(upbeat music) - Hello everyone and welcome to "Teaching in Room 9."

The region- - Shapes are everywhere we look, but good job.

- Now, I wanna touch your throat right here and see how they feel.

- We can say to ourselves to be positive.

- Lemurs are found on the island of Madagascar.

- For one, when 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 float.

So, I'm gonna put my arms up and I'm going to- - Are you ready?

Are you ready to learn?

Let's go!

(bright music) Hello everybody and welcome back to "Teaching in Room 9," the region's largest classroom.

I am Dr. Sanders, and we are in this amazing room where you can go anywhere and be anything.

You can even try this.

Everybody put their hands up.

See if you can do this.

It took me a long time and a lot of practice, but I got really good at it.

I can even do two hands at once.

All righty, as we start our journey today, please remember that it doesn't matter if you're two or 102, we will have some fun.

F-U-N, fun.

We will have some fun while learning.

It is time to get on this journey.

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

That's right, take off my hat.

And we gonna get started with some of my friends names.

My first name today is Zyla.

Hi, Zyla.

Zyla, what letter does Zyla's name starts with?

- Z.

- It starts with what?

- Z.

- A Z.

That's right.

A capital Z.

Remember, it's a name, so it's special.

It's a proper noun, so it's special.

So, let's spell Zyla, capital Z-Y-L-A.

Z-Y-L-A, that's right.

Hi, Zyla.

My next friend's name is Theodore.

Hi, Theodore.

Let's spell Theodore.

Capital T-H-E-O-D-O-R-E. T-H-E-O-D-O-R-E. And my third friend today is EJ.

Hi, EJ.

How many letters do you think EJ have in his name?

EJ.

- Two.

- You're right.

He has two letters.

And you know what?

Both of his letters are capital.

So, let's spell EJ.

Capital E, capital J.

Capital E, capital J.

All righty, you know it's that time to get on this journey into "Teaching in Room 9."

Are you ready?

Because I am.

So, let's go.

- Yeah.

(audience clapping) (bright music) - Hey, Glen, what are you doing?

Oh, you have a phone?

Wait, wait.

What's wrong?

Oh, you are trying to call your mom, but you can't remember her phone number?

Oh, my goodness.

It's very important that you know your mom's phone number in case you need to talk to her.

Would you like me to teach you a strategy about how to remember it?

I'm sure some of our friends would like to practice a phone number too.

Okay, you can use the strategy to remember your mom or your dad's or your grandma and grandpa's or any phone number that you'd like.

Let's learn it together.

Let's look at Glen's mom's phone number.

Do you see that it's written in a special way?

It has three numbers and then three more numbers, and then four numbers.

The phone number is written using a strategy called chunking.

Chunking takes a long list of things and divides it into pieces so that we can remember it more easily.

Would you like to practice using Glen's phone to practice chunking?

Let's try it.

So, Glen's mom's phone number starts with 314.

Let's close our eyes and say it, 314.

Let's type it, 314.

The next three numbers are 555.

Let's close our eyes, 555.

Let's type it, 555.

The next four numbers are 2468.

Close your eyes, 2468.

2468.

Great job.

Let's do it again, all together, using those chunks.

Close your eyes.

314-555-2468.

Let's type it.

314-555-2468.

You did it.

Glen, do you think you can remember your mom's phone number now?

That's great.

And do you think you can use chunking to remember a phone number you want to remember?

That's wonderful.

That makes you ready for school.

(bright music) (graphics burbling) - Hi there, "Room 9."

It's me, Mrs. Williams, the Woodland creature teacher.

When I'm not here teaching and learning and growing my brain in "Room 9" with you, I'm teaching, learning and growing my brain with all my first graders.

So, hi and lots of love to all my Woodland creatures.

Today, we're gonna be splashing right into some water fun.

We're gonna be growing our brains about all things water conservation.

Wow, conservation.

How many claps was that?

Conservation.

That was a four-syllable word.

That's a big one.

What does conservation mean?

Conservation means to save.

So, this is all about saving water.

Well, why would we wanna save water?

I know I save change in my piggy bank.

Why is water so important?

Let's think about that.

What types of things do you use water for in your home?

We use water to brush our teeth.

We use water to drink.

We use water to cook, to clean, to water our plants, and clean our homes.

Wow.

Water has so many different uses.

You know, that makes me think about something.

We're not the only living things on our planet.

Are humans the only things that need water?

