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Mon esprit

S1 E30
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2013

Hugo always has something in mind. But in fact, what is the spirit? And where is it located? Lily and Felix help him find the answer.

Levels:
Elementary Kindergarten
Subjects:
Français Communication orale French as a Second Language Listening Social Sciences and Humanities
Skills:
Self-Directed Learning Collaboration Communication Problem Solving
French level:
A2: Waystage Basic User (A1 - A2) A1: Breakthrough
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E1 : Grand

5min5s
Hugo sets off to find things that are big: from elephants to trees, to cities, to planets. He learns that tons of things can be big, like a large appetite or a big surprise.
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E2 : Les amis

5min5s
Hugo learns about what friends are. He´ll even travel to the Moon to make a new friend.
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E3 : Jouer

5min5s
Hugo learns what playing means and why children like it so much. There are so many games on Earth. Enough for Hugo to be able to have fun for the rest of his life.
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E4 : La jalousie

5min5s
Hugo can´t help but feel jealous when he is excluded from his group of friends, who are busy performing incredible yo-yo tricks. Felix and Lily help him understand the concept of jealousy until he feels happy again.
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E5 : Apprendre

5min5s
Hugo learns a lot of things at school, but he also learns a lot from his parents and his friends. He discovers that, sometimes, you have to make mistakes to be able to understand some things.
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E6 : L'école

5min5s
School is the perfect place to learn all kinds of things, like counting and drawing, for example. But school is also the ideal spot to meet all your friends.
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E7 : Être gentil

5min5s
Lily and Félix explain to Hugo that there are many ways to be nice. For example, you can help an injured person take care of their pets. But when Hugo realizes that he´s given almost all of his balloons to his friends, he starts to wonder whether he was being too nice.
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E8 : Être juste

5min5s
Hugo understands that it´s important to be fair, that everyone is entitled to their turn on the sled or to an equal number of shared candies. But when Hugo has to divide a piece of cake between his gigantic friend Yeti and a tiny ant, he isn´t sure what to tell Yeti, who says he´s still hungry.
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E11 : L'art

5min5s
Hugo discovers what Art is by looking at a series of strange and wonderful paintings, scultures and photos. He also discovers that aging can make you feel a real range of feelings.
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E12 : Les humains

5min5s
Hugo thinks he´s a human because he has legs, eyes, ears, a nose and a mouth. But his pet tarantula and his sly monkey friend have all of those things, too! Félix and Lily help Hugo learn about the things that make someone a human being.
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E13 : Le travail

5min5s
Félix and Lily tell Hugo about different types of professions. Hugo manages to find a job at a construction site.
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E14 : Penser

5min5s
Hugo is always thinking about something, whether it´s about his mom´s birthday or scoring a great goal.
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E15 : La différence

5min5s
Hugo imagines a perfect world where all of his friends act, dress, and think like him. But his dream quickly becomes boring. Félix and Lily help Hugo understand that variety is the spice of life.
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E16 : Être triste

5min5s
Hugo´s friend, Yeti, is so sad; he´s crying his eyes out. Hugo doesn´t know why, but he tries his best to comfort him. He brings him to the circus.
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E17 : La mémoire

5min5s
Hugo discovers that the brain is like a computer: it can record plenty of different things¿both good and bad. Lily and Félix help him understand the way memory works.
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E18 : Savoir

5min5s
Hugo knows all about the things he can see, hear, or touch. But when he starts to wonder if his friend the elephant can fly, Hugo decides to perform an experiment so that he can see it for himself.
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E19 : Les décisions

5min5s
It´s not always easy to decide what´s fair and what the best thing to do is.
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E20 : Les conseils

5min5s
Everyone needs advice sometimes, even Hugo. Particularly when his dad is helping him fix his toy dragon. But when Yéti convinces him to climb a large mountain without even a jacket, Hugo learns that it´s not wise to listen to all the advice you may get.
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E21 : Chez moi

5min5s
Hugo is worried, he will move soon. Felix and Lily help him understand that a real home is a place where you feel safe and where you spend time with your family. So do not worry Hugo, you'll feel at home again, creating new memories.
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E22 : Être en colère

5min5s
When a mischievous monkey steals Hugo´s ice cream, he can´t help but feel hot and very annoyed. Is this what anger is?
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E23 : La beauté

5min5s
Hugo is looking at beautiful things, from flowers, to rainbows, to his brand new bike. But he also learns that everything can be beautiful, even Mr. and Mrs. Yeti.
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E24 : La vérité

5min5s
Hugo knows that certain things are true, like that elephants are tall, for example. But is it also true that llamas can skateboard? Is his friend Oscar right when he says that giant dinosaurs still exist? Hugo is trying to find the truth.
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E25 : Les animaux de compagnie

5min5s
Hugo learns the difference between pets, like dogs and cats, and big wild animals, like elephants. Félix and Lily explain to Hugo that pets are companions that should be loved and respected. But when a robot from outer space decides to make Hugo his pet, Hugo isn´t sure what to believe anymore.
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E26 : Partager

5min5s
Félix and Lily show Hugo that itcould be fun to share things, like sharing a comic, an idea, his time. Hugo also learns that sometimes sharing is not always a good idea. Like sharing your bath with a monkey.
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E27 : Les autres

