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- Good morning everyone,
so today I'm starting off the vlog.
And I can't wait
and I'm super excited.
Sorry if it's a little bit bright
and messy.
I'm in my brother's room, Luke.
And you know what?
I'll be right back.
I'll see ya.
Bye.
Okay, I'm back
and I have something to show you.
(humming)
(exclaiming)
So messy.
- One thing I love sharing with you guys
are really neat,
innovative educational concepts.
And today is really special because Sony sent Jacob,
this amazing robotics kit called KOOV
And it's actually like an educators program.
It includes camp days
that he will be attending
And today is his first day at camp
where he's going to be designing,
and coding
and learning robotics.
And it is such a cool program.
I'm really,
really excited about it.
So this was a gift from Sony.
And we really,
really appreciate it.
I'm so excited to have Jacob try this out
and to share with you guys
what our experience with this is.
(giggles) He got the box a couple of weeks ago, actually,
and is already like,
busted into it
and made a ton of really cool things.
So (giggles) he'll already be,
I hope a little advanced in his class.
I don't know.
We'll see.
They said that the teachers
would adapt to students depending
on how quickly they're moving with the program.
- Jacob just finished his first KOOV camp.
So what did you learn today?
- A lot of things.
Mostly what each thing does,
so like this is the battery pack
and it can actually hear.
So I can have power.
- And is this a build that they taught you how
to do in class?
Or is this something you're making up on your own?
- I made it up on my own.
- That's so cool.
What do you think of all this?
Is it pretty cool?
Is it working out well? - Yeah
- Luke's in the safety zone.
And Jacob is in the choking hazard zone.
Yep, trying to make a robot do something so
- What are you trying to get your robot to do?
A handstand?
- Oh, wow.
- So
All I need is the server motors.
- So I just have to say I have never seen a product
that also comes with a learning course.
And as a mom
and teacher
and someone who's kind of clueless about robotics,
I just appreciate this so much,
like I love that my child
who's so passionate about this stuff,
can have someone who will be an expert
and will be able to guide him
in a way that I know I wouldn't be able to
and I'm really,
I'm like not trying to diss myself.
I just like I know
that this is not (giggles) something
that I really understand.
It doesn't hold my interest in the same way that holds his,
like he surpasses my skill set here.
I just really love that
they considered the fact
that there are parents who need help
teaching an unfamiliar subject.
- What are you doing?
- I'm playing doctor.
- Aaw, what happened to this koala?
- It actually had to have a brain surgery.
- Brain surgery?
Oh, man.
Well, I wish you a speedy recovery koala.
Did you perform the surgery
or did someone else do it?
- I did it.
- You did it?
How did it go?
How was the surgery today?
- It was.
It was okay.
- Oh no.
- The koala did not die.
- That's good.
- But it lost a lot of blood.
- Oh no.
Did you put more blood into the koala?
- Suddenly I couldn't,
it woke up.
- It woke up?
So you couldn't put more blood in it?
- Yeah.
- Oh, no.
This guy is still trying to escape.
(giggles)
Hey, all your toys are in here.
There are no toys out here.
All the toys are over here.
(metal clinging)
All the non choking toys are over here.
(laughing)
They're all over here.
This area is choking.
This area is nothing.
This is where you wanna be
up in this zone.
(creaking)
Okay?
- You gonna leave the medicine off the floor Parker?
- No (laughing)
This is blood mom.
The blood comes out of it
in these tools
and it comes out of these things.
So, and then it's actually (indistinct).
Has more blood.
- Yay!
- And then you just see
(croaking)
(laughing)
You see like a really big tummy (laughing)
- Is that where all the blood goes into the tummy?
- Yes, it goes into this little tool.
I gotta sit that back up.
Finished!
- I'm getting somewhere.
I'm still not done, but
- Whoa.
- That's what it does so far.
- So you program that to do that?
- Yeah - That is so cool.
- So the kids and I are watching
something called Signing Time.
It's a great show that introduces the basics
of American Sign Language to kids
and I think it's really well done.
The music's really fun.
It's very cute.
It's something that Bailey and Jacob
and I used to watch all the time
and maybe Parker,
and then we just didn't bring out our DVDs
as often when Duncan was little,
but he's still little.
So (pecking)
- I'm not little.
- Oh, no.
Oh, yeah. See?
- [Parker] I do not remember this at all.
- Yeah, (giggles) so Parker doesn't remember.
It's more that we didn't bring it out
when Parker was like three.
But Duncan's a really good age to start it right now.
So I guess,
yay, we're doing a good job with Duncan.
(laughing)
But we did do beginning signs with Parker,
we just didn't bring out Signing Time DVDs.
But these are so great.
There's so much fun.
And I really recommend them.
And you can usually find them at your local library
or request them at your local library.
(laughs)
I love teaching my young kids sign language.
I think it's a great way
to bridge the language time when they're nonverbal
to when they're more verbal.
But I also think it's a wonderful way
to just begin language development.
And also, Bailey now
is saying that she wants to learn sign language,
like entirely.
So, that's amazing.
And hopefully what she learned as a child,
will kind of still be in her
and will re-emerge as she's developing
her larger sign language vocabulary.
- I don't know how to do it
- Okay
- It like this
- You make it three
- And then you put it at your chin.
(indistinct)
- Baby.
We have a baby
- We do have a baby.
- I wanna show you something.
- Oh, what does that mean Parker?
- Play ball
- More milk.
- Yeah, good job Duncan.
Do you have anything you wanna show us Bailey?
- Oh, me.
Fish.
- Yes (giggles) - Cat
- Turtle
- Turtle.
- That's a turtle?
- I think - That's turtle?
- Pretty fun, huh?
(laughs)
Show me what your favorite signs are right now.
- All the same.
- All the same? - All the same Duncan?
Show me what you just learned.
- More daddy.
And more
mommy
- Mommy is down here.
Mommy and daddy.
- More daddy
and more
mommy.
- Aaw I love that - Can you do flower?
- More
flower.
- Let's fish.
- Yeah, fish is a fun one,
isn't it?
- And then airplane is this one.
- (indistinct)
- No they want - No
- You don't know sign language - I want
more
babies.
- You want more babies?
- Yeah , baby
- More please (giggles)
- More babies
- (indistinct) please try and go to sleep
- More babies
- Try and go to sleep right now
- No I can't
More
- Oh you want another baby?
(all) Yes
- More
(laughing)
- You want more babies
- Yeah (giggles)
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