.
I didn't know it was for me!
- I was sneaky.
Here's your smelly pencil.
- What does it smell like?
- Well see if you can figure it out.
- Mmm, oh, beans?
- [Kendra] Jelly beans.
- Hmm.
- Caleb, this is the curriculum that I chose
for you this year.
And it is full of fun stuff.
So your curriculum takes a lot of building,
and playing.
- Oh, my.
- [Kendra] Can you find us on the globe, Caleb?
(soft music)
- Right here?
- Yes, we're right here.
Kansas City.
- And can I see everybody else's?
- [Kendra] Sure, sure.
- You got cooking stuff?
- [Elise] Mmhmm.
- That is so cool.
- [Isaac] Look at that.
- Oh, what!
I love that.
- [Jeremy] We're gonna be learning about gears
and building.
Do you want to help us out?
- Yeah, sure.
- Well, it's been several weeks of a lot of work
to try to carefully choose the curriculum and the programs
that I want for each of the kids that is
right for their needs, and their learning styles,
and for our family goals, and so I'm really
excited, like seeing it all here in this moment,
I know the kids will be excited, and I'm just really
looking forward to the whole year ahead,
and what we're gonna be learning together as a family.
(percussion)
- [Jeremy] There you go!
- [Kendra] They're doin' it!
(upbeat jazz music)
- [Jeremy] Do you wanna do more red?
- Ah yeah!
- [Jeremy] This is hilarious.
(laughing)
He's painting.
(squealing)
(laughing)
- [Kendra] He got his forehead on that one.
That's cool.
- [Jeremy] Good job, Laura!
- Mom?
I'm a little bit nervous.
- [Jeremy] Are you ready?
- [Kendra] It is kinda nervous.
- [Jeremy] And lay down.
Good job!
- You're doing it!
Good job, Leesy!
Well this is definitely one of those things
that looks easy on Pinterest, or when you see
the idea, and it is way hard.
The kids are doing a great job, but this is not easy.
- Lay down.
(laughing)
Turn the brush around.
(laughing)
Good line.
(laughing)
(record screeching)
- [Kendra & Jeremy] Oh!
- [Kendra] I'm so glad we use washable paint.
- [Jeremy] Ut oh.
- [Kendra] Hey, not bad.
- [Jeremy] Just hold that right there.
I'm gonna get a paper towel.
- [Caleb] It looks like blood.
- [Kendra] It does look like blood, but it's not.
It's just red paint.
- [Jeremy] Swing painting accident.
(soft rock music)
- Well, I definitely did question my sanity
when I was out there, about choosing to do a painting
activity on the first day of school when they
have their new school clothes, but luckily
the paint is washable, and I think Caleb's
the only one that got a tiny bit on his shirt
and I know it's gonna come right out
cause I've used that paint a bunch before.
Anyway, now we're gonna make some,
what's that thing called?
- Pizza? - Lunch.
- Pizza lunch.
Caleb, can you open one of these for us?
- Sure.
- [Kendra] So keep peeling it.
- Does it pop?
- [Laura] Put the pizza?
- [Kendra] Yeah.
Are you nervous?
- [Jeremy] You don't like it when it pops?
- Yeah.
Will it pop?
- Usually it doesn't actually pop.
(paper ripping)
See?
No pop.
Then you hammer it.
And then it bounces open.
- [Jeremy] Then you buy a new table.
- No, you just have an old table.
Caleb, can you roll it out for us?
- It's my turn!
- [Jeremy] Caleb, did you want to try to pop
it this time?
(banging)
There it is!
- [Kendra] You did it.
- I pressed it like this, Mom?
- [Kendra] Yeah, just like that.
Good job, Miss Laura.
- [Jeremy] You cooking?
- Yeah, I'm cooking.
And it's good.
- [Jeremy] Thanks for helping.
- You're welcome.
- It's like a little chipmunk
that's making his own pizza.
- So Laura just said our prayer for lunch
and she said, "And we're thankful that I made
"the pizza, and Caleb, and Elise."
It was adorable.
- So I've been going over with Isaac his school
schedule, and how he's keeping a record of what
he's doing, and his reading list, and his book report.
He's pretty excited about it.
- This school year is better than this summer.
- You like it?
- Uh huh.
(kids excitedly chattering)
- Decided to do our first day field trip.
- Well, it's not really a field trip,
it's a treat.
We're going to eat frozen yogurt.
(upbeat old timey music)
- [Jeremy] How's your ice cream, big girl?
- Good.
- This is the best
first day of school ever.
- You like it?
- That's what I was just about to say.
- Well, you got a little bit of jelly beans
with that ice cream.
Well we made it to quiet time.
Laura is resting, and we did the calendar notebooks
with the kids and I kind of talked to them
about how this school portion of the day
is gonna go, and now they're all in their own
little corners doing their assignments.
What are you building right now?
- Airplane.
- [Kendra] An airplane.
What book did you decide to start on?
- Stuart's Cape.
- [Kendra] Alright.
That's the one he's starting on.
- So I get the chance to teach math to Elise
this year, and we are having fun playing
with some blocks, and learning.
So everyday we're gonna try to read aloud
a book together as a family, and Kendra chose
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
for the first book. - Our first one.
- And I missed the first chapter.
- I'm sorry.
- That you guys read together.
- I'm sorry.
- How'd it go?
- It went really well.
This is a great story.
Like, Roald Dahl is just a great story teller,
so I'm really excited to read it,
and then we'll probably watch the movie with the kids.
- Are we gonna watch the old one or the new one?
- I wanna watch the old one.
I really like it.
And then I want to eat some of the chocolate.
- Poll question for today.
Have you read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
- Or have you seen the movie?
The old one or the new one.
I guess there's lots of options.
We're gonna have a poll question about Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory.
- Yeah, there we go.
I'm excited about this.
- [Jeremy] Good night, big girl.
- Good night.
Love you.
- Good night, J's your out.
- Good night.
- What?
- [Jeremy] We're going to the Chiefs,
you'll need that shirt. - Right now?
Like today?
- [Jeremy] Like today.
Like right now.
- Yes!
Thank you!