(upbeat music) - Hello everyone, and welcome to "Teaching In Room 9", the region's.

- Shapes are everywhere we look, but.

- Good job, now go ahead and touch your throat right here and see how they feel.

- And says to ourselves to be positive.

- Lemurs are found on the island of Madagascar.

- For one and the numbers get bigger as we go across to the right.

- Reset, that means taking a deep breath, it may mean counting to 10.

- Today we're gonna start with a freestyle stroke, so I'm gonna put my arms up and I'm going to.

- Alrighty, are you ready to learn?

Let's go.

(upbeat music) (gentle instrumental music) Hello, everyone and welcome back to "Teaching in Room 9", the region's largest classroom.

I am Dr. Sanders, and we are in a very special classroom where you can go anywhere and be anything you want to be.

As we start our journey, I want you to remember, it doesn't matter if you're 2 or 102, we'll have some fun.

F-U-N, fun.

We will have some fun while learning.

We are going to get started by saying some of my friends' names.

But before we do that, what I need to do?

Yes, take off my hat.

Alright, I am ready, but remember, all of you are my friends.

All of you're my friends, hey, friends.

But I have three names we're gonna start with today.

The first name is Noah.

What letter does Noah start with?

- N?

- Yes, a capital N. What sound does N make?

Nn.

Yes, let's spell Noah.

Capital N-O-A-H. N-O-A-H. Alright, my second name is Selma.

Everybody say, "Hey, Selma."

What letter does Selma start with?

A capital S, like this one right here, right?

Sanders.

I like making an S sound.

What sound does S make?

Ss.

Let's spell Selma, capital S-E-L-M-A.

S-E-L-M-A.

And my third name for today is Emma.

Everybody say, "Hey, Emma."

What letter does Emma start with?

- E. - A capital E. Let's spell Emma.

Capital E-M-M-A.

E-M-M-A.

And E is what kind of letter?

A vowel.

Let's name my vows.

A-E-I-O-U.

And what?

And yes, and sometimes Y.

Are you ready to get started for our adventure for today?

Okay, me too.

Yes, I can't wait.

So are you ready?

Let me hear you?

- Yes.

- Let's go.

(hums) - [Audience] Yes.

(audience applauding) (gentle instrumental music) - Hi, Glen.

What are, oh my goodness, what a beautiful outfit you have on, so many colors.

and they even match the colors of the fruit in this basket.

This is amazing.

Do you know that colors are all around us?

Red and orange, yellow, green, blue, purple.

It's important to understand what the colors are, because they're everywhere.

Hey, I have an idea, would you like to use the fruit basket to play a color game with me?

I have some cards that have the color words written on them, and we can see if we can find the fruit that matches the color card.

How about that?

How about you, do you want to play too?

Okay, the first card that I have is red.

Red word on red paper.

Do we see anything in the basket that's red?

I do.

Ooh, a red apple goes with a red card.

Great job.

How about orange?

Orange is the second one.

Orange, do we see any orange in the fruit basket?

Hmm, here it is, orange with orange.

Fantastic job.

How about this one?

Yellow, do we see a yellow fruit?

I do, banana.

Yellow, yellow.

Green.

Here's the word green on green paper.

Do we see a green fruit?

Hmm, green pear.

Fantastic job.

Blue, do we see blue in here?

Oh, I see a dark blue blueberry.

Blue and blue.

And the last one is purple.

Do we see a purple fruit?

I do, a purple plum to go with the word purple.

Fantastic.

Now we know all the colors and the color words.

Glen, you know the color words, and so do you, that means you're ready to go to school.

- [Together] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

- Hey there, everybody, welcome back to "Teaching in Room 9", I'm Ms. Williams.

I'm here to teach you all about math.

And normally I teach second grade, but I'm here to help you guys learn all about comparing of objects.

So when we compare, we are taking two or more objects and finding the similarities and the differences.

What's the same about those two or more objects and what's different about those two objects?

So let's see if you have a brother or a sister at home.

Do you have a little brother or a little sister?

We can compare them based off of what they look like, what their ages are, all kinds of different things.

So let's look at our little baby brother.

Maybe brother is small, maybe brother is fast, or maybe brother is silly.

And we'll compare him to our little sister as well.

Maybe little sister is kind of slow, or kind of chill, laid back.

Maybe the little sister is not as silly, maybe really, really stern.

"Don't do that."

Or maybe little sister is four years old and baby brother is only two years old.

We can compare them by, let's say, age first.

Well, the difference is in age.

Baby brother is two, baby sister is four, the difference, their ages, that's a difference.

Well, how are they the same then?

Well, they're both your sibling.

