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Tunnels
Episode # 138. Tunnel
In a long cylinder-shaped box, the children give the Storypeople a red tunnel. What will happen when people enter from different sides? Will there be enough room to pass? How about when a second tunnel appears, making four entrances instead of two? Who will come out where?

Age 3-6 years
Materials Appliance-sized cardboard box or other tunnel-making materials
Skills Gross motor skills
Imagination
Subjects Physical Health
- Movement

Directions
Make a tunnel - using a large cardboard box with the ends removed is the easiest way, but you can use whatever you have. Encourage your child to move through the tunnel. How fast can she make it through? Can she go through backwards? Or like a snake? Or like a cat? Let your child invent a story about where the tunnel might lead.

Talk About It
While viewing the Tunnel episode, you might start a conversation by asking your child:

As you talk about the things on screen, you can help expand your child's vocabulary by alternating the words you use with their synonyms. In the Tunnel episode you might ask if there is enough space or enough room for Grandpappa inside the tunnel.

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