(upbeat music) - Hi everybody.

And welcome back to room nine.

Our region's largest classroom.

My name is Ms. St. Louis and I'm a teacher at Rogers elementary school in the Melville school district.

And we are located in south St. Louis county.

Today I'm going to teach a movement lesson.

That's geared towards children of all ages.

So let's get ready to get moving.

Now this week, our theme has been space and we have been talking about all things that are space from planets to rocket ships, to stars and beyond.

Today, we are going to be going on a space travel mission, and we are going to be doing that through the power of movement.

We're going to do everything from a training, just like an astronaut to get our bodies ready to go into space to a rocket launch, to even landing on the moon.

So are you ready to get started?

All right, let's begin by stretching out our bodies.

So they are ready for some space travel.

All right, we're going to start with our core.

So we're going to use some twists.

I'm going to bring my arms up and just gently going to twist my core.

Back and forth.

We do a lot of movement coming from the core of our body.

The center.

So we really want to make sure we loosen it up.

Now I'm gonna put my hands on my hips and I'm gonna lean side to side.

These are some good stretches to do when we first wake up in the morning.

Get our core ready and we're going to just gently lean, forwards and backwards.

You see we're not going to go too far forwards and backwards.

Just stretching ourselves out.

If you need to, you can hold it, hold it.

All right, I'm going to shake my head yes.

And no.

And maybe so.

And I'm gonna try and touch one ear touch the other shoulder and stretch out my neck.

And switch.

Very good.

I'm going to do some arm circles going forwards starting small and getting bigger and bigger and bigger.

Good.

Now we're going to go backwards.

Again I'm gonna start small, I'm gonna start small.

Small little circles.

And I'm going to get bigger and bigger, and bigger.

Whoo.

And I'm gonna cross my arms in front like a big pair of scissors.

Good.

And I'm gonna stretch up to the sky and reach down and touch my toes.

I'm going to come back up.

I'm going to bring my legs into a wider straddle.

Just straddling them apart.

Making a triangle with my legs and the ground.

I'm going to stretch up and reach to one side.

And then stretching back up and reaching to the other side.

And coming back up.

Whoo, all right.

Now that we are ready to go, are we ready to do some training?

Absolutely.

So when astronauts have to go into space?

They have to do a lot of training to get their body ready to go into space.

Things are a lot different in space.

So it's really important that they have very good physical health.

And part of that means doing some training.

So we're going to do some training, just like that.

We're going to start with a march.

Now, when we march, it's almost like a walk except we're gonna bring our knees up in front.

So we're gonna bring our knees all the way up in front as we march.

Okay?

So we are going to march for 30 seconds.

Do you think you can do that with me?

All right, I'm going to set a timer.

30 seconds.

- [Watch] Okay, 30 seconds and counting.

- Let's go.

March.

March.

March.

You've got this.

Keep marching.

If you need to, you can march back and forth in a circle.

Marching as we go.

March.

March.

March.

Excellent job.

Whoo.

And stop.

Whoo.

(sigh) How do you feel?

You ready to bump it up a little bit?

All right.

Now we're going to do a jog.

Now a jog is a type of run.

So when we run, We can run at different speeds.

A jog is a slower type run.

It's a run we use when we want to go for really long distances.

Right?

A sprint is a type of run that we use when we want to get someplace really fast.

But it's not too far away.

So we're going to put all our energy out and run as fast as we can.

But with the jog, we know that we have a longer distance to go.

So we're going to conserve some energy.

Save some energy.

Go at a slower pace.

So this is my jogging pace.

I'm not going too fast.

I am getting my heart rate up.

So I'm starting to see that I'm breathing a little heavier.

Taking some deep breaths.

But this is a pace that I can do for a long period of time.

Right?

So we're going to do this for 30 seconds.

Do you have your jogging pace up?

All right.

30 seconds on the clock.

Let's go.

We're just jogging again.

If you need to jog back and forth.

Sometimes I know it's easier if we're traveling somewhere as we go.

Go in circles, you've got this, keep it up.

We're halfway.

Keep up that jog.

You got this.