That's how they're the same.

That's a way we can compare.

We can also compare sets of objects.

So we can take sets of objects and compare them with each other.

We have to use certain words, though, when we compare sets of objects.

For instance, greater than, less than, or equals to.

Let's take a look at these animals I have over here.

So if you take a look, I have our stuffed animal friends right here.

Say hello, everyone.

Hello.

I have a certain amount of stuffed animals.

Over here I have one stuffed animal, can you count this one with me?

One, I have one teddy bear all by himself, hmm.

And over here I have more than one teddy bear.

I can see right now, without even counting, that I have more on this side.

Because see, my baby over here is all by himself, and these three are all together.

Well, that's easy, I can compare them by looking at them, but I'm still gonna count 'em anyway.

So let's count them, shall we?

One, two, three.

Three on this side and one on this side.

We can compare using those words I told you before by saying greater than, less than, or equals to.

So let's see.

We already know by looking that this side has more teddy bears, right?

So what I can say is three teddy bears is greater than one teddy bear, because three is bigger than one.

That's one way we can compare.

What if we switch it up a little bit?

What do you guys think?

Let's say, hmm, whoa, they're all on one side now.

What if I had all over here teddy bears and no teddy bears over here?

Can we count to see if we can compare them?

Okay, so let's count all of our teddy bears over here first.

One, two, three, and four on this side, and hmm, zero over here.

Four teddy bears here, zero over here.

But now, instead of saying which one's greater than, I wanna use the other word I said, I wanna use less than.

So I would say, flip it around, and say zero is less than four.

Because we know there are none over here, so we know that's a tiny little amount.

There are much more over here.

So I would say zero is less than four.

Ooh, that was good.

So we had greater than and we have less than.

Alright, you guys are doing pretty good with this.

Let's try another one.

What if I were to take these cotton balls?

Let's say we're in class and the teacher says, "Class, you need to make an art project, and we need a ton of art."

So we have to find the cup with the most cotton balls.

Can you guys tell me which one that would be?

Hmm, let's find out and compare.

Let's count.

Well, that one's pretty easy.

Over here I have one.

Did you guys say one?

Good job.

Let's count these over here though.

Let's count 'em.

Are you ready?

There's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

Whoa, so many, 9, 10, 11, and 12.

Whew, that's a lot.

12 cotton balls here and 1 over here.

Hmm, which one did you guys choose?

Did you choose this cup to have the most?

If you did, you're gonna have the most cotton balls in your art project, because 12 is greater than 1.

Alright, last one.

Let's say we have some money.

In both of these cups I have pennies.

Pennies, don't forget, Pennies are 1 cent each.

Lemme count these pennies.

You guys ready?

1 cent, 2 cents, (coins clinking) 3 cents, 4, 5, 6.

(coins clinking) Oh, drop it on me.

7, 8, 9, 10 cents in this cup.

(coins clinking) And in this cup we have one, two, three, four, five, (coins clinking) six, ooh, we are rich.

(coins clinking) 7, 8, 9, and 10.

(coins clinking) Oh, 10 cents here and 10 cents here.

Oh, that's confusing, which one's more?

Wait, they're even?

Well, then we have two cubs that are the same, we would say that 10 is equal to 10, because they're the same amount.

10 is equal to 10.

So when we are comparing, don't forget, we're gonna take any two or more objects and put them side by side and figure out the similarities and the differences.

Sometimes there are more that are greater than or sometimes they are less than, or if you have things that are exactly the same, they are equal to.

You could even do this at home with numbers as well.

Maybe add in some numbers in there to see if you can compare.

That's all I have for you guys today.

When we are comparing, make sure you're looking for those similarities and differences.

And I'll see you guys next time in "Teaching in Room 9".

Bye guys.

(gentle instrumental music) (children chattering) (gentle instrumental music) - Hi, welcome to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

I'm Eva.

- I'm Abby.

I'm so excited that you're here today to visit us at the Economy Museum.

Oh, I can see that you're looking over here.

You're right, this is a million dollar money cube.

This gives us an idea of how much space it takes to store money here at the bank.

And did you know that a million dollars in $1 bills would weigh over 2,200 pounds?

Do you think you could lift that?

I know I can't.

Well, we have some more exciting things to see in the next room.

So come on, follow me.

- Come this way.

I love history.

And look at some history around here, see these teller windows?

So this is a bank for bankers.

Who's been to a bank before?

Well, this is where bankers come to keep their money safe, because that's what a bank does.

It's a place people take their money to be safe and to get loans.

So let's look around a little bit.

This particular bank is the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and it is 1 of 12 banks all across the United States.

