SMARTROT
✦ New cast · Round 5
Colly Colander
Wide mint colander bowl with rounded holes, two coral side handles and three plum feet.
TeachesChoosing which feedback to use
EpisodeThe Two Comments
LengthAbout 30 seconds
Catchphrase“Helpful feedback helps you act!”
The script.
Colly hears one helpful suggestion and one rude remark about a paper project. Colly asks a trusted helper to separate a useful suggestion from an insult. Colly keeps a picture arrow pointing to one loose flap and discards an empty speech-bubble card.
0–6s
One comment tells me what to change. The other just feels mean.
Colly hears one helpful suggestion and one rude remark about a paper project.
6–16sCan you help me find the part that is actually useful?
Colly asks a trusted helper to separate a useful suggestion from an insult.
16–25sOnly useful arrows through this colander.
Colly keeps a picture arrow pointing to one loose flap and discards an empty speech-bubble card.
25–30sHelpful feedback helps you act!
Hold the resolved comic result; deliver the catchphrase without rushing.
More episodes.
5 new episodes starring Colly Colander, plus 2 guest appearances with the rest of the crew. Each is a 30-second script: tap one to read it.
choosing which feedback to useFeedback StrainerFoldo asks for feedback on his origami, and Colly strains out what helps and lets the rest go.With Colly Colander, Foldo Froglet · tap for the script
- 0-6s Foldo shows his folded paper boat.
Foldo: What do you think? Ask for one useful detail! - 6-16s Friends call out lots of ideas.
Friend voices: Make it purple! Make it fly! Make the corners sharper! - 16-25s Colly lets most ideas slip through her holes.
Colly: Sharper corners helps you act. Keep that one! - 25-30s Foldo folds sharper corners; the boat floats perfectly in a puddle, and a leaf hitches a ride.
Colly: Helpful feedback helps you act! Foldo: Leaf passenger!
“Helpful feedback helps you act!”
finishing without perfecting every detailGood Enough PaintingBristle keeps fixing tiny details in a painting, and Colly helps her know it's done.With Colly Colander, Bristle Brushby · tap for the script
- 0-6s Bristle dabs and dabs at one tiny spot.
Bristle: It's not perfect yet. One more dab... one more... - 6-16s Colly peeks over.
Colly: Bristle, look at the whole thing. Does it do what you wanted? - 16-25s Bristle steps back and looks.
Bristle: Yes! It's a happy sun. Useful can be finished! - 25-30s Bristle hangs it up; the sun painting is so bright Colly wears her holes like sunglasses.
Bristle: Useful can be finished! Colly: Bright!
“Useful can be finished!”
choosing which feedback to useToo Many OpinionsEtta gets lots of mixed-up comments, and Colly helps her keep only the helpful ones.With Colly Colander, Etta Eraser · tap for the script
- 0-6s Etta rubs out a line on her paper; friends give opinions.
Voices: Too messy! Too white! Erase more! - 6-16s Etta frowns and looks at Colly.
Etta: I don't know what to listen to. - 16-25s Colly holds up her bowl.
Colly: Let the unkind stuff drain out. Helpful feedback helps you act! - 25-30s Etta keeps one tip: erase gently. Her paper looks perfect, and Colly does a happy drain dance.
Etta: Talk like a helpful friend! Colly: Drain dance!
“Helpful feedback helps you act!”
choosing which feedback to useKite TipsKiki gets advice on flying higher, and Colly helps her sort which tips she can use.With Colly Colander, Kiki Kite · tap for the script
- 0-6s Kiki struggles to fly higher.
Kiki: How do I go up up up? - 6-16s Friends shout tips.
Voices: More wind! Run faster! Grow longer! Wear a hat! - 16-25s Colly strains the tips through her holes.
Colly: Run into the wind. That helps you act! - 25-30s Kiki runs into the wind and soars; Colly tries to fly too, and wind whistles through her holes like a flute.
Kiki: I'm flying! Colly: Helpful feedback helps you act!
“Helpful feedback helps you act!”
choosing which feedback to useThe Wise TipColly gets lots of tips at taekwondo, and Master Glow helps her choose one to practice.With Colly Colander, Master Glow · tap for the script
- 0-6s Colly practices a kick; classmates shout tips.
Voices: Higher! Faster! Spin! Jump! - 6-16s Colly looks dizzy.
Colly: Too many tips! My head is spinning. Which one do I use? - 16-25s Master Glow kneels and offers one quietly.
Master Glow: Pick one. Plant your feet first. Just that, nothing else. - 25-30s Colly plants her feet and kicks steady; sand from the floor pours through her holes like a sparkly fountain.
Colly: Helpful feedback helps you act! Master Glow: Steady feet, steady kick.
“Helpful feedback helps you act!”
Guest appearances
choosing which feedback to useFeedback StrainerFoldo gets lots of opinions on his paper boat, and Colly helps him keep only the helpful one.With Foldo Froglet, Colly Colander · tap for the script
- 0-6s Foldo shows his paper boat. Colly and three friends shout ideas.
Foldo: My boat keeps tipping over. Colly: Make it red! Make it fly! Make it a dragon! - 6-16s Foldo's paper crinkles.
Foldo: Too many ideas! Which one do I use? - 16-25s Colly holds out her holey bowl.
Colly: Let's strain them. Which idea helps you fix the tipping? - 25-30s Foldo keeps one: fold the corners up. The boat floats perfectly. The other ideas drip out of Colly's holes like water.
Colly: Helpful feedback helps you act!
“Helpful feedback helps you act!”
picking the advice that helpsSift the TipsRavi gets lots of tips for his block bridge, and Colly helps him keep the useful one.With Ravi Raviolo, Colly Colander · tap for the script
- 0-6s Ravi's block bridge keeps falling. Friends shout tips.
Ravi: Too many tips! Ravi: Wait! - 6-16s Colly holds up her bowl.
Colly: Helpful feedback helps you act. Let the rest drip through. Ravi: Okay. - 16-25s Ravi picks one tip: wider blocks on the bottom.
Ravi: This one I can do. Colly: Good pick. Colly: Nice choice, Ravi. - 25-30s The bridge stands. A toy car zooms across it.
Ravi: Keep the tool that helped! Colly: Vroom!
“Keep the tool that helped!”
Round 5 crew.
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