Hi-5 (American TV series)

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Hi-5
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Genre
Based onHi-5
by Helena Harris
Posie Graeme-Evans
Directed byIan Munro
Rob Cotterill
Presented by
Opening theme"Hi-5 Theme"
Ending theme"Hi-5 Theme (Reprise)"
ComposerChris Harriott
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes70
Production
Executive producerHelena Harris
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
DistributorSouthern Star International
Release
Original networkDiscovery Kids
TLC
Picture formatNTSC
Audio formatStereo
Original releaseFebruary 24, 2003 (2003-02-24) –
October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06)
Chronology
Related showsHi-5 (Australian TV series)

Hi-5 (also known as Hi-5 USA) is an American children's television series produced by Kids Like Us, which aired on Discovery Kids and TLC on the Ready Set Learn blocks of both networks. It is based on the original Australian series of the same name, created by Helena Harris and Posie Graeme-Evans. The program is known for its educational content and pop music appeal, with the cast of the show known collectively as Hi-5. The series premiered on February 24, 2003. The program was nominated for three Emmy Awards.

Format[]

Hi-5 is a variety-style series for pre-schoolers that features music as an integral part of its premise.[1][2] The program features five presenters who are collectively known as Hi-5, who perform songs as a group as well as present individual segments.[2]

The Puzzles and Patterns segment focuses on logical thinking and mathematics, with a puppet named Jup Jup. Jup Jup is used to help complete puzzles or solve problems.[1] The presenter of the segment Body Move encourages children to participate in movement and dance to develop physical coordination and motor development.[1] Linguistics and aural skills are at the center of the Word Play segment. Word Play features a puppet named Chatterbox, who assists in the exploration of language through stories and rhymes.[1] Shapes in Space focuses on visual and spatial awareness using shapes, color and everyday materials such as boxes and play dough.[1] Musicality is explored through Making Music, with an emphasis on pitch, rhythm, beat, melody, and using a variety of real and pretend instruments.[1] The final segment, in which the cast comes together, is entitled Sharing Stories. In this segment, the cast tells a story that explores interpersonal relationships and emotions.[3]

The episodes are bookended with a Song of the Week; a pop-style feature song that corresponds with the weekly theme and sets an educational topic for the week's episodes.[3]

Production[]

Due to the popularity and international appeal of the original Hi-5 series in Australia, it was announced in 2002 that a local American series would be introduced.[2] The U.S. version was filmed in the Australian show's studios from September 2002 to February 2003 and made its debut in February, premiering on TLC and Discovery Kids.[1][4] The cast consisted of Kimee Balmilero, Karla Cheatham Mosley, Curtis Cregan, Jennifer Korbee (née Peterson-Hind) and Shaun Taylor-Corbett.[1] The series was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2005, 2006 and 2007.[1][5]

The final group of 10 episodes from the second season premiered on September 25, 2006.[6]

In August 2006, Cheatham Mosley and Taylor-Corbett left the cast to pursue other ventures.[vague] New touring members Sydney James and Yasmeen Sulieman joined Balmilero, Cregan, and Korbee, but were not featured in the television series.[7] The group last performed together in Puerto Rico in 2008.

Music[]

The program uses music as an integral part of its concept, and like the original Australian group, the cast of the American series became a recognized musical group for children outside of the show, known collectively as Hi-5.[5] The debut album of the group, Jump and Jive with Hi-5, corresponded with the first season of the show and was released in September 2004 by Koch Entertainment.[8] A special holiday album, It's a Hi-5 Christmas, was released in October 2005.[9] The cast also toured malls and theaters in the U.S., performing songs from the television series.[3] After Cheatham Mosley and Taylor-Corbett departed, the group continued to tour around America with Sulieman and James throughout 2007 before the group's final performance in Puerto Rico in 2008. Chris Harriott was the primary composer of the show, with the songs written for the Australian group also being used for the American cast.[10]

Cast[]

Presenters[]

Sydney James and Yasmeen Sulieman joined the group in August 2006, replacing Taylor-Corbett and Cheatham Mosley, respectively, but were not featured in the television series.

Series overview[]

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
14525February 24, 2003 (2003-02-24)March 28, 2003 (2003-03-28)
20April 19, 2004 (2004-04-19)May 14, 2004 (2004-05-14)
22515September 26, 2005 (2005-09-26)October 14, 2005 (2005-10-14)
10September 25, 2006 (2006-09-25)[6]October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06)

Episodes[]

