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Want to know what it’s like to be a child losing his first tooth? Or how frontiersman Davy Crockett once danced with a comet? Minnesota folk musician and storyteller Jack Pearson will delve into these and other topics in an afternoon of singing, picking and fiddling today at 2 p.m. at Redondo Union High School.

“I try to explore what it is to be human in the 20th Century,” says Pearson, who has been entertaining family audiences for 10 years with stories and song, accompanying himself on guitar, banjo and fiddle. He also dances on top of a toy-box lid that is amplified with microphones.

The show is a fund-raiser for Sandtots, a parent participation preschool in Manhattan Beach. About 120 children ages 2 to 5 attend the school, where parents help teachers in the classroom. Proceeds will be used to upgrade the school and pay for creative arts programs.

Pearson combines music with traditional American tales and original stories. One tune talks about the wonders of Velcro from a child’s point of view. “You can keep your baby brother Velcroed in his crib or use it to latch the gate,” Pearson says .

Another tune, “Sneezin’ Pizza Blues,” tells how a boy’s sneeze winds up destroying his school through an unfortunate chain of events. “The moral is to cover your mouth when you sneeze,” he says, adding that his one-hour show is “all about having fun and feeling hopefulness in being human.”

Tickets, at $7, are available at the door. There are discounts for groups of 25 or more. The school is at 200 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach.