Kia ora! Talofa!
It's coming up 30 years since I last recorded an episode of You and Me! Back then I might have been talking to the preschool version of you, who is now a parent, or a parent who is now a grandparent.
I can't tell you how exciting it is that so many stars have aligned to enable me to bring back You and Me, after all these years. It was such a joy to be a part of the team that created the original series but, believe it or not, it is even more exciting to be bring the series back, now, because I would love for you and your whanau to take 30 minutes out of your week and join me for a kōrero, a song and a story - a gentle, wee repreive in this fast paced world.
Premier 13th June 10am: Little Creatures
In this episode of Friends, Suzy's gardening and she's found something special to show you. I wonder if you have these in your garden in Summer? I wonder what you can find in your garden today? Ask your folks if you can go and hunt for bugs in your backyard.
Find out more about Suzy and this brand-new version of the much loved, award-winning preschool programme on YouAndMeNZ on You Tube or look through the various episodes descriptions here
Song: Beautiful Butterfly - a You and Me Original
Story: The Kauri Family by Arthur Baysting and Suzy Cato with illustrations by Craig Fletcher
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This Week: Friends
In this episode of Friends, Suzy's making a friendship bracelet for a friend, out of beads and she gets to sing one of her favorite songs from the original series of You and Me, from the 90's!.
Find out more about Suzy and this brand-new version of the much loved, award-winning preschool programme, You and Me, at www.youandme.nz and find out why it's important to understand these words and concepts.
Song: Be My Friend
Book: Tulip and Doug by Carla Martel, with illustrations by Carla Martel
Read by Petra Bagustl
Last Week: Bubbles
In the epsiode of Bubbles, Suzy's doing the dishes and has found that her dishwashing liquid has made lots of big beautiful bubbles.
Maybe you've seen lots of bubbles in your sink or your bath. Or maybe you;'ve blown some bubbles the way Suzy does in the garden? Join in and float around like a bubble, too!
Download: Bubble Recipe PDF
Song: Floating Bubbles
Book: You and Me Original
Week Four: When It's Time To Wait
Suzy's helping the toys take turns on the slide. Sometimes it can be hard to wait for your turn, but it's important that we do, so everyone gets to have a turn and no one misses out!
in theis episode find out why it's important to understand these words and concepts around taking turns.
Song: When It's Time to Wait - a You and Me OG Original
Story: Of Course You Can - by Karen Hinge and Illustrated by Nicky Sievert
Read by Pio Terei
Week Three: House and Home
What colour is the roof of your house, your whare? Today Suzy's looking at houses - the homes we live in and the homes where some other creatures, like pets and bees like to live.
Join her for a trip down memory lane singing "My House has a Roof" a song from the OG You and Me!here
Find out more about this episode "My House Has A Roof" click here
Week Two: In and Out
In the second episode "In And Out" of this brand new series... Suzy's is looking at the differences between "in" and "out". Join her and "Put Your Waewae In"! Find out why it's important to understand these words and concepts.
Find out more about the second episode "In And Out" click here...
Week One: Playdough
In the first episode of this brand new series... we make playdough! Homemade squishy, squashy playdough. We visit a preschool environment and observe how the caregivers and tamariki ataahua - beautiful children have fun making a batch of dough and then some wonderful playdough creations to share.
Play Dough Recipes (Print/Download): Standard | Cooked | Gluten Free. here
Find out more about the first episode "Playdough" click here
Each week we'll also release the song from that week's episode. You can look forward to a whole album of You and Me songs - most of them brand new, but some OG bangers, remixed, too! These songs can be listened to on your favourite streaming platform and enjoyed as part of that week's episode.
One little insight, which has made my heart sing, is that this new series of You and Me has been made with the help of so many adults/parents who, not only watched the OG series when they were small, but now have small ones of their own. It has been so heart warming seeing how excited those "big kids" are watching their own children engage and interact with the programme they'd loved when they were a child; and we hope the enjoyment that all of us have had, making this new series of You and Me, transfers through to you and your family as you view it.
Arohanui
Suzy xox
Next Week: We "put our waewae in"!
Until then you can watch treasures from the archive - You And Me Episode from '94 and '95 on my YouTube channel YouAndMeNZ.