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Birthday Dance Surprise

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Phoebe, a young girl living at the Topsy Towers apartment community, hears Grandma Annie's favourite song and decides to make up a surprise dance for her grandmother's birthday. She teaches the three-part dance to her brother Jay, her friend Lupe, neighbour Mr. Gurley and her dad, finding a different way to help each one learn, from turning the steps into a song to recording a video they can slow down and drawing pictures of each move. The family keeps the dance a secret while they practise. At the party, everyone performs it together and Grandma Annie calls it the best birthday surprise ever.

The Rolie Polie

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Sid wants to know how his tiny pet roly-polies move, so he brings them to school to investigate with his friends. Teacher Susie introduces the magnifying glass as a science tool, and the class uses it to look closely at skin, crayons, and the bugs themselves. Sid discovers that roly-polies walk on fourteen little legs and records his findings in a journal. He reports back to his dad during a backyard bug hunt and ends the day imagining a hat full of magnifying glasses.

Jack's Hello Kindness Day

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Jack, the host of a colorful town called Clover Grove, finds a wind chime left on his porch and sets out to discover who gave it to him. He visits neighbors including Delivery Dolores, Mr. Green, Bebe, Stephanie and Pablo, helping out along the way, while more kind surprises keep appearing around town. Following the clues home, Jack learns that the children arranged everything as a kindness party for him. The episode ends with songs about kindness and a warm goodbye to the viewer.

The Potato Stand

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Donkey Hodie and Purple Panda set up a potato stand in the puppet world of Someplace Else to share Donkey's home-grown potatoes with the neighbours. They try a potato call, a song and a disco dance, but every neighbour already has potatoes and complains about the long job of washing, drying and sorting them. The friends change their plan and use Grampy's potato washer-dryer-sorter-dumper machine to do that chore for everyone instead. The neighbours are grateful, and Donkey ends the day feeling potato proud, just like Grampy.

Enough With The Seashells!

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Sid brings home a school jar filled with seashells and wants to know exactly how many there are, but there are too many to count easily. Through a survey of his friends and a classroom investigation with Teacher Susie, he learns to estimate by counting out ten, picturing groups of ten and then guessing. He practices the method at home, comparing his guess of twenty-two shells to the actual twenty-eight, and tries it again at dinner with his family. The episode ends with Sid waving goodbye and imagining estimating the stars in the sky.

Musical Mabels

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Cody and the Helpsters, monsters who love to solve problems, run a shop where a band called the Mabels arrives in a panic after a black hole swallows their instruments before a concert. The Helpsters make a plan, work out what each member plays, and build a washtub bass and bucket drums from everyday objects. When the singer loses his voice, a young fan named Scatter overcomes his nerves and sings in his place. The episode ends with the whole group performing together at the concert.

Drum Roll Please

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In an open, plain-colored world, Pocoyo and his friends Pato, Elly and Loula enjoy the ball orchestra's music until the musicians pack up and leave. Wanting more, Pocoyo fetches his own cymbals, drum and trumpet, but the racket only wakes Sleepy Bird. Guided by the narrator, the friends discover that music is all around them and make their own from everyday sounds. The ball orchestra returns to play along, and everyone makes music together.

The Whale Episode

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Sid wants to know how to measure a giant blue whale with the small ruler his dad gave him. He carries the question through breakfast, a classroom survey and a lab session where Teacher Susie shows the class how to measure using shoes, blocks and their own bodies, a method called non-standard measurement. After a story from grandma and helping his dad measure wood for a toy whale, Sid invents a 'whale ruler' of identical toy whales lined up to count. The episode closes with Sid reminding viewers to keep asking questions.

Secret Santa

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On Secret Santa Day at school, Llama Llama draws a classmate's name and must keep it a secret while choosing the right gift. With Mama's help he shops for a present, practices with the class band, and waits eagerly at bedtime hoping for snow. The next day the band performs and the children exchange gifts one at a time, and Llama sees how happy giving makes his friend. The episode ends with real snowflakes falling as everyone rides a sled train and wishes each other a merry Christmas.

Bedtime Routine

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Jessica, a young girl, decides she wants to do her whole bedtime routine, put on her bonnet, brush her teeth and use the potty, all by herself like her big brother Bernard. She keeps forgetting steps, gets frustrated, and finally asks Bernard for help, who suggests she come up with a strategy. She invents a memory song and manages all three steps in order, though she leaves a splashy mess to clean up. The story takes place at home with her mother and two brothers.

A Week at Grandma's

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When Mama and Papa Bear leave for a week-long second honeymoon at Grizzly Mountain Lodge, Brother and Sister Bear stay with Gran and Gramps, sure the week will be dull. Instead the grandparents fill the days with harmonica and yo-yo lessons, building ships in bottles, harvesting honey, fishing, a barbecue, and dancing. The story cuts between the cubs' happy week and the parents' trip, where Papa keeps meeting small mishaps. The family reunites at the end, with the cubs asking to visit Gran and Gramps again and everyone planning a family vacation.

Rusty's Chance to Dance

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Two tractors, helpful young Otis and older, stiffer Rusty, decide to hold a harvest moon dance on their farm. They clear a cluttered hayfield, and when the radio breaks they gather friends to make instruments from a bucket, a jug and a washboard. Rusty grows sad when he is too creaky for his old jump-and-spin dance, so Otis helps him invent a slower wiggle dance called 'The Rusty.' The episode ends with the whole farm dancing together.