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Be Cool/Elephant Walk
The Cat introduces scientific inquiry skills, teaching core science concepts and vocabulary while taking your preschoolers on fun-filled adventures.<br/> <strong>Ages:</strong> 2-5<br/> <strong>Educational Goal:<\/strong> Science, Language and Literacy
Be Cool/Elephant Walk
Season 1 Episode 27 | 25m 25s | CC
The Cat takes Nick and Sally to the Dizzle-dazzle Desert to learn how to keep cool. They learn that some animals are light coloured, some stay out of the sun, and some, like Tommy the coolest toad around, just move very slowly. / Themba the African elephant and her daughter, Efia, show the Cat and the kids all the different things their trunks can do.
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