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>>RACHEL: Good morning! It’s time for Chompers, your twice daily toothbrushing show!
Start brushing on the top of your mouth on one side…
[SWITCH BELL]
>>RACHEL: -and make sure not to brush too hard.
>>KIDS: 3, 2, 1 brush!
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>>RACHEL: It’s Sports week and today we’re working out your brain muscles with some riddles.
Here’s your first one:
Pulling bow strings tight
Making arrows fly
The goals is to hit the target
Right in the middle of the bullseye
What is this sport? Shout it out.
>>GROUP: ARCHERY!
>>RACHEL: ARCHERY!
Switch to the other side of the top of your mouth…
[SWITCH BELL]
>>RACHEL: -and brush the molars in the way back.
Archery is a sport where you shoot arrows using a bow. There are a lot of types of bows, but all bows have a string that is pulled SUPER tight. When an archer -- that’s the person who’s DOING archery -- wants to shoot an arrow, they pull that bow string…
[STRETCH]
>>RACHEL: -aim their arrows, and let go…
[ZOOM - FLYING ARROW]
In competitions, Archers try to hit the center of the target, called a bullseye.
Switch to the bottom of your mouth…
[SWITCH BELL]
>>RACHEL: -and brush in little circles all the way around each tooth.
Here’s your next riddle:
This sport is played on Ice
Players try to hit the puck
Hoping that they'll score a goal
Using wooden sticks -- and a little luck
What sport is this?
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>>GROUP: HOCKEY
>>RACHEL: Hockey is a sport played on ice, where players skate around try to hit a small flat black disc called a puck.
Switch to the other side of the bottom of your mouth…
[SWITCH BELL]
>>RACHEL: -and brush your front teeth too.
In Hockey, players skate around, and hit the puck with hockey sticks. They want to get the puck into the other team’s net … to score a goal!
Hockey teams have a player called a goalkeeper, or goalie. The goalie stands in front of the net, and tries to keep the other team from scoring.
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>>RACHEL: Alright ya beauties great job brushing your chiclets, Oh wait, you don’t speak hockey? That means, great job brushing your teeth. Come back tonight for more sports riddles, and until then-
>>KIDS: 3, 2, 1 spit!
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>>RACHEL: Chompers is a production of Gimlet Media.