Grade levels: Preschool

Part 1: The Tiger Family goes to the restaurant for taco night with Jodi and Dr. Plat. Daniel and Jodi find out that there are times to be silly and times to be calm.

Part 2: Music Man Stan comes to school for a special musical story with the class. Daniel, Katerina, and Miss Elaina learn to be calm so that everyone can enjoy the story.

Strategy: Give a squeeze, nice and slow, take a deep breath… let it go.

Part 1: Daniel returns to the Crayon Factory with O the Owl and Jodi. When Daniel gets mad that he doesn’t get a crayon box right away, he takes a deep breath and realizes there are plenty of boxes for everyone.

Part 2: Daniel and O are building a cardboard car contraption at school, but when it breaks, they get mad. Once they take a deep breath and count to four, they’re able to fix their contraption together.

Strategy: When you feel so mad that you want to roar, take a deep breath and count to four.

Part 1: Daniel and Dad Tiger spend the whole day together searching for seashells, picking apples, and even a special surprise. But when things don’t go as planned, Dad and Daniel remember that it doesn’t matter what they do, they just enjoy being together.

Part 2: Daniel is thrilled to spend the day with Mom – they even turn Mom’s old wagon into a trolley together! Although the wagon doesn’t turn out perfectly, it doesn’t matter because they’re just happy to be with one another.

Strategy: It doesn’t matter what we do, I just like to be with you.

Part 1: Daniel and Dad Tiger head to the “Dad and Me” Camp-out, joined by his friends and their dads. When Katerina arrives with her mom, she notices that she’s the only one who brought her mom. Henrietta assures Katerina that all families are different, and that’s okay.

Part 2: Daniel and Mom are on their way to “Mom and Me” Game Night when they run into O and X the Owl. O isn’t sure if he can go to Game Night without a mom, but Uncle X assures him that he has his uncle, who loves him very much, to bring him.

Strategy: Families are different, and that’s okay.

Part 1: Daniel Tiger is excited to spend the whole day with his grandpa – Grandpere! Whether they’re riding on Grandpere’s boat, sorting through Grandpere’s treasures, or even just relaxing on the sandy shore, they love the special time they have together.

Part 2: Daniel Tiger spends the whole day with Jodi and her Nana. Jodi and Nana love the special things they do together, like baking sweet treats and coloring.

Strategy: I love the special things I do with you.

Part 1: Daniel’s neighbor Jodi is sad when her mama leaves for a work trip until Daniel helps Jodi feel better by reminding her that grown-ups come back.

Part 2: Daniel’s neighbor Jodi is sad when her mama leaves for a work trip until Daniel helps Jodi feel better by reminding her that grown-ups come back.

Strategy: Grown-ups come back.

Part 1: At the Neighborhood Carnival, Miss Elaina shows off her cartwheel trick, but when Daniel tries, he can’t do a cartwheel like the one Miss Elaina did. Dad Tiger teaches Daniel that he can do a trick his own way, the Daniel way!

Part 2: Daniel is playing school with Miss Elaina and Jodi, but Miss Elaina gets upset when Jodi keeps copying everything she does. The friends help Jodi realize that she has great ideas of her own, and that she should play her own way.

Strategy: You can do things your own way.

Part 1: Daniel is excited to eat the special lunch Dad Tiger made for him – an egg salad sandwich! When Miss Elaina declares she doesn’t like egg salad, Daniel gets upset. They learn that it’s okay to like different things, but they should always be kind to one another.

Part 2: Daniel Tiger goes to the park to play with his toy, Ducky, but Prince Wednesday doesn’t like Ducky. They realize while it’s fine to like different toys, they should be kind to each other even when they disagree.

Strategy: We like different things, and that’s just fine, but remember to be kind.

Part 1: The Tiger Family is busy preparing for Margaret’s birthday party. Daniel struggles when the attention is not on him until he figures out that he can be a “tigertastic” birthday buddy and help make Margaret’s day special.

Part 2: Margaret’s birthday party is underway, and Daniel is feeling left out. Daniel remembers he can be a
“grr-ific” birthday buddy, so he leads Margaret and friends in a silly panda game and an original birthday song!

Strategy: When it’s not your birthday, what can you do? Be a birthday buddy and help out, too!