5min5s
Hugo would like his friends to like him thanks to his great skills, he would also like his parents to love him even more thanks to his good grades. He discovers that it is also important to be yourself, and to be loved for that.
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E28 : Les règles

5min5s
Hugo realizes that the rules are everywhere and dictate to us what we can and cannot do. There are rules in games and rules in life that guarantee our safety.
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E29 : L'infini

5min5s
The universe is so vast, there are even some who say that it is infinite. Hugo ventures into space with his great friend the robot to discover what infinity is.
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E30 : Mon esprit

5min5s
Hugo always has something in mind. But in fact, what is the spirit? And where is it located? Lily and Felix help him find the answer.
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E31 : Être intelligent

5min5s
Hugo knows a lot of intelligent people, like his parents, his teachers and his friend the scientist. But is Hugo as intelligent? He's trying to find out by making a rocket.
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E32 : La patience

5min5s
Hugo often has to wait. He has to wait until his bread is toasted, his sister is ready, the bus arrives. Certain things can make him wait a long time, and Hugo will have to learn to wait.
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E33 : Les sens

5min5s
Hugo explores his senses, from hearing to smell, through touch, sight and taste. But at the amusement park, he discovers that sometimes the senses can betray us.
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E34 : La musique

5min5s
Félix and Lily explain to Hugo that music is a succession of different noises that people create, most of the time through instruments like the trumpet or the guitar. With a lot of practice, you can really make good songs.
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E35 : Obéir

5min5s
There is always someone to tell Hugo what to do, and most of the time it's for his own good. However, there will sometimes people who try to influence him to do silly things, like his friend the clever monkey.
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E36 : Les adultes

5min5s
All children grow up one day, even Hugo. One day he will have to find a job, he will have his own house, maybe even a family. But can adults behave like children from time to time?
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E37 : Grandir

5min5s
Hugo gets bigger every day. Growing up is exciting, one day we might be able to do crazy things like piloting an airplane. But with all these things to learn and discover, Hugo wonders if we stop growing one day.
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E38 : La peur

5min5s
Oscar is frightened by an ugly monkey. Hugo is afraid of thunder, and both are afraid of a big spider. Together they discover what fear is and how to fight it.
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E39 : Les rêves

5min5s
When Hugo falls asleep, he dreams a lot. He dreams that he flies with dragons and races with panthers. But even when awake, he dreams standing. He dreams that he can leap high in the sky. Hugo wonders what dreams really are.
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E40 : La liberté

5min5s
Hugo is anxious to be tall, to be able to drive a car, to watch scary movies and to be able to do whatever he wants. He quickly learns that adults have far less freedom than children.
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E41 : Être fort

5min5s
Hugo organizes a showdown between an elephant and an ant, he learns that an ant is damn tough for its size. Hugo also learns that strength is also in the head.
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E42 : Mon imagination

5min5s
Hugo has a vivid imagination, which helps him to invent games that are as incredible as they are fun. Félix and Lily show Hugo how to use his imagination to solve his problems and sometimes even others.
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E43 : La bagarre

5min5s
Hugo finds it scary to see giant robots fighting, and even more annoying to argue with his friends. But he discovers that sometimes people have to fight to defend others. With great courage, Hugo helps a princess in the grip of an evil dragon.
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E44 : Choisir

5min5s
Some choices are easy to make; what to play with, who. But Hugo discovers that making certain choices proves to be very difficult, and that sometimes, he does not even have a choice.
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E45 : Ma famille

5min5s
Hugo has a large family. He has two sisters, a dad, a mom, a granny, cousins ??and many more. Others who also have a father, mother and cousins. Maybe one day Hugo will also build his own family.
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E46 : Aimer

5min5s
The Yeti loves his teddy bear and the elephant loves his skateboard. Hugo discovers love by observing the people and their objects around him, as well as the way they are attached to it.
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E47 : Je veux!

5min5s
Hugo is convinced that he needs a monkey to play with him. He doesn't think he needs books or sleep. Félix and Lily help Hugo understand the difference between wanting and needing.
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E48 : Les compromis

5min5s
Sometimes it's easy to agree, everyone agrees that snow is cold and the sun is hot. But Hugo knows that we never agree on everything, like when he wants to play baseball for example when everyone wants to play with a doll. They learn together the meaning of the word compromise and find themselves for a part of wild bumper car. …
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E49 : Les préférences

5min5s
Hugo likes certain things rather than others, like his grandma's homemade soup, good music or the color orange. Hugo wonders if the world would not be better if it were only made of the things he likes, and if everything was orange.
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E50 : Changer

5min5s
Many things change over time. The egg becomes a bird, the caterpillar, a butterfly and the child, an adult. But Hugo likes certain things as they are.
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E51 : Être vieux

5min5s
Hugo wonders how many birthdays it takes to get old. The young version of Hugo meets the old one and the two of them set off on a crazy adventure to answer this question.
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E52 : Être courageux

5min5s
Sometimes in life, you have to know how to be brave, like when for example Hugo has to go to the doctor, it's like fighting a dragon.
Levels:
Elementary Kindergarten
Subjects:
Français Communication orale French as a Second Language Listening Social Sciences and Humanities
Skills:
Self-Directed Learning Collaboration Communication Problem Solving
French level:
A2: Waystage Basic User (A1 - A2) A1: Breakthrough