Kids [in unison]: Go outside and play!

[music]

Abby: In theatre you can use your voice to tell a story and you can also use your body to tell a story. My friends and I are going to practice both today. Are you guys ready?

Yeah!

Abby: Actors and actresses have to get their bodies warmed up.

Kids: Five, six, seven, eight!

Abby: They also have to practice their movements before a big performance. When we tell stories with our voices we have to practice saying some hard words. Today we're going to learn about tongue twisters. Do you guys know what a tongue twister is?

Ice cream, ice cream, we all scream for ice cream!

[indistinguishable] -- toy boat.

Abby: It's when we use lots and lots of the same sounds and a fancy word for that is alliteration. Guys say alliteration?

Alliteration.

Bubble bubble gum. Bubble bubble gum.

Abby: Say unique.

Unique.

Abby: New York.

New York.

Abby: Unique New York.

Unique New York.

Abby: Unique New York. Unique New York.

Unique New –

Abby: [laughter] What?

You guys did an excellent job practicing telling stories with your voices and telling stories with your bodies. Now it's performance time and you're going to perform an animal.

[making animal sounds]

Tiger

[making animal sounds]

T-Rex

Abby: Ask him, A T-Rex Yay!

[ribbit, ribbit]

Frog!

Abby: A frog! And every great performance ends with a bow or a curtsy.