Season 1 (2003–04)[]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleSong of the WeekThemeOriginal air date
Part 1
11"Touching"Five SensesSensesFebruary 24, 2003 (2003-02-24)
Shaun builds a cubby house and adjusts it to fit all of his friends inside. Karla builds an imaginary cubby house with the rest of Hi-5 acting as the walls. Jenn discovers a magical pillow that makes a laughing sound when it is squeezed. Kimee pretends to work as a doctor giving her patients medical checkups. Karla describes her feelings after a visit to the doctor. Sharing Stories: Chats tells a story about a circus, where Jenn, Kimee, Shaun, Karla, and Curtis must work out how their special equipment fits in with each of their roles at the circus. Absent: Curtis.
22"Hearing"Five SensesSensesFebruary 25, 2003 (2003-02-25)
Jenn teaches Chats about sign language and helps her learn some signs. Kimee fixes a cupboard door and hears an echo when she taps with her hammer. Karla does some work with an imaginary hammer. Curtis listens to the different stomping sounds that feet make, and how it can sound like they are talking. Karla counts how many different ways there are to walk. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells a story about a rooster (Curtis) with a sore throat, who enlists the other animals on the farm; a horse (Karla), mouse (Jenn), and cow (Kimee), to help him perform his morning crow. Absent: Shaun.
33"Seeing"Five SensesSensesFebruary 26, 2003 (2003-02-26)
Shaun becomes a detective and dresses up in a disguise for solving a mystery. Karla uses her face, hands, and feet to show that she is feeling happy. Kimee decorates gloves with eyes to make puppets. Karla plays with finger puppets. Jenn and Chats make shadows using a torch when the power goes out. Karla dances with her shadow. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells a story about a mermaid (Jenn) whose friends (Kimee and Shaun) worry that she has poor eyesight, so take her to an eye doctor (Karla) for a checkup. Absent: Curtis.
44"Smelling"Five SensesSensesFebruary 27, 2003 (2003-02-27)
Shaun explores the noses of different animals. Karla pretends to be a piglet trying to resist the temptation of rolling in the mud. Kimee picks sunflowers from her garden and waters a pot plant with some magic water. Curtis meets some alien creatures from outer space (which happen to be the rest of Hi-5) and translates their languages while making music with them. Karla bobs upwards and downwards. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells a story about a prince (Curtis) who visits two flowers (Karla and Kimee) in an enchanted garden, but fails to notice a shy rosebud (Jenn) until it gains the confidence needed to bloom. Absent: Jenn.
55"Tasting"Five SensesSensesFebruary 28, 2003 (2003-02-28)
Curtis, Kimee, Shaun, and Jenn make food shakers. Karla copies the way the animals eat. Jenn shows a pizza and Chats learns Italian words. Karla makes an imaginary pizza. Shaun tastes a watermelon and a lemon. Karla sings and dances about fruit. Sharing Stories: Karla tells us a story about a kitten (Kimee) that doesn't want milk anymore, her friends (Shaun the dog, Curtis the bird, and Jenn the pig) help her to make a new breakfast. Absent: Kimee.
66"Jungle Animals"So Many AnimalsAnimalsMarch 3, 2003 (2003-03-03)
Jenn and Chats pretend to be meerkats. Karla pretends to be a scary lion with a funny roar. Monkey Curtis dances the rain dance along with his monkey friends (Jenn, Kimee and Shaun). Karla sings about the elephant's trunk. Shaun shows us different kinds of jungle cats. Karla swings on a vine. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about a frog (Curtis) that can't jump, his dad (Shaun) gets worried, but a grasshopper (Kimee) and a kangaroo (Karla) help Curtis to jump. Absent: Kimee.
77"Insects"So Many AnimalsAnimalsMarch 4, 2003 (2003-03-04)
Jenn and Chats pretend to be ants building an ants nest. Karla pretends to be an ant inside an ants nest. Shaun pretends to be a spider in his spiderweb. Jup Jup helps Kimee to find some flowers for Jenn. Karla pretends to fly like different kinds of insects. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about a caterpillar (Kimee) who wants to be a great dancer, a grasshopper (Shaun) and a spider (Karla) advise her to buy some shoes at the bug's store (Jenn), she tries on different kind of shoes. Absent: Curtis.
88"Farm Animals"So Many AnimalsAnimalsMarch 5, 2003 (2003-03-05)
Jenn and Chats meet a little chicken. Karla does the funky chick dance. Shaun pretends to be a cowboy. Karla pretends to be a cowgirl. Curtis plays musical cow bells along with the Hi-5 band. Karla pretends to milk a cow. Sharing Stories: Karla tells us a story about a duck (Jenn) that lives in the city and visits the country where Curtis the duck, Kimee the sheep and Shaun the cow live. Absent: Kimee.
99"Water Animals"So Many AnimalsAnimalsMarch 6, 2003 (2003-03-06)
Shaun talks about penguins and he dresses up like one along with the Hi-5 band. Karla pretends to be a penguin and she does ice skating. Curtis and the Hi-5 band pretend to be frogs speaking Spanish. Karla pretends to be a frog who hates rain and getting wet. Kimee measures the length of a baby whale. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about a scientist (Karla) who'd like to talk to a fish, then she gets it and meets an angel fish (Shaun), a seahorse (Jenn) and a whale (Curtis). Absent: Jenn.
1010"Animals in the Neighborhood"So Many AnimalsAnimalsMarch 7, 2003 (2003-03-07)
Kimee pretends to be a cool, cool cat making a cool cat drink. Karla takes care of her kitten. Curtis' puppies (Shaun, Jenn and Kimee) sing together and they become pop stars. Karla pretends to be a pop star parrot. Jenn takes Chats in a stroll through the park at night. Karla pretends to be a fruit bat. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about two possums (Curtis and Shaun) that try to stay awake during day time and get into Karla's house, while their mom (Jenn) gets worried. Absent: Shaun.
1111"Machines in the House"Robot Number OneMachinesMarch 10, 2003 (2003-03-10)
Kimee pretends to be a phone operator. Karla sings about communication. Curtis' machines work for him (Jenn toasts, Karla cleans, Shaun scrubs and Kimee rests). Karla pretends to be a tumble dryer. Jenn and Chats blow beautiful bubbles. Karla pretends to be a donut machine. Sharing Stories: Karla tells us a story about an old toaster (Curtis), the kids (Shaun and Kimee) replace him for a new bread maker (Jenn). Absent: Shaun.
1212"Machines in the City"Robot Number OneMachinesMarch 11, 2003 (2003-03-11)
