In this new 13-part series, six-year-old Emily Yeung takes on the world with her own unique perspective. She's joined on her adventures by everyone from snake handlers to professional basketball players; from stuffed animal makers to pineapple upside-down cake bakers. Whoever her guest may be, inquisitive Emily is always up for a new experience or challenge.
Each segment is six minutes long and they have been aggregated thematically into 13 half-hour episodes, each with 5 separate segments.
There is a companion interactive website to enhance and further the Emily Yeung experience.
The five 6 minute segments in All Sorts of Animals are:
1) THIS IS EMILY YEUNG LEARNING ABOUT SNAKES - Emily gets up close and personal with her favorite slithery friends when she visits the zoo to meet several different types of snakes, including giant boa constrictors!
2) THIS IS EMILY YEUNG TAKING CARE OF KITTENS - Emily Yeung joins a fellow cat enthusiast to help her take care of some new kittens. Emily learns how to properly feed and play with her new feline friends before making them a bed.
3) THIS IS EMILY YEUNG LEARNING ABOUT CAMELS - One hump or two? Emily helps feed and groom a camel before saddling her up to go for a camel ride!
4) THIS IS EMILY YEUNG SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINS - Emily Yeung visits a marine center to learn about one of her favorite ocean mammals - dolphins! Emily learns how they use sounds to find their food and why their skin feels like rubber.
5) THIS IS EMILY YEUNG SNORKELING - Emily Yeung is snorkeling with sharks! She learns about the different fish that live in the ocean. Emily also meets manta rays and a parrot fish.
The other episodes are:
1. Getting Creative, Part I Emily makes a variety of crafts including origami art, a clay sculpture, and a collage.
2. Getting Creative, Part II In this episode Emily makes her own stuffed animal, builds a sand sculpture, and more.
4. Great Canadian Wonders Emily visits Quebec City, an amusement park, an ice hotel and a hot spring, and explores the Rocky Mountains.
5. Fit and Fun Emily tries out a number of physical activities including basketball, soccer, skiing and snowboarding.
6. Great Times in All Kinds of Weather Emily shows us all sorts of activities to keep busy in good or bad weather.
7. Creatures, Creations, Conservation In this episode Emily explores a forest, learns about worms, tries some science experiments, and plants a tree.
8. A Few of My Favorite Things Emily builds a treehouse, learns about rabbits and fireworks, plays dress-up, and goes ice fishing.
9. A Day in My Life Emily learns about different jobs including being a paramedic, a post office worker and an astronaut!
10. Let's Get Cookin' Emily tries her hand at making a variety of delicious foods in the kitchen.
11. Sharing Multicultural Traditions Emily learns karate, makes sushi and bubble tea, learns an African dance, and makes a medicine wheel.
12. At the Farm Emily rides a tractor, tends to the horses, learns about chickens, becomes a cowgirl, and makes fresh cheese.
13. Putting on a Show Emily puts on a puppet show, makes a mask, practices ballet dancing, and meets both Cirque du Soleil and the Blue Man Group.
Holiday Special Emily celebrates Christmas and learns about other holidays that people celebrate.