Nope.

What are those other things that you can think of that require water to survive?

Good thinking, "Room 9."

Animals and plants also need water.

So, we know that humans, animals, and plants need water to survive.

But can we use just any old water?

No.

That's ridiculous.

We need clean water to use and drink.

Just imagine taking a bath in yucky, dirty water.

Would that help you to get clean?

No way.

Yuck.

Would you wanna brush your teeth with dirty water?

Goodness, no.

That wouldn't be helpful.

We need clean, fresh water to drink, and so do all of those plants and animals.

That's why it's so important that we protect our water supply by putting trash in trash cans where they belong, keeping chemicals and other harmful things out of our water supply.

Now, there are other ways that you can help protect water as well.

That's where the conservation comes in.

When we conserve water, we're saving water.

How would we save water?

Hmm.

We could use as little water as possible each time we use the water.

So, let's go back to thinking about those things that we use water for.

Well, we use water to drink.

Hmm, I love some cold, refreshing water.

Should I fill my glass all the way up to the top every time?

No, an easy way to save water would be to fill my glass halfway and go back if I need some more later.

What about when I'm brushing my teeth?

Would I leave the water running while I'm brushing away?

No.

Goodness, no.

I'd turn off the faucet while I brush and turn it back on when I'm ready to rinse.

Can you think of a way that we could conserve water while we're doing dishes?

I'm gonna go ahead and wash up these three dishes.

Should I leave the water running while I'm washing?

Nope.

I'm gonna turn the water off while I'm washing.

Let's see.

I'm gonna go ahead and get started scrubbing away.

This is dish number one.

My water's still off.

I'm gonna clean it well and let it sit to drip.

Here's number two, my water is still off.

And my last dish, oh, they're all clean.

Now, my water can turn back on.

It's time to rinse.

Well, now that those are all cleaned up, we can talk a little bit about our plants.

Do you think that we should just leave the water running while our plants are getting their healthy drink?

No, and what's one way that you can help to keep that water from?

Oh, goodness.

(air whooshing) I seem to have made a mess with my soap suds.

Now, you can see my plants a little better.

Sometimes we can water small plants with a watering can, but other times we need to water lawns or shrubbery or even your garden.

So, a small watering can filled only with the water you need is a great option for a sweet little plant like this.

But when you're watering outside, you need to turn on a timer to help remind you to turn off the hose when it's time and your plants had a good drink.

And one more way that I have for you to conserve water is while you're showering, this very same timer can help you to remember to keep your shower short.

That's all I have for you today, "Room 9."

But I want you to go ahead and choose at least two ways that you would like to use to conserve water in your home.

Thanks for learning with me.

I'll see you again soon.

Bye.

(bright music) (kids chattering) (lively music) (lively music continues) (lively music continues) (lively music continues) - Good morning, everybody.

I am so glad you're here today at the Saint Louis Zoo.

My name's Barb.

I'm going to show you around a little bit.

We wanna go over a couple little rules first.

Y'all know how to behave when you're in somebody's home, while we are in these animals' homes today, and we wanna make sure we respect that and keep our hands down to our sides.

I think we should just go.

Let's go on.

Let's go to the sea lion sound and see what we can see over there.

Okay, we're on our way to the Emerson Railroad over here, Zooline railroad.

We're gonna meet Dennis.

He's one of the engineers who's gonna help us out today.

(lively music) - Board here.

- Let's go, guys.

We're gonna ride the train.

And Dennis here is gonna help us today.

He's an engineer.

Dennis.

- Good morning.

Welcome aboard.

So, we're gonna go ride on the zoo train this morning.

Follow me this way.

Here we go.

(lively music) So, we're gonna put you right on the front of the train with me.

Let's come on up front.

We're gonna take a window at my train.

So, take a film of this.

So, this is gonna be your seat over here on this side.

This is how I run the train.

This is the bell.

See the bell ringing over here.

All right, there's the bell ringing.

I'm gonna shut the bell off.

Come back this way.

Now, I reach up here.

Pull up this cord.

This is the whistle.

(train whistling) All right.

This is the (indistinct).

This dial tells us how many hours the train has.

So, every time, every minute that we're running it records that.

Right now, we are at 7,972 hours.

This tells us how fast we're going.

This is a speedometer, but it's run by satellite.

So, it's a GPS.

We're ready to go.

(lively music) (lively music continues) (train whistling) (lively music) (lively music continues) Thank you for riding with us today and come back and see us again.