Robot Shaun's dog doesn't want to walk. Robot Karla walks her dog in different ways. Kimee plays with traffic lights but Jup Jup takes away its colors. Karla plays stop and go. Curtis and Jenn use a computer and microphone to make city sounds. Karla pretends to be an airplane. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about a little but strong crane (Curtis), and Karla doesn't believe that he can help on building until an elephant (Kimee) from Shaun's circus gets stuck in a wheelbarrow. Absent: Jenn.
1313"Machines in the Country"Robot Number OneMachinesMarch 12, 2003 (2003-03-12)
Curtis builds a fence for a new lamb. Karla pretends to be a hay baler. Shaun's tractor doesn't work and he sees if the engine is the problem. Karla pretends to be a tractor engine. Jenn and Chats ride a bike to the park and the beach. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about a lighthouse (Jenn) that gets dizzy because of a seal's jokes (Curtis) and her light points to a wrong spot, so the seal brings the seagull (Karla) to help the lighthouse so she'll be able to help the fisherman (Shaun) not to crash. Absent: Kimee.
1414"Machines That Carry People"Robot Number OneMachinesMarch 13, 2003 (2003-03-13)
Jenn and Chats travel underwater by submarine. Karla pretends to be a submarine. Shaun travels to the beach by car, but he wants to carry more people. Karla pretends to be a train and carries the Hi-5 band. Curtis, Jenn and Shaun find sounds in a roller coaster ride. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells us a story about a girl (Kimee) who wants to play but neither her mother (Jenn) nor her puppy (Karla) can, so an imaginary friend (Curtis) appears and takes her to the outer space. Absent: Kimee.
1515"Fun Machines"Robot Number OneMachinesMarch 14, 2003 (2003-03-14)
Shaun rescues Kimee's elephant by helicopter. Karla pretends to be a dancing machine. Jenn and Chats fly kites. Karla pretends to be a kite. Kimee makes a time machine. Karla travels to the future and meets Kimee there. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about two children (Shaun and Jenn) that try to wake up their sister (Kimee), they try everything, like bringing the cat (Karla) and making a new invention. Absent: Curtis.
1616"Adventures to Other Countries"North, South, East and WestAdventureMarch 17, 2003 (2003-03-17)
Chats learns how to say sombrero, while Jenn wears one. Karla pretends to be a fancy Spanish dancing horse. Shaun climbs the Mexican Temple of the Sun. Karla climbs a mount. Curtis and Kimee use a magic gong to travel to Africa with Shaun and to Brazil with Jenn and Karla. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about three friends (Shaun, Jenn and Kimee) who wear clothes from different countries and they travel by magic carpet to a funny land with Karla. Absent: Kimee.
1717"Adventures Around Your House"North, South, East and WestAdventureMarch 18, 2003 (2003-03-18)
Curtis imagines being tall like Shaun the elephant and small like Jenn the ant. Karla pretends to be small starting to grow. Kimee lost her silver watch and remembers everything she did to find it. Karla has got chatty shoes. Shaun visits a dragon cave and finds dragon Curtis there. Karla grooves like a dragon. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells us a story about a silly family, the youngest daughter (Jenn) must make a video about her family for school, but neither her sister (Kimee) nor her parents (Karla and Curtis) stop being silly. Absent: Jenn.
1818"Adventures Around Your Town"North, South, East and WestAdventureMarch 19, 2003 (2003-03-19)
Shaun rides a bike and delivers packages. Karla pretends to ride a bike. Police woman Kimee finds a lost bag, and she must take it back to its owner. Jenn and Chats pretend to be firefighters on a mission. Karla pretends to be different city vehicles. Sharing Stories: Karla tells us a story about a pirate called Captain Puffy Pants (Curtis), his parrot (Jenn) says his pants are silly, but pirate Shaun helps him to don't get stuck, until they race together against Captain High Note (Kimee). Absent: Curtis.
1919"Adventures to the Universe"North, South, East and WestAdventureMarch 20, 2003 (2003-03-20)
Jenn and Chats watch the stars through a telescope and they find shapes in the stars. Karla visits Planet Move-A-Lot. Kimee counts the five things she is going to pack to take to an outer space journey. Karla pretends to glide in space. Curtis pretends to be the keeper of the night stars, he helps shooting stars (the Hi-5 band) to get back home. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about a girl (Jenn) who invents a spaceship of junk, she invites her brother (Shaun) and they go together to outer space looking for a place to have a picnic, they find a person from Planet Politus (Curtis) and the Intergalactic Litter Queen, a space rubbish collector (Karla). Absent: Shaun.
2020"Underground"North, South, East and WestAdventureMarch 21, 2003 (2003-03-21)
Shaun finds a tunnel that takes him underground. Karla hops like different animals. Jenn finds a rock under the sand with hieroglyphics on. Karla pretends to be an Egyptian princess. Jup Jup gives Kimee an adventure, and she goes underground. Karla makes shapes using her fingers and arms. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about Dirt Boy (Shaun) who meets an earthworm (Karla) just before he starts digging a hole all the way to China, then he finds a Spanish coin (Curtis) and bone from the Jenn-saurus Rex. Absent: Curtis.
2121"Outside"Ready or NotGamesMarch 24, 2003 (2003-03-24)
Jenn practices surfing on land, before she goes in search for a wave. Karla throws an imaginary beach ball. Kimee gives the weather report. Karla sings about the sun. Shaun and Curtis play an obstacle game full of shapes. Karla pretends to be a bowling pin. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about a boy (Curtis) who doesn't like running with his friends (Shaun and Kimee) until genie Karla gives him magic running shoes. Absent: Curtis.
2222"Rainy Days"Ready or NotGamesMarch 25, 2003 (2003-03-25)
Shaun, Kimee, Curtis and Jenn are super-sky heroes and they make a storm together. Karla is Bolt Girl. Curtis makes a musical game to play with the Hi-5 band. Karla pretends to be a fish dancing the fishy wobble. Jenn and Chats make sounds of rainy days. Karla jumps and leaps over the puddles. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells us a story about a fairy (Jenn) who lives in a sunflower, but Kimee picks up her sunflower and Jenn flies up in the sky, she meets a helicopter (Curtis). Absent: Kimee.
2323"Fantasy Games"Ready or NotGamesMarch 26, 2003 (2003-03-26)