Keep going.

Whoo.

And stop.

Whoo.

How do you feel?

Let's take some deep breaths.

In, and out.

In, and out.

In, and out.

Helping to calm our bodies down, bringing it back down.

Very good.

All right.

Next up, we are going to do some lunges to continue on with our training.

So we're going to stand.

And we're going to step forward and lunge down.

When we lunge, we want to make sure that our knee does not go over our toes because that's not good for our ankles and we want to keep our ankles nice and strong.

So I'm going to again, take a really far step out, bend down and come back up.

Then I'm going to switch legs.

Other leg out then down, come back up.

Okay, we're going to do 10 on each side, 20 altogether.

Are you ready?

And one, two, keep going.

Three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, halfway.

11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, almost there.

17, 18, 19, 20, very good.

All right, shake your legs out.

Our next warm up drill is going to be a squat.

Now, when we squat, we start with our feet apart and we're kind of pretending like we're sitting in a chair so we're going to squat.

Bring our bottoms towards the floor.

Just like we're sitting in an imaginary chair.

Again.

We don't want our knees to come over our toes because that's not good for our ankles.

So I'm going to sit back and come back up.

We're going to do 10 of these.

Are you ready?

All right, deep breath in and out.

And let's squat.

One, two, keep going, three, four five, six, seven, eight, nine, and 10, last time, very good.

Deep breath in and out, and in and out.

Well, I think we're pretty trained and ready to go.

Are you ready to do our rocket launch?

All right.

When we do a rocket launch, we have to have all of our power and energy to push that rocket off so it can get into space.

All of that energy is gonna to come from our legs.

So we're going to do squats again but we're going to turn them into jumps.

So we're going to squat down and push off to jump up in the air.

That is our big push.

That's going to get us all the way back.

We're going to do 10 of those.

Are you ready?

All right, squat down and push up That's one.

push up as hard as you can.

And two.

Kep going.

And three, and four, keep going.

And five, and six, and seven, and eight.

Two more.

And nine, last one.

And 10.

Whoo.

All right.

I think with all the winning we have enough power to get ourselves into space.

So let's launch that rocket.

Take a deep breath in and out.

And in, and out.

Bring those arms up by your ears.

And we're going to rocket launch up.

Are you ready?

Ready to do five of 'em.

We're gonna bend down and rocket launch.

That was one.

Bend down and two.

Get that rocket as high as you can.

Three.

Four.

Last one, all the way into space.

Five!

Excellent job, boys and girls.

We have officially made it into space.

Whoo.

That was a lot of work don't you think?

All right, let's stop.

Rehydrate our bodies.

Because that's super important as well to keep ourselves ready to continue on with our space mission.

So we're going to take a hydration break and then we're gonna come back and continue on.

Making our way to the moon.

Off we go.

All right, boys and girls, now that we have launched ourselves into outer space, we are ready for some space travel.

So, we are going to begin by standing, right?

and balancing our bodies.

So I'm going to put one foot behind and bring the other right in front of it.

So I am standing with one foot behind, one foot right behind and I'm going to bring my arms up and I'm gonna balance my body.

Now my arms can be out to the side or they can be on my hips.

And I'm just gonna balance here.

This is my beginning balance, and it's hard, the longer we do this, the harder it is.

We want to make sure that we are standing up nice and tall not bending forwards or backwards, not leaning side to side.

Keeping our chest up nice and tall.

keeping our chin up.

Holding our balance.

It's really important that we are flying.

That we are not wobbling all over the place.

We want to make sure that we are on a nice straight path to the moon.

All right, I'm gonna switch, gonna bring the other foot in front.

Bring that other foot right behind it in a street line.

Holding my balance.

Oh, this side's a little harder.

I want to keep on that straight path to the moon.

Gonna focus.

Standing tall.

Keeping my chest up.

I can either put my hands on my hips or I can hold my arms out.

Whichever is easiest for you to help keep that balance.

Keeping on our pathway to the moon.

Great focus, everyone.

All right, let's keep it going.

We're going to do some more balancing.

I'm going to stand on one foot bringing my