[Upbeat Music]
-: Hello!
I'm Gillian Jorgensen.
I'm the education director at Book-It Repertory Theatre.
-: My name is Nora, I'm in sixth grade.
-: My name Ruchi, I'm in second grade.
-: Today we are going to do a lesson adventure
called When it Rains in the Middle of the Ocean.
This adventure was inspired by a song that is also called,
"When It Rains in the Middle of the Ocean"
and it's by a local band
that's called "Awesome."
For this adventure, you don't really need
any materials at all.
Mostly you need your imagination
and you just need to decide somewhere in your house
or outside that you'll use for the ocean
and that you'll use something for a little boat
or a raft.
Like, hey Nora, what do you think we could use for
a boat or a raft.
-: You could do the traditional take some stuff
that you have in your house and make it a boat.
-: Yeah, yeah! Just something in your house.
-: A garbage boat maybe.
-: Maybe not a garbage boat, but uh...
-: A cardboard box!
-: Okay... oh yeah!
Like a cardboard box, maybe you've got...
-: A big one, you can sit in it
and grab some sticks and go nah, nah, nah...
-: Yeah, you could totally do that!
You really, really can.
It can be anything at all
in your house.
You probably want to have an agreement
with your family
that it's okay to use that thing as a boat.
Could be a bean bag or some stairs around your house.
You could even be outside
or on a log or just in the middle of the living room.
-: I like the log idea.
-: Okay!
We're gonna go set up our boat
and our ocean.
Here we are in our boat.
We chose our bean bag
and we put it right in the middle of our blue rug
to be a little boat on the ocean
with the family all together.
Once upon a time, Nora and Ruchi woke up
from a dream and found it was real.
First, we look across and imagine the ocean.
-: Yawn.
-: Imagine the water and we imagine...
What time of day?
-: Twilight.
-: Twilight!
Not morning, not dawn, not the middle of the night
but twilight as the sun is just about to go down.
Look across the water
and see the color of the sky
and imagine everything there
everything, everything gentle and still.
Mmm.
Nora, what do you see across the sea?
-: Whales and dolphins.
-: I see them too!
Ruchi, what do you see across the sea?
-: I see wide open sky
and wide open dark, dark water.
-: Wide open sky and dark, dark water.
I see it too!
What do you imagine across the sea?
What does the water feel like?
Nora, put your -
Nora and Ruchi, put your hands in the water.
What's the temperature of the water, Ruchi?
-: It's pretty cold,
but not so cold
like ice cold.
Like cold that you can put your hand in
and it feels good on a hot day.
-: Mm. Nora, what does it feel like to you?
-: Cold, but nicely cold - oh a fish!
-: Hey, I got one too!
-: Ah, what do you imagine the water feels like?
Snuggle in.
As we snuggled in, we noticed the weather started to change.
Clouds start to form.
-: Wait
-: And little rain drops started to fall.
-: Is that cloud, wait is it just me?
Or does that cloud look like it has sparkles in it?
-: Oh, Ruchi.
♪ When it rains in the middle of the ocean ♪
♪ It's not raining at all ♪
Drop by drop they fell from the sparkling cloud
Drop by drop into the ocean
and as each drop fell
it turned into a fish!
-: Look!
-: And as each drop fell, another fish came.
As each drop fell, another fish came!
Oh, oh!
Nora, what do you imagine your fish looks like?
-: My fish is colorful with fins like fans!
-: Oh! Ruchi, what do you imagine your fish looks like?
-: My fish is a clearish, sparkling, silver.
With feather-like fins that are a dark gray
with rainbow sparkles everywhere!
-: Oh, thank you.
Nora and Ruchi, their fish are kind of on their knees
because that's how much space we have here
to show you our ideas.
Your fish can be as tall or as small
as you imagine.
The fish swam and swam and sparkled,
but back on the boat
Group: ♪ When it rains in the middle of the ocean ♪
♪ It's not raining at all ♪
-: Ruchi, dip your hands into the water
and scoop up that fish.
Nora, dip your hand into the water
and scoop up that fish.
You can scoop up the fish with us too.
These fish, these raindrop fish
can also grant one fish wish.
Whisper your wish to the raindrop fish.
Whisper.
And once you've done that, let the fish go.
Oh my goodness.
What would happen next?
Would we still sail?
Would our wishes come true?
Nora, what would you want to do next?
Would you want to act it out, write it down, or draw it?
-: I think I would draw it.
-: You would draw?
What kind of drawing do you think?
-: Um, maybe picture of the fish
swimming deeper and deeper into the ocean.
-: Me too, I would draw it too.
-: You would draw it too?
Thank you.
I think I might,
I think I might write it as a play.
Maybe even a musical
with some gentle lullaby songs.
What would you do?
Write it, act it, or draw it?
I love to explore with my imagination
and the people in my family
because then our time together
is two stories.
The story we invented
and the story of being together.
Today, I have extra thank yous
for my daughters Nora and Ruchi
and for my husband Basil who's behind the camera.
When you make your story,
you can make one with your family
or your neighbors
or even one all by yourself.
Thank you for joining us
for When it Rains in the Middle of the Ocean.
Happy creating!
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