Jenn and Chats make a snowman. Karla taps like drops of rain. Curtis and Kimee make a musical merry-go-round. Karla pretends to be different horses. Kimee puts on a puppet show. Karla pretends to be a puppet. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about a girl (Kimee) who visits a library and finds a joke book where Curtis the joke teller lives, a nursery rhymes book where Karla a little bo peep lives, and an ancient history book where Shaun from Ancient Rome lives. Absent: Shaun.
2424"Physical Games"Ready or NotGamesMarch 27, 2003 (2003-03-27)
Shaun looks for a sport to practice in the Hi-5 games. Karla keeps a balloon in the air. Curtis plays reggae music for a soccer game. Karla pretends to play football. Kimee makes a clever game to play along with Jenn. Karla plays with a beach ball. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about a girl (Jenn) who loves sport and collects posters of her favorite sport stars (Kimee the gold-medal swimmer, Shaun the best baseball player and Karla the gymnastics champion), and once Jenn dreams about the sport stars come alive. Absent: Jenn.
2525"Silly Day"Ready or NotGamesMarch 28, 2003 (2003-03-28)
Curtis investigates about the mixed animals. Karla races herself. Kimee practices the waltz and Jup Jup turns the music faster and slower. Karla turns her mop into a friend. Chats guesses sounds of different vehicles, and Jenn pretends to be a flying, floating, driving machine. Karla imagines how will she get to meet a friend: by plane, by scooter or by boat. Sharing Stories: Karla tells us a story about three friends (Jenn, Kimee and Curtis) that make a surprise birthday party for Shaun, when it's cake time, he makes the wish that it was his birthday everyday. Absent: Shaun.
Part 2
2626"Faces"Move Your BodyBodiesApril 19, 2004 (2004-04-19)
Jenn has the hiccups and Chats tells her that breathing in and out in a bag is a way to make the hiccups disappear. Karla draws while she hiccups, sneezes and coughs. Curtis, Kimee and Shaun find sounds made during the eating process. Karla pretends to eat spaghetti. Kimee wants to brush her teeth but Jup Jup takes away her toothbrush and toothpaste. Karla tries to smile after cleaning her teeth. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about a butterfly (Jenn) that forgets the summer feast and doesn't have any food, her friends (Kimee the bee, Shaun the fruit bat and Karla the possum) help her to get something to eat. Absent: Shaun.
2727"Arms and Legs"Move Your BodyBodiesApril 20, 2004 (2004-04-20)
Curtis and the Hi-5 band attend the hug club and they show different kinds of hugs. Shaun has a dream about being the strongest person in the world. Karla lifts weights. Kimee jumps and gets thirsty but Jup Jup drinks her water. Karla heads over to the other side of her space taking different kinds of steps. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about a boy (Shaun) who has a broken leg on his birthday, so his mother (Karla) and his neighbor (Kimee) visit him with surprises of every kind, even a football player (Curtis) visits him. Absent: Jenn.
2828"Movement"Move Your BodyBodiesApril 21, 2004 (2004-04-21)
Chats is very tired and Jenn takes her to do some exercises outside. Karla exercises head and eyes muscles. Kimee tries to be the tallest person in Hi-5. Karla walks on cans. Curtis makes music with his body. Karla pretends to play different instruments. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells us a story about a cricket (Curtis) that wants to make a cricket noise but he's afraid of leaving his grass, his friends (Kimee the bee and Jenn the butterfly) help him. Absent: Shaun.
2929"Inside and Outside"Move Your BodyBodiesApril 22, 2004 (2004-04-22)
Shaun dresses up as a skeleton and dances with a skeleton friend. Karla pretends to be a toy, and when someone presses a button, she flops down, but when they let the button go and she goes up. Kimee turns her cupboards into a mouth and a tummy, Jup Jup makes her believe that the wall has come alive. Karla rubs her tummy round and taps her head at a time. Chats helps Jenn because she can't get to sleep. Karla stretches, yawns and bends. Sharing Stories: Karla tells us a story about a dragon (Curtis) who loves knitting, his brother and sisters (Shaun, Kimee and Jenn) laugh at him because he doesn't like roaring, stomping and fire breathing. Absent: Curtis.
3030"Games and Sports"Move Your BodyBodiesApril 23, 2004 (2004-04-23)
Curtis and the Hi-5 band practice the Hi-5 Marching Band performance together. Karla marches lifting knees and swinging arms. Jenn practices taekwondo. Karla finds different ways to say thank you. Shaun wonders if soccer, basketball, tennis or baseball is his game. Karla dribbles and kicks pretended balls. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about a boy (Shaun), his sister (Karla) is a very good runner, his brother (Curtis) is a very good swimmer, and his best friend (Jenn) is a very good scooter riding, but they don't know that Shaun loves dancing and he does it pretty well. Absent: Kimee.
3131"Imaginary Friends"Three WishesWishesApril 26, 2004 (2004-04-26)
Kimee hears Jup Jup's noises and feels like having an imaginary friend. Karla shows us her imaginary friend. Shaun plays with a bean bag. Jenn had a bad dream last night about a big rabbit. Karla makes her elbows meet themselves, her knee with her other knee and her foot with her ear. Curtis makes a song for his dog and the Hi-5 band believes it is for each of them. Absent: Sharing Stories.
3232"When I Grow Up"Three WishesWishesApril 27, 2004 (2004-04-27)
Curtis wants to be an astronaut and asks the Hi-5 band what they want to be. Karla pretends to be a stylist and practices with Jenn and Curtis. Shaun builds a city around railway tracks. Jup Jup takes away some white flowers and Kimee has to send the flowers that are left to the Hi-5 band. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about three friends (Kimee, Curtis and Shaun) who wonder what they will be when they grow up. Absent: Jenn.
3333"Imaginary Places"Three WishesWishesApril 28, 2004 (2004-04-28)
King Curtis imagines a magic land with magic leprechauns. Karla imagines being at baby land. Shaun goes in a pyramid search. Karla does the lotus and cobra poses. Jup Jup gives Kimee some animal things to dress up. Karla wishes to be in dance land. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about a unicorn (Karla) that wants to find a job for the party in a magic forest, but neither the fairies (Kimee and Jenn) nor the gnome (Shaun) let her do anything. Absent: Jenn.
3434"Daydreams"Three WishesWishesApril 29, 2004 (2004-04-29)
