[cheerful folk music] - Hello, everyone.

My name is Caitlyn McCain, and I'm a teaching artist with New York City Children's Theater.

Today, we're going to use our voices, bodies, and imaginations to do a theater activity together.

Are you ready?

Let's go.

Today, we're going to explore our five senses.

Do you remember what your five senses are?

Let's do them together.

Ready?

We see.

We hear.

We smell.

We touch.

And we taste.

[chuckles] Nice.

Those are our five senses.

Today, we're going to go on an adventure that uses our five senses.

Are you ready to explore with me?

Let's get started.

[lighthearted folk music] The first thing we need to do is turn on our imaginations.

Our imaginations are going to help us imagine or pretend when we go on our adventure.

There are three steps to turning on our imagination.

Will you do these steps with me?

Great.

Step one is wake up your imagination.

So let's do some raindrop fingers around our body, starting at our head, and down to our shoulders, and our arms, and our bellies, and our legs.

Very nice.

All right.

Now step two, we need to energize our imagination.

So we're gonna shake our bodies.

Full-body shake-out to energize your imagination.

Nice.

And step three is turn on your imagination.

And to turn on your imagination, you're gonna a pop into a starfish pose.

Can you make your body into a starfish with me?

Ready?

Turn on your imagination.

One, two, three, pop.

Nice work.

Now that our imaginations are turned on, we are ready to go on our adventure.

Today, we are going on a, drum roll, please, [imitates drum beating] a boat adventure.

First, we have to get on the boat.

Can you find something in your space to use as a boat, like a box or a laundry basket?

You can even use a pillow or a blanket and use your imagination to turn it into a boat.

Today, I'm going to use this box as my imaginary boat.

Now it's time to set sail.

Can we raise our sails together by pulling the rope to raise the sail?

Can you do that with me?

Ready?

Pull the rope and raise the sail.

Watch it rise up.

Nice.

Time to see where the wind takes us.

Can you make the wind with me?

Ready?

One, two, three, blow that sail.

[breath whooshing] Our adventure begins.

It's time to use our five senses to explore.

Let's start with sight.

What do you see?

Hmm.

Oh, I see another boat and birds.

[laughs] What else do you see?

Nice.

Okay, now let's use our sense of hearing and listen to the sounds on the ocean.

What do you hear?

I hear the waves crashing and the seagulls calling.

Can you make the sound of waves crashing with me?

Ready?

Clap and say, crash, with me.

Ready?

Crash.

Crash.

Crash.

Crash.

Nice.

What about our sense of smell?

What do you smell out on the ocean?

I smell, ah, the fresh sea breeze and, ooh, maybe something a little fishy.

[chuckles] [energetic world music] Uh-oh.

I'm feeling something.

I feel the boat rocking side to side.

Oh, no, I think a storm is coming.

I, [gasps] I feel raindrops coming from the sky.

Oh, put your hands out to feel the raindrops.

Do you feel them, too?

What do they feel like?

Oh, yeah.

Oh, they're cold and wet.

Ooh.

What if we stick our tongues out and taste the rain?

Our fifth and final sense.

Ready?

Oh, my gosh.

[gasps] Stick your tongue out and taste the rain.

What does it taste like?

This rain tastes like lemonade.

It's, [gasps] it's sour and, mm, sweet.

What does your rain taste like?

Wow.

This must be a magical rainstorm.

Oh.

I think the storm is over.

I see the clouds clearing up and I don't hear the rain anymore.

I smell fresh air, and I feel the sun coming up, and I don't taste anymore lemonade.

[chuckles] And look, we're almost back to shore.

It's time to dock and step out of our boats.

Wow.

Our imaginations helped us go on a really big adventure.

What was your favorite part of our adventure?

My favorite part was tasting the lemonade rain.

Our boat adventure has come to an end, but you can use your imagination and your five senses everywhere you go and create your own adventures.

What adventure will you go on next?

I had a wonderful time exploring our five senses with you today.

On behalf of everyone at New York City Children's Theater, thank you so much for playing and imagining with me today.

Goodbye.