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Category |
Arden |
Michael |
Jen |
Others |
Notes |
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Victor |
Freddy |
Mommy Tabasco |
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From the song by Laurie Berkner |
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"Annanzi the Spider" |
Water Drinker |
Annanzi |
Cushion |
Linda Lee: Road Builder;
Bernie: Fish Catcher |
Based on a Jamaican story "Why the Moon is in the Sky" that he watched on Noggin. |
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Contractors/ Workers |
Jack |
Simone |
Howard |
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Jack is the foreman. Simone was the assistant. Howard the General Contractor |
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Book: Pumpkin Day |
Trudy |
Jack |
Mrs. Bell |
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Steam Shovels/ Diggers |
Alfie |
Jack |
Mary Anne |
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Alfie and Jack are from Thomas the Tank Engine. Mary Anne is from Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel. |
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Mary Anne |
Mike Mulligan |
Mrs. McGillicuddy |
Baby: The Little Boy |
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Book: The Chase |
Rabbit |
Coyote |
Wolf |
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Food (from the book Food Fight) |
Potato |
Hot Dog |
Mac and Cheese (Why, Arden? "We love her and we love to eat her as leftovers.") |
Alan Blumenthal: Chocolate
Linda Lee: The Other Chocolate
Ellen: Swiss Cheese
Bernie: Apple |
Alan is allergic to chocolate!
The baby was recently named Chunky Peanut Butter |
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States (Thanks to The Scrambled States of America) |
Kansas |
Delaware |
Pennsylvania |
Baby: Nebraska
Wendy: The US of A
Warren: Wyoming |
He also knows pretty much the whole US map and several state capitals. |
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Trains |
Thomas the Tank Engine |
Gordon the Express Train |
Lady the Magic Railroad |
Baby: Percy
Ellen and Hy Kapito: George and Henry |
Jen was originally Clarabel.
I think Percy was originally assigned to Wendy or Warren. |
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Watchmen |
Niccolini |
Night Watchman |
Day Watchman |
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From the book Niccolini's Song |
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Engineers |
Engineer Small |
Engineer Big |
Engineer Medium |
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From The Little Train |
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Jet Planes |
Herky the Helicopter |
Jay Jay the Jet Plane |
Big Jake |
Ellen: Tracy the Girl Jet
Bernie: Snuffy the Skywriter
Pop-Pop: Old Oscar the Biplane
Warren: Revvin' Evan
Wendy: Savannah the Supersonic Jet
Felicia: Tuffy the Tow Truck
Lou: LL (we made that one up) |
He's never seen the TV show Jay Jay the Jet Plane (thank god!), but he found the website on PBSkids.org. |
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Riding Trains |
Joe the Ashcat |
Dinah |
Mabel |
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These come from a combination of the song "I've been working on the railroad" and the book Jingle the Brass |
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Muppets |
Kermit |
Fozzie |
Miss Piggy |
Baby: Gonzo |
It's not an insult to make his brother Gonzo. He was completing the foursome that star the show! |
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Chefs |
Sushi Chef |
Egg Chef |
Pasta Chef |
Ellen: Sushi Sous-Chef |
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Kitchen appliances |
Kitchen Aid |
Refrigerator |
Pasta Sauce |
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Hands |
Oobi |
Kako |
Uma |
Bernie: Grampu
Ellen: Gramu (made that one up) |
From Noggin's website for what must be a really terrible TV show. Thank god we've never watched the show. |
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Students |
Yoko |
Valerie |
Timothy (Sometimes she is Yoko's mama.) |
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From Yoko and Timothy's Tales from Hilltop School by Rosemary Wells. |
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Cousins |
Miranda |
Uncle David |
Aunt Melanie |
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Even though he's Miranda, he calls us "Aunt" and "Uncle." |
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Gimmis |
Alex |
Sarah |
Julie |
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Interesting that he is not his friend Jonah! |
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Night Trains |
Wide Awake William |
Night Train Conductor |
Williams Mommy |
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From the book William and the Night Train |
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Looneys |
Alison |
Kristen |
Andy |
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That's when we're playing with pyramids or reading the Looney Labs Catalogue (one of his favorites). |
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Pop Pop and Nana |
Nana |
Pop Pop |
Pop Pop |
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Confusingly, Jen and I are both Pop Pops. |
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Grandparents |
Grandma Ellen |
Zayde |
Grandma Wendy |
Nana Margaret is the girl in the book. |
The most often time that we become this is on a page in the book Like a Windy Day on which he (Grandma Ellen) is a spider repairing her web while her babies soar off on the wind. And then I'm Zayde getting ready to go visit my children. |
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Farmers |
Old McDonald |
Farmer Alfalfa |
The Farmer in the Dell |
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Penguins |
Baby Penguin |
Daddy Penguin |
Mommy Penguin |
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This one involves a lot of waddling. |
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Numbers |
Two |
Five |
One or Six |
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Dinosaurs |
Tarchia wink ("Tarchia winked at a stegosaur she liked.") |
Stripeasaurus |
Mama Maiosaur |
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Blue Monsters |
Hannah |
Hazel |
Elmo |
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He read a book at Smith Playhouse about not discriminating. It featured Elmo and some blue monsters. |
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Miricks |
Benjamin (NOT "Ben") |
Susanna |
Cat |
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Book: The Hokey-Pokey Man |
Sarah |
Ben |
Joe |
Baby: Ernest |
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