Jenn and Chats imagine themselves at the beach. Karla collects imaginary shells. Curtis and Jenn pretend to be birds of fire. Shaun makes a dream guessing machine and he tries it on Kimee. Karla rows a boat. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells us a story about three dress-up dolls at the kindergarten (Kimee from Polynesia, Jenn from Japan and Karla from Australia), they meet a new doll (Curtis from Scotland). Absent: Kimee.
3535"What If?"Three WishesWishesApril 30, 2004 (2004-04-30)
Kimee draws a heart for Karla, and when she is about to cut it, Jup Jup takes away her scissors. Karla makes scissor shapes with her body. Jenn finds out that she brought the same hat as Chats' because they are very good friends. Karla feels great and shows how she is when she feels down. Shaun becomes a racing car driver. Karla dances with a ribbon. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about a girl (Karla) spending a holiday with her grandma (Jenn), then a pelican (Curtis) and a hermit crab (Shaun) give her things to remember these holidays. Absent: Curtis.
3636"Instruments"Feel the BeatMusicMay 3, 2004 (2004-05-03)
Kimee makes her own wind chime. Karla plays a giant piano. Curtis, Shaun and Jenn play a string family (a fiddle, a cello and a double bass). Karla dances to fiddle, cello and double bass beat. Shaun wants to be a king and makes everything he needs out of shapes. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells us a story about three animal friends (Jenn the cat, Kimee the rat and Curtis the dog) that make junk instruments, a ferret (Karla) hears their music and she wants to join them but she doesn't have any instrument. Absent: Jenn.
3737"Styles of Music"Feel the BeatMusicMay 4, 2004 (2004-05-04)
Shaun dances limbo. Karla dances limbo too. Jenn surprises Chats with herself inside a music box. Karla and Kimee practice the legs slapping dance. Curtis finds a jazz piano (Shaun) that's sad because nobody wants to play jazz anymore. Karla pretends to be a ballerina in a music box. Sharing Stories: Karla tells us a story about four friends (Shaun, Kimee, Jenn and Curtis) who start a band and try different styles of music. Absent: Kimee.
3838"Music from Around the World"Feel the BeatMusicMay 5, 2004 (2004-05-05)
Jenn plays reggae music using a steel drum. A drum plays with Karla, she moves to the rhythm. Kimee dances Indian music with ankle bells and thumb cymbals. Karla makes sounds of a big bell and a small one too. Curtis plays a tiktiri and becomes a Snake Charmer. Karla pretends to be a snake. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about a girl (Jenn) who has a music box with Spanish dancing dolls (Karla and Shaun), she makes them dance the whole day long and they get tired until she goes on a trip and they have to stand still for a long time. Absent: Shaun.
3939"Music and Movement"Feel the BeatMusicMay 6, 2004 (2004-05-06)
Curtis finds different beats in waltz and blues music. Shaun finds a music machine with a heart shape, tap shoes and an electric guitar. Karla tries to lead an orchestra, but the orchestra seems to lead her. Kimee gets ready to travel to Antarctica. Karla slides on ice. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about a boy (Shaun) who loves to sing in the bath, his brother (Curtis) asks him to sing along with his band, where Karla and Jenn are in, but Shaun just sings awful on stage. Absent: Jenn.
4040"Silly Music"Feel the BeatMusicMay 7, 2004 (2004-05-07)
Curtis, Jenn, Shaun and Kimee make silly sounds together. Chats plays to guess Jenn's funny instruments. Karla feels very fizzy. Shaun makes his own silly musical instruments. Karla pretends to play musical instruments. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about four friends (Karla, Shaun, Curtis and Kimee) on a rainy day, Karla makes a silly crown and they do a silly dance to win it. Absent: Kimee.
4141"Imagination"Living in a RainbowColorsMay 10, 2004 (2004-05-10)
Jenn feels very happy but Chats feels grumpy. Karla finds kisses and hugs as ways to say hello and goodbye. The Hi-5 band helps Curtis to describe his noisy family. Shaun paints a picture of himself with different colors for every feeling. Karla does different moves for every feeling. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about two daffodils (Shaun and Karla) and another red flower (Kimee) that wants to know what kind of flower she is, until a girl (Jenn) calls her name. Absent: Kimee.
4242"Animals"Living in a RainbowColorsMay 11, 2004 (2004-05-11)
Curtis, Shaun and Jenn make lion roars. Karla pretends to be a peacock shaking her feather to find a friend. Kimee looks for a moving machine to carry her toys. Shaun and Curtis ride horses made of rainboots and broomsticks. Karla pretends to be a horse from the merry-go-round. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about a tiger (Jenn) that can't see any color, but Kimee the monkey, Shaun the giraffe and Karla the lion invite her to a party near some colored plants. Absent: Jenn.
4343"Nature"Living in a RainbowColorsMay 12, 2004 (2004-05-12)
Kimee needs to paint a green grass but Jup Jup takes away the green paint. Karla paints imaginary lines in the sky. Shaun rows along the Congo River. Karla pretends to be a parrot. Jenn's favorite season is fall and Chats' favorite one is spring. Karla plays with autumn leaves. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about a boy (Curtis) who loves his blue raining boots to splash in puddles along with his friends (Karla, Kimee and Shaun). Absent: Curtis.
4444"Favorites and Feelings"Living in a RainbowColorsMay 13, 2004 (2004-05-13)
Kimee looks for a costume to dance the belly wobble. Karla dances in her fancy pants, fancy top and fancy hat. Curtis travels to meet the silver stars and they sing together. Karla pretends to be from outer space arriving on the moon. Shaun paints a big and colourful painting. Karla draws a funny friendly face. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about three sheep (Kimee, Karla and Shaun) that want to cross a bridge where the grumpy troll (Curtis) lives underneath. Absent: Jenn.
4545"Playing"Living in a RainbowColorsMay 14, 2004 (2004-05-14)
Jenn and Chats listen to their heartbeat and Chats asks what color is love. Karla draws heart shapes. Music King Curtis makes a new musical game, he calls his royal subjects (Shaun, Jenn and Kimee) to play with him. Kimee ties balloons according with the color of ribbons. Karla finds different ways of balancing. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about a child (Shaun) with a big lucky cap, he and his mother (Karla) meet his new neighbors (Curtis the bear with a tiny lucky cap and his mother Kimee). Absent: Shaun.