And Barb, thanks for bringing everybody.

- Thank you, Dennis.

That was a great tour of behind the scenes of the train and a great train ride.

Let's go.

- See you later, bye.

Take care.

Have a good day.

(bright music) - Hi, everybody.

My name is Miss St. Louis and I'm so excited to share a new book with you today.

Today, I have the book, "Golden Like Me," by Brandi M. Green and Illustrated by DG to read with you.

So, let's dive in.

"My name is Madison, but my family calls me Madi.

On the weekends, my family likes to spend time together.

We go to different places, to the store, to the library, and to the park.

Wherever we go, we stand out because we each have different-colored skin: light, me; brown, my mommy; dark brown, my daddy, and light brown, my brother.

But we're still family.

When we go to these places, sometimes people stare at us or give us strange looks.

It makes me wonder whether people stare at us because my skin is so light compared to my family.

I remember the day my mommy told me that I have albinism.

One hot summer day, mommy and I were sitting on the steps in the shade eating ice cream.

She leaned over and said, 'Madi, I wanna talk to you about something important.'

She explained that I was born with albinism, which means that a person has little or no pigment in their hair, skin, and eyes.

She also explained that black people come in many shades from fair to dark, like our family.

'So, we're like a rainbow?'

I asked.

'Something like that,' mommy said as she tickled me.

She finished our talk by telling me to embrace my albinism because it's a part of who I am and it makes me unique.

Mommy reminded me that even though other people stared us, we're as close as a loving family can be.

One Saturday, I went to the store with my family and there was a fun surprise.

I saw a family that looked like mine.

As I walked closer to them, I saw a little boy with blonde hair like mine.

He had green eyes and they wiggled too, just like mine.

I let go of daddy's hand, ran up to the boy and introduced myself.

'Hi, my name is Madi.

What's your name?'

'Hi, Madi.

My name is Nathaniel, but my family calls me Nate,' he said.

I blurted out, 'We have the same face.'

He giggled and made a silly face.

Then he looked away.

He turned to his mommy and said, 'We do have the same face, but she's a girl.'

He shrugged.

His mommy bent down and said, 'Nate, this little girl has albinism just like you.

Isn't it exciting to meet somebody else with albinism?'

Nate nodded his head.

He looked at my family and noticed the difference in the skin colors too.

'We're both the same, but our families are different colors,' he said to me.

Nate's mommy was dark brown like my daddy and his daddy and baby sister were a light brown, like my brother.

Our mommies talked while we stared at one another.

Nate seemed surprised to see someone that looked like him.

I put my hand up for a high five and screamed, 'You have albinism like me.'

Nate smiled and slapped my hand.

Our mothers talked and said they would set up a play date.

Nate made one more silly face before smiling and walking away.

Our daddy shook hands as we all said goodbye.

I was so happy that I made a new friend.

The next weekend, my mommy said, 'We're going to the playground today to meet up with Nate and his mother.'

'Yey,' I shouted.

I put on my shoes and raced to the car.

It felt like a long time getting there, even though the park is not that far away, we couldn't get there fast enough.

I was so happy to be seeing Nate again.

When we got there, I saw him and his mommy waiting for us.

I had on a big floppy hat, and we both wore sunglasses to protect our eyes.

Our mommies put sunscreen on us to protect us from the mean sun.

No ouchies for us today.

Our mommies sat on the bench and talked while Nate and I carefully walked through the playground, taking our time, stepped down, step up.

Sometimes finding the steps was tough because we have trouble seeing things until we're up close.

But we held hands to help guide each other, especially when we climbed at the slide.

We were playing and having so much fun when another girl came up to us and asked, 'Why are you wearing all that stuff?'

She pointed to our sunglasses and hats.

'You looked silly,' she giggled.

Nate looks shy, a little sad, like maybe he was going to cry.

'We have albinism and we have to protect our skin and eyes from the sun,' I said.

'What is albinism?'

The little girl asked.

'It means that a person could be born with little or no color in their hair, skin and eyes,' I explained.

'But we don't have the same skin color as our families, but we're both still black.

People with albinism can't see well.

So these dark glasses helped keep the sunlight out of our eyes and the hats protect our skin from being burned by the sun.'

'Oh, are you brother and sister?'

She asked.

'No, we're friends,' said Nate.

'Madi is my first friend that looks like me.'

