When the very last person hears the message, ask him or her to say it out loud… then see how much the original word or phrase changed through your “telephone line.” Then you can imagine how that can happen with stories and secrets. Remember: you can only say it once-and in a whisper! No repeats or re-dos! Then that person should whisper whatever he or she heard to the next person.

To see how this happens, gather four people together and play a game of 'telephone.' Sit in a circle or stand in a line and ask the youngest person to think of a word or phrase, and whisper it to the next person. And once you share secrets with other people, it can feel like a game of telephone! People may add new endings or embellish details-basically stories can get all mixed up. When you talk about other people's business behind their backs, you may be gossiping. Our resident artist is Sabina Hahn and you can learn more about her HERE. We'd love to see it! To access all the coloring pages for past episodes click HERE. We’re also keeping an album so share your picture on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest, and tag it with #CircleRound. Our artist is Sabina Hahn.ĪDULTS! PRINT THIS so everyone can color while listening. Original music and sound design is by Eric Shimelonis. This week’s story, “When Fish Fly,” was adapted by Rebecca Sheir, and edited by Circle Round’s executive producer, Jessica Alpert. It’s called What Can You Do with a Toolbox?, and it’s on shelves now. Grown-ups, you might know John and Anthony as the real-life cousins from HGTV’s “Cousins on Call,” “Kitchen Cousins,” and “America’s Most Desperate Kitchens.” And kids: you may have seen the guys’ very first children’s book. Voices on this episode include: James Konicek, Anne Undeland, Thom Whaley, John Colaneri and Anthony Carrino.

Our story is called “When Fish Fly.” Versions of this folktale come from a number of places, including the Ukraine and Russia, Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands and India. In this story, we’ll meet a big gossip who learns a very tricky lesson about spilling other people’s beans.

When they meddle in other people’s business, and share other people’s secrets. And so on.īy the time your message gets all the way around the circle… chances are it’s pretty mixed-up and sounds nothing like what you originally said.Īnd that is exactly what can happen when people gossip. Then they whisper what they think they heard into the next person’s ear. You sit in a big circle, and if you’re the one starting, you whisper a word or phrase into the ear of the person next to you.

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