Season 2 (2005–06)[]

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleSong of the WeekThemeOriginal air date
Part 1
461"Making in Nature"Making MusicMakingSeptember 26, 2005 (2005-09-26)
Jenn makes a place for Chats' fish. Karla pretends to be a fishy fish. Curtis listens to his new musical plants (Kimee the pop music flower, Shaun the blues music flower and Jenn the marching music flower). Shaun watches at a venus flytrap and then he dresses up like one of them. Karla catches balls like a venus flytrap. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells us a story about a tadpole (Jenn) who goes visiting her grandparents (Karla and Curtis) along with her friend (Kimee), but they change along the way. Absent: Kimee.
472"Making a Work of Art"Making MusicMakingSeptember 27, 2005 (2005-09-27)
Curtis paints to the rhythm of the music. Karla makes yellow, blue and green handprints. Kimee does different hat dances. Karla puts on different sports hats. Shaun pretends to be a magical creature and makes a dance for him. Karla draws a circle and turns it into different things. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about three tubes of paint (Shaun the blue one, Jenn the red one and Curtis the yellow one), their owner (Karla) uses them to paint something wonderful. Absent: Jenn.
483"Making a Space for Me"Making MusicMakingSeptember 28, 2005 (2005-09-28)
Kimee flies in a hot air balloon. Jenn changes the box color according to her feelings. Karla sings about feelings. Professor Curtis tests his new mood music machine. Karla's fingers are busy. Sharing Stories: Karla tells us a story about two sisters (Kimee and Jenn) who find a box and turn it into a fairy racer, but then their brothers (Curtis and Shaun) want it to be wizard mobile. Absent: Shaun.
494"Making a Surprise"Making MusicMakingSeptember 29, 2005 (2005-09-29)
Kimee makes a surprise breakfast for her mom. Karla rolls back and forwards on her back, then she pulls her leg into the chest. Chats hiccups and Jenn advises her to say a tongue twister and then she tries to surprise her. Karla tries to surprise Curtis. Shaun makes a pasta surprise: spaghetti. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about three buildings (Karla the tallest skyscraper, Shaun the widest museum and Jenn the most interesting greenhouse) that get worried when a builder (Kimee) comes with plans for a new building. Absent: Curtis.
505"Things That Animals Create"Making MusicMakingSeptember 30, 2005 (2005-09-30)
Weaver ants Shaun and Curtis build a nest for their ant family. Karla makes a queen ant of clay and lots of little ants too. Jenn and Chats go on a nest quest through the African jungle. Karla does a monkey dance. Curtis finds a little spider (Kimee) weaving and playing her spiderweb like strings and he goes to talk to her. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about a queen bee (Karla) who feels like something new to eat instead of honey, so the worker bees (Curtis, Kimee and Shaun) look for anything for her. Absent: Kimee.
516"Games and Sports"Action HeroActionOctober 3, 2005 (2005-10-03)
Karla and Jenn contest on Shaun's TV show: What's that action?. Kimee jumps over and in some puddles. Curtis and Shaun play a singing and moving game, the winner will get the last muffin. Karla and the Hi-5 band do some actions and then they try to remember them together. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about four friends (Curtis, Shaun, Karla and Kimee) that want to be in a toboggan team, and they look for the perfect place for each one on the toboggan. Absent: Jenn.
527"Jobs"Action HeroActionOctober 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)
Jenn pretends to do rock climbing to rescue Chats from the top of the mountain. Kimee plants a passion fruit vine and Jup Jup waters it with magic water, so the vine grows longer. Shaun dresses up like a lighthouse. Karla wants to watch the sun come out of the beach. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells us a story about a zebra (Curtis) that escapes from the zoo, the zoo keepers (Jenn and Karla) look for him everywhere, but the zebra hides very cleverly until he gets hungry and asks a girl (Kimee) for a lunch. Absent: Curtis.
538"Machines and Other Things That Move"Action HeroActionOctober 5, 2005 (2005-10-05)
Kimee builds a house for her teddy bear. Curtis builds a machine that makes another Curtis. Karla realizes that Kimee is dressed up exactly the same, so they decide to be twins. Chats' clothes dryer makes a funny noise and repair person Jenn thinks what can make that sound. Karla turns her arm into a vacuum cleaner and cleans up Kimee's space. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about three heavy lifting machines (Jenn the forklift, Shaun the dump truck and Karla the crane) that find a duck (Kimee) stuck in the mud and they try to help her. Absent: Shaun.
549"Action Heroes"Action HeroActionOctober 6, 2005 (2005-10-06)