The little girl shrugged and said, 'Okay.'

She shrugged again.

'My name is Leah.

Can I play with you?'

'Sure,' I said.

'My name is Madi, and this is Nate.'

And we all went back to playing.

Sometimes people have questions or don't understand people that look like me, but I'm proud of this and that I'm in.

I'm proud to have albinism and to be a black girl too.

I'm so happy that I met another person like me.

I don't feel like I'm the only person who's like me anymore.

I look forward to more fun times with Nate and my new golden friend."

The end.

I hope that you guys enjoyed reading this book with us today, and I can't wait to read with you again soon.

Bye.

(graphics warbling) - Great day.

This is Candace with Chaos, and today we are gonna learn about the chaos kids.

And so the chaos kids are a group of kids that they're just like you.

Life has happened to them sometimes, but they've learned how to keep healing and overcoming struggles.

And so, every day being a kid, you have to sometimes do things like sit still.

Sometimes you have to focus, you gotta do different things like that.

And so, I'm gonna tell you about one of the chaos kids.

His name is Xavier.

And Xavier has a hard time with focusing.

Do you ever have a hard time with focusing?

I know sometimes I do.

And so because of this, Xavier had to learn some skills so that Xavier can't do things like learn in school.

He can do things like learn different activities, learn different sports, you know, those types of things.

And so, one thing that Xavier had to learn how to do is take deep breaths and get all of the wiggles out and then focus.

And so, I want you to do it with me, okay?

And so first and foremost, I want you to get all the wiggles out.

You ready?

One, two, three.

Get the wiggles out.

All of them.

Get 'em, get 'em out, out, out, out.

Shake 'em.

Shake your hands, shake 'em.

Get the wiggles out feet.

All of 'em, shake 'em.

Get 'em out.

You got your wiggles out?

Okay, now that we got all the wiggles out, I want you to take a deep breath.

Let's go.

(inhales deeply) In.

(exhales sharply) Out.

(inhales deeply) In.

(exhales sharply) Out.

And now that we've gotten our wiggles out and we've taken a deep breath, now we're ready, okay?

So, I want you to be really still, and I want you to stand like a tree.

Be your best tree ever.

Okay?

And so I want you to be a strong tree, okay?

So, I want you to stand, and I want you to let your body be really good and firm.

And then I want you just to pay attention to what's happening in front of you.

I want you to think about something good.

Think about something that you like, or something that you really, really wanna do.

And I want you to just focus on that.

Can you do that?

Just focus.

You can keep your eyes closed or you can keep 'em open.

I'm gonna close my eyes because I like to do that.

And I'm gonna focus, and I'm focusing on playing baseball because I like to play baseball sometimes.

I'm not really good at it, but I like that.

And so, I want you to be still and focus.

All right.

I want you to try that.

Whenever you have a hard time focusing, I want you to take some time and get all of the wiggles out first.

Then take your breaths, breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out.

And then I want you to be strong and like a tree.

Okay?

Because trees sometimes they move a little bit, but they're strong.

And that allows you to focus, okay?

You got this.

Let me know how it works if you try it.

Air hugs and cyber kisses.

(graphics dings) - Welcome back.

(chuckles) Whoo!

I had so much fun that I just, (laughs) I just can't stop laughing.

Did you have fun today?

Okay, that's excellent.

That is excellent.

Tell me your favorite part of today.

Oh, okay.

Ooh, yeah.

I thought that was good too.

Oh, my goodness.

Anyway, let's go.

Let's go.

Y'all ready?

All right.

I'm looking in my classroom and I just see...

I see some things.

I wonder if you can see 'em.

Everybody say transportation.

Transportation, that's right.

That's how you get from one place to another, right?

Can you look on my shelf in the bag?

I think it's on that blue shelf.

I'll give you a hint.

Do you see anything that you can use to travel?

Oh, you see a rocket?

Oh, I bet that rocket could take us to the stars.

Oh, you see the stars too?

Okay.

What else are these... Oh, the car?

Oh, yes.

The shark?

What?

I'm not riding on the shark.

No, not me.

You can go tell me how it is.

Oh, the unicorn.

Yes, the unicorn.

You think you can ride on the unicorn?

I think that would be a fun, exciting, amazing ride.

But you know what, boys and girls, all the fun we had today, it is time for us to say goodbye.

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

Nine, N-I-N-E. Nine.

Thank you for being in "Room 9."

Bye-Bye.

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