Come with me, come look at this map.

If we look, we see in 1913 when the Federal Reserve was created, we have banks all across the country.

And look really closely, if you see that 8H, that's where you are right now.

You're here in St. Louis, Missouri.

Look really closely at the state of Missouri, and what do you see in the state of Missouri?

That's right, there are two banks in this state.

When you think about it, there are only 12 banks all across the United States, and two of them are in the Midwest right here in Missouri.

The Federal Reserve system represents and takes care of people all across the United States.

- Here at the Fed, we help support the economy.

But what's important is the economy is you guys.

Yeah, that's right, you make up the economy.

Eva, you wanna show 'em a little bit more about how they fit in the overall economy?

- I'd love to.

Come with me.

Come on in.

How many of you have had a situation where you didn't have enough of something?

We all have, because when you don't have enough of something, that's considered scarcity.

And the reason we have scarcity is because there's only so many resources to make things.

And because we have scarcity, we have to choose.

Okay, let's think about choices for lunch.

Ooh, a couple of my favorites, pizza and nuggets.

So if we pick nuggets, then we can't have pizza.

And when you make a choice, the second choice, the one you give up, that is your opportunity cost.

So since I picked pizza, I can't have nuggets.

Or if I picked nuggets, I can't have pizza.

Either way, the one I don't pick, the second choice is what I'm giving up, it's my opportunity cost.

Now, let's look at another important idea when we think about ourselves as being a part of the economy, human capital, we're all humans.

And when we learn how to do things, and then we are building our human capital, who knows how to tie their shoes?

Yes, that's great.

And if you don't, it's okay, you'll learn and you'll enhance your human capital.

Now, every time people learn new skills, whether it's tying your shoes, knowing your numbers, knowing your letters, writing your name, you are building your human capital.

- Okay, come on.

(gentle instrumental music) Look, she's right there waiting for us.

(gentle instrumental music) Hey Eva.

- Hey Abby.

- We missed you.

What do we got here?

- Oh, well, we have the map that really wraps things up.

We are so glad that you came and visited us today at inside the Economy Museum.

We want you to know that you're very important to the economy.

And it's not just you, it's your friends, it's your family, it's people all around the globe.

We all work together to make up the economy.

It's what we earn, it's what we save, it's what we spend.

And let's zero in, when people come and visit here, they visit and they leave a mark to show where they're from, because we have people who visit the museum from all around the world.

Abby, let's see, where is our group from today?

- Can you tell me, where are you guys coming from?

St. Louis, what part of town?

Tower Grove, I love that park.

Now you know that your mark is always gonna be here to remember this wonderful fun time that we had together.

And I wanna thank you for coming to visit.

I hope I get to see you again soon, goodbye.

- Bye.

- See you later.

(gentle instrumental music) - [Together] A-B-C-D-E-F-G.

Welcome back, learners, to "Teaching in Room 9", our region's largest classroom.

My name is Ms. Knarr and we are here for letters and sounds.

Today we're gonna focus our learning on reviewing all of the letter sounds in the alphabet.

But before we start going through all of these letter sounds together, let's review what we already know about letters, words, sounds, and sentences.

♪ Letters spell sounds ♪ And come together to make words ♪ ♪ Words are made up of letters and sounds ♪ ♪ They come together to make a word ♪ ♪ Words have meaning ♪ And they then come together ♪ To form sentences that we can read or write ♪ - Very good.

Let's really break it down even more and really look at those individual letter sounds.

We're gonna go through all these letters here, and I really need you to repeat after me, loud and proud.

And I really want you to be thinking about where you feel the sounds in your mouth when you say them, are they in the front of your mouth, back of your mouth?

Are they b%uzzy or not?

Are you ready?

Let's try it.

A spells ah.

Ah.

B spells buh.

Buh.

C spells, kuh.

Kuh.

D spells, duh.

Duh.

E spells eh.

Eh.

F spells, ff.

Ff.

G spells guh.

Guh.

H spells huh.

Huh.

I spells eh.

Eh.

J spells juh.

Juh.

K spells kuh.

Kuh.

L spells el.

El.

M spells mm.

Mm.

N spells nn.

Nn.

O spells uh.

Uh.

P spells puh.

Puh.

Q spells kwuh.

Kwuh.

R spells er.

Er.

S spells ss.

Ss T spells tuh.

Tuh.

U spells aah.

Aah.

V spells vuh.

Vuh.

W spells wuh.

Wuh.

X spells ks.

Ks.

Y spells yuh.

Yuh.

And Z spells zuh.

Zuh.

Very good.

Alright, let's put it all together in a song.