Curtis helps Hyper Guy (Shaun) by following him around and making super hero music for him. Kimee wears a cape to fly and Jup Jup gives her different clothes for dressing up as a super hero. Karla practices her super hero moves. Shaun becomes Super Active and shows his whole costume. Karla pretends to be a super hero. Sharing Stories: Karla tells us a story about three super heroes (Jenn "Captain Zoom", Shaun "Super Spy" and Kimee "Fairy Fabulous") seeing who of them was the most super, when suddenly an ordinary boy (Curtis) appears and proves his human powers. Absent: Jenn.
5510"Health and Fitness"Action HeroActionOctober 7, 2005 (2005-10-07)
Shaun makes a brand new and healthy recipe. Curtis starts a fitness session, so he runs a Hi-5 disco workout. Karla dances disco. Jenn jumps the rope while Chats sings a song that has a surprise in it. Karla plays a jumping, hopping and skipping game. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about a squirrel (Curtis) who doesn't look for nuts but he sings songs instead, though his squirrel friends (Karla, Jenn and Shaun) advise him that winter is coming and he must have enough nuts. Absent: Kimee.
5611"Sports"T.E.A.M.TeamsOctober 10, 2005 (2005-10-10)
Jenn and Chats find a way to call a hog. Kimee tries out for the tennis team, but Jup Jup takes away the ball and changes it for an ice hockey puck. Karla plays totem tennis. Shaun and Curtis practice silly party games. Karla practices cheering for a team. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells us a story about three dazzling ducks (Kimee, Karla and Jenn) that want a new dancer to join them and they put on an audition, but they get surprised when a disco cat (Curtis) arrives instead of a duck. Absent: Curtis.
5712"When Am I a Team Player?"T.E.A.M.TeamsOctober 11, 2005 (2005-10-11)
Shaun and the Hi-5 band practice synchronized swimming. Karla, Kimee, Shaun and Jenn take part in a swimming medley relay. Penguin Curtis conducts the Hi-5 penguin band. Karla dances tap. Kimee makes snack boxes for the Hi-5 band. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about a girl (Kimee) who has a favorite toy monkey (Shaun), on her birthday she gets dancing dolls (Curtis and Karla), the monkey gets lost and the dancing dolls help to find him. Absent: Jenn.
5813"Animals"T.E.A.M.TeamsOctober 12, 2005 (2005-10-12)
Shaun and his marching team practice marching in time together. Karla pretends to be a crab. An African oxpecker bird (Curtis) and a hippo (Shaun) become friends. Karla pretends to be a hippo. Beaver Jenn and beaver Chats collect tree trunks and then they make a dam. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about three teddy bears (Shaun, Karla and Curtis) that pretend to be pirates and go on an adventure, their mother (Jenn) gives them a special treasure. Absent: Kimee.
5914"Cooperation and Communities"T.E.A.M.TeamsOctober 13, 2005 (2005-10-13)
Curtis makes a song for the hopping team. Shaun tries to move a heavy block across his space. Karla makes her body parts roll. Jenn lost her voice and Chats tries to guess what she wants her to know. Karla's feet are tired and she gives them a rub. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about a mermaid (Karla) and a whale (Shaun) that like doing water skiing together, but one day the whale gets stuck in a sandbank, so the mermaid asks a lighthouse (Kimee) for help as she shines her light to call a tugboat (Jenn) and set the whale free. Absent: Kimee.
6015"Teams"T.E.A.M.TeamsOctober 14, 2005 (2005-10-14)
A group of aliens (the Hi-5 band) visit Curtis believing he is a music manager from Mars. Karla visits Curtis and dances the charleston believing he is going to put on a musical show. Jenn shows Chats a marionette and then she pretends to be one. Karla remembers the time she was a baby. Kimee decides on a circus trick to perform. Sharing Stories: Karla tells us a story about a king (Curtis) who feels lonely until a jester (Shaun) grants him the wish of being part of a group, so he meets two queens (Kimee and Jenn). Absent: Shaun.
Part 2
6116"Wonderful World"Some Kind of WonderfulWonderfulSeptember 25, 2006 (2006-09-25)
Kimee paints a picture of the summery ocean, when suddenly the wind starts to blow. Karla pretends to be the waves. Jenn shows Chats a kaleidoscope and then she dresses up with colorful clothes around her waist. Curtis imagines the sounds he would hear under the sea. Karla pretends to be an octopus. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about a girl (Karla) who gets a pair of jet powered rocket boots, so she can visit her friend from Alaska (Curtis) and her friends from the tropical jungle (Kimee and Shaun). Absent: Shaun.
6217"Wonderful People"Some Kind of WonderfulWonderfulSeptember 26, 2006 (2006-09-26)
Shaun becomes a tugboat. Karla and Kimee have a tugging competition. Kimee drives a bus and takes her animal friends to the park for a picnic but Jup Jup takes away the steering wheel. Karla follows some tricky instructions to get to the other side of her space. Jenn does voice exercises and Chats tries to follow her though she always sings out of time. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about a boy (Curtis) who wants to be a firefighter and his uncle (Shaun) is one, he invites him to visit the fire station and meet his team (Karla and Jenn), everyday they do the fire drills but soon a real fire happens. Absent: Curtis.
6318"Wonderful Places"Some Kind of WonderfulWonderfulSeptember 27, 2006 (2006-09-27)
