MAN:
That's a fire engine, okay?
A fire truck.
(siren)
Is that okay?
Yeah?
WOMAN:
We are their first teacher,
and we'll always be there
to help them and guide them.
MAN: Look, I'm digging
under the leaves.
This is too hard.
MAN: It's because the ground
is frozen.
He's just so naturally curious,
he's interested in anything and
everything around him.
WOMAN: Look at your name
in the yellow circle.
WOMAN:
Yay!
You made a mold!
You gotta like, go on the floor,
you gotta get dirty.
You gotta listen to them, let
them do their own little thing.
You think it's going to sink
to the bottom,
or is it going to stay on top?
BOTH:
Stay on top.
WOMAN: I love to learn and try
different things with them,
so I always like to see
the cause and effect.
BOY:
It's winter.
MAN:
It is winter.
When Ronan is out exploring
the world,
everything that he passes
catches his eye.
It's new, it's interesting.
BOY:
It's ice!
MAN:
That's water that froze.
It's so cold, this water turned
into ice.
- Whoa.
- Whoa!
BOY:
I slipped.
MAN:
You did slip.
I like to get him to explore
anything that he's interested in
that he comes across.
WOMAN:
All the activities are based on
my children's energy
and their interest.
Because if they're engaged
and they're happy about it,
I know that I did my part.
Ange-Yolette, can you pour?
She was fascinated
by the pouring.
She looked like
a little scientist.
Look at the color!
WOMAN: Their brain is moving
fast, I'm moving fast with them.
WOMAN: That's really nice,
Aliyah.
GIRL:
Can you roll it up for me?
WOMAN: You listen to them
and follow their lead,
they'll show you which way to
go.
And then you guide them and
direct them.
And you learn from them,
they learn from you.
Let's roll it back and forth.
I was trying to show him how you
can turn it
from a ball into a snake.
Look how long it is.
It started as a little ball,
now it's long.
I said to Lamarques,
"How many basketballs you got?"
BOY:
One, two, three, four, five!
WOMEN:
Good job! Yay!
He went from counting them
to selling them.
BOY:
It's only $12 dollars!
(laughing)
That's creative.
There you go.
(speaking foreign language)
(baby responds)
Whenever I'm playing with him,
I let him touch it, feel it,
(rattle)
Whenever it makes a sound, he's
actually quite attracted by it.
He'll look at it
and sometimes he smiles.
After our morning routine
and feeding him,
I will just walk
around the house.
There, see?
See the fire?
I really like to point it out to
him, I'll say the word fire.
I do like to show him
different things,
you know, be able to discover.
(cooing)
WOMAN:
What's that?
Castle!
WOMAN:
A castle?
He was making a castle.
What color is that,
you remember?
Orange!
- Very good!
Aliyah came home and said,
"Nana, the yellows come
together."
I was just looking
at the colors,
telling Lamarques the colors,
but I didn't know the yellows
met to make a star.
Try this piece.
All the yellow pieces.
It's like this!
WOMAN:
You did it!
Kids are very smart.
Don't underestimate a kid.
(squeals)
I have a lot of colors, but I
don't know how many I have.
Can you sort it out for me?
You have candy, it's not all
about just eating the candy,
let's break it down.
Good job Ange-Yolette.
Good job Gregory.
Where does the orange go?
WOMAN: They're around these
colors, why not count them also?
(counting in Spanish)
And then we were able to count
them in different languages.
So it's like incorporating
all these things into one.
GIRL: Green doesn't go in there.
- Okay.
Here's the peanut butter.
MAN: That is the peanut butter,
that's right.
He loves to spread the peanut
butter on the bread.
Spread it on the bread!
MAN: We try to incorporate
all sorts of learning
into everyday experiences.
What shape is this bread?
It's kind of a rectangle.
MAN: Kind of a rectangle?
That's right!
The top looks like a circle.
And the sugar snap peas are
green the carrots are orange.
WOMAN: When
we're in the kitchen,
most of the time,
Dad's cooking.
MAN: That's where the family
gathers, in the kitchen.
Watching Daddy cook?
I'm cooking and I explain to him
what I'm doing.
These are bell peppers,
nice thin strips...
We want to acclimate him
to everything that we do
and I think the best way is
to have him submerged in it,
from the start.
(baby cooing)
(both)
Yeah?
WOMAN:
Whatever you know, just add.
Add a little more.
Look at this.
No one ever sees green bubbles,
and while you're blowing it,
it pops on this white table.
Look at the table.
What color did it change to?
- Green!
- Nice.
It's actually green.
You can tell they're into it,
because they're all intrigued.
I'm like, "Yes!"
(bird screeching)
MAN: What are you listening for?
BOY: There's a bird there.
- Birds?
- Yeah.
MAN: I definitely try to get
Ronan
to use all five of his senses.
(grunting)
Pick up the smallest stick.
Yeah, that's right buddy!
Children are so curious,
they are natural scientists.
They ask questions...
BOY:
What's coming out?
MAN:
...they look for answers,
and they go out
and try to find them.
That's water vapor.
Yeah.
WOMAN:
We're all great parents.
It's just we teach
our children differently.
(mother speaking
foreign language)
MAN:
You're the parent.
You're the first example.
What a handsome little boy.
MAN: It's just interacting
with the world.
That's what play is.
WOMAN: If they're interested
in one thing,
then you keep going with that
one thing
and try to involve some things
that are educational in it.
- It's important to explore
because you need to know what's
going on.
I mean these are future leaders.
BOY:
Grass!
MAN:
It's grass, that's right!
Even in the winter
there's some grass.