♪ A spells ah, ah ♪ B spells buh, buh ♪ C spells kuh, kuh ♪ These are letter sounds ♪ D spells duh, duh ♪ E spells eh, eh ♪ F spells ff, ff, ♪ These are letter sounds ♪ G then spells guh, guh ♪ H then spells huh, huh ♪ I spells eh ♪ J spells juh ♪ K spells kuh ♪ L spells el ♪ And M spells mm ♪ N spells nn ♪ O spells uh, uh ♪ P spells puh, puh ♪ These are latter sounds ♪ Q spells kwuh, kwuh ♪ R spells er, er ♪ S spells ss, ss ♪ These are latter sounds ♪ T then spells tuh, tuh ♪ U then spells uh, uh ♪ V spells vuh ♪ W spells wuh ♪ X spells ks ♪ Y spells yuh ♪ And Z spells zuh ♪ Now we're all done with 26 letters ♪ ♪ Letters come together to make words ♪ - Wow, you really sang along and repeated all of these sounds so nicely with me.

I really want you to be thinking as you're practicing at home, where in your mouth are you feeling these words?

Think about things even further, are they in the front of your mouth or the back?

Does your throat feel buzzy or does it feel like a whisper sound?

Do the sounds go on and on when you say them or do they stop short?

I want you to be thinking about all these different things.

And if you are not sure, it's a really good idea to look in a mirror at home when you're practicing and saying your letter sounds.

Keep practicing, friends.

I know it can be tricky, but it will really help us when reading, and writing, and spelling new words.

I'm super proud of you, friends.

I really appreciate all of your hard work.

You've done a fabulous job for stretching your brain.

Kiss those brains.

I'll see you next time, friends.

Bye.

(gentle instrumental music) - Good day, everybody.

This is Candace with Chaos.

And today I wanna tell you about my friend Tia.

Tia is an amazing person and she's a chaos kid, but Tia worries about everything all of the time.

Do you ever worry about things?

I know that I do.

Tia worries about what she's gonna wear to school, what she's going to eat for dinner, what's gonna happen when she gets home?

She worries about what happens when she drives on the highway with her parents, just everything.

And so because Tia has anxiety, Tia has had to learn how to do some things to kind of find peace and calm.

And you know, all of us can use that, because we live in a world that's filled with chaos and things are always going on.

So it's important for us to learn how to calm our bodies.

And so I wanna teach you something that Tia learned for her to be able to find peace and calm.

Are you ready?

I want you to do it with me, okay?

I want you to close your eyes and I want you to take a deep breath in.

Let's go.

(inhales) Breathe in through your nose and make sure that your belly fills up.

And as you are holding it, I want you to imagine that there is a warm light.

And imagine that the light is all around you and that it's hugging you and you feel all warm.

And then I want you to, when you let it out, I want you to think about letting out all the negative stuff, okay?

Let's go.

(exhales) So let's try it again, okay?

I want you to breathe in through your nose, (inhales) let your lungs fill up with fresh air.

Think about the warm light that's hugging you.

And then let's let go of all of that negative stuff.

Let's let it go.

(exhales) Okay, so that means all of the stuff that's negative, anything, anything anybody said to you that you didn't like, that you said to yourself, all of that stuff.

Because I want you to know that you are amazing, and you are resilient, and you have the ability to overcome any struggle that comes your way.

You got it all inside of you, okay?

And so I also want you to know that you are not alone.

And so if you ever feel that you need to talk to a trusted adult, please do that.

And you can even say, "Hey, can you help me breathe like Tia?"

So let's recap.

Today, we learned about Tia, we learned about anxiety, we learned about breathing to make our bodies calm, and we learned that you have everything in you that you need to overcome any struggle.

Because you do, okay?

I want you to make sure that you try this and let me know how it works out.

I'll see you soon.

Air hugs and cyber kisses.

- Welcome back.

Did you enjoy our adventure for today?

Oh, you did?

Tell me your favorite part of the adventure today?

Oh, amazing.

Oh, ooh, I forgot about that part.

Yeah, that was pretty cool.

Guess what, I have this, have this color.

What color is this?

Purple, yes.

I was wondering, do you know if purple is just a normal color or do you need two colors to make purple?

Hmm.

Yes, I think purple is what they call, let me see if I get it right, a secondary color.

It's a secondary color.

What two colors make up purple?

Yes, red and blue make purple.

Red and blue make purple.

But you know what?

It is time for us to get outta "Room 9".

But before we go, let's spell our favorite word, and what's our favorite word?

Nine.

Let's spell nine.

N-I-N-E, nine.

Thank you for being in "Room 9".

Have a great day.

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