Kimee looks for a wonderful place in the world to visit. Karla feels like a sheep because she wears woolen clothes. Curtis watches at his snow globes and imagines being at the North Pole. Karla pretends to be a snowflake and a raindrop. Warrior Shaun goes to the Egyptian pyramids for the sunset chariot race. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about a shovel (Karla), a bucket (Shaun) and a wheelbarrow (Kimee) that are visited by a groundhog (Jenn), they all go to the groundhog's burrow and they find out it is too small because the groundhog doesn't like digging. Absent: Jenn.
6419"Wonderful Days"Some Kind of WonderfulWonderfulSeptember 28, 2006 (2006-09-28)
Shaun and the Hi-5 band get ready for the wonders of the world parade. Karla leans like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Jenn and Chats invent Night-Day, the day where they can pretend it's night. Kimee visits the museum and Jup Jup hides inside her backpack. Karla pretends to be a tyrannosaurus rex. Sharing Stories: Karla tells us a story about a cat (Jenn), a dog (Shaun), a mouse (Kimee) and a rabbit (Curtis) living together, soon they all want to celebrate their own special day and that triggers a disagreement. Absent: Curtis.
6520"Wonderful Gifts and Treasures"Some Kind of WonderfulWonderfulSeptember 29, 2006 (2006-09-29)
Jenn is sad because her favorite music box is broken, so Chats finds a way to cheer her up. Shaun finds a treasure chest with a pirate costume inside. Karla climbs up a rigging but she stops to do some push ups. Curtis wants to play his guitar but he must do the washing up, so he starts to make music with the dishes. Karla makes a kitchen sink dance. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells us a story about a girl (Karla) with three special toys, but one of them (Kimee the floppy bear) feels sad because she is falling apart, so the other toys (Jenn the ballerina and Curtis the Major Marchwell) help her to look as great as new. Absent: Kimee.
6621"Animals"Underwater DiscoveryJourneysOctober 2, 2006 (2006-10-02)
Snow goose Shaun teaches his class (the Hi-5 band) how to fly in formation. Karla does snow goose moves. Jenn pretends to be a homing pigeon and Chats gives her a message to send. Busy bee Curtis finds fresh flowers full of pollen and tells the other bees (the Hi-5 band) how to get there. Karla does the Big Bee Bop. Sharing Stories: Shaun tells us a story about a family of swallows where the mother (Karla) teaches her babies (Jenn, Curtis and Kimee) how to fly, but Kimee is afraid of flying. Absent: Kimee.
6722"People"Underwater DiscoveryJourneysOctober 3, 2006 (2006-10-03)
Kimee makes Mexican treats. Karla and Jenn do a Mexican dance. Curtis remembers the long car trips with his family and the songs they used to sing. Karla feels tired after driving a long way, so she stops by the way to give herself a break. Shaun rides a camel across the desert. Sharing Stories: Kimee tells us a story about three white clouds (Curtis, Karla and Jenn) who meet a stormy cloud (Shaun) and he teaches them how to be stormy. Absent: Jenn.
6823"Places"Underwater DiscoveryJourneysOctober 4, 2006 (2006-10-04)
Kimee visits Paris and Jup Jup hides inside her backpack. Karla sings in French. Jenn and Chats have read a book about bunyips and they go in search of one. DJ Curtis makes music for the Hi-5 band. Karla plays a giant xylophone. Sharing Stories: Jenn tells us a story about an octopus (Shaun) who collects seaweed to have a picnic lunch at the coral cave, along the way he meets his friends (Curtis the sea urchin and Karla the stingray), and once they arrive they find out that their friend (Kimee the sea horse) has made the coral cave into a disco. Absent: Shaun.
6924"Journeys Through Life"Underwater DiscoveryJourneysOctober 5, 2006 (2006-10-05)
Chats wonders what shall she be when she grows up but Jenn wants a quiet time. Curtis doesn't know how to play a jew's harp and a teacher (Shaun) makes him do a wibbly wobbly dance. Karla is confused about the different meanings of jiggling, wobbling and bobbling. Kimee makes a caterpillar that turns into a butterfly for Karla. Karla pretends to be a butterfly. Sharing Stories: Curtis tells us a story about a group of friends (Karla, Kimee and Shaun) that is going to go into the boot scootin' barn dance, a cowgirl (Jenn) joins them but she always does different moves and wears a different hat than the band. Absent: Shaun.
7025"Journeys Through Your Imagination"Underwater DiscoveryJourneysOctober 6, 2006 (2006-10-06)
Shaun uses all the laundry to make snowy mountains and he climbs up to the tallest one. Karla pretends to be a shirt hanging on the clothesline. Kimee uses a pair of chairs to travel anywhere she pleases. Jenn and Chats imagine riding a roller coaster and a carousel. Stumble and Bumble (Karla and Curtis) clown around. Sharing Stories: Karla tells us a story about two children (Curtis and Kimee) that have got sore throat and they miss a school excursion, so their mom (Jenn) takes them to a trip through their imagination to Pillow land, where they meet a puffy pillow (Shaun). Absent: Curtis.

Awards and nominations[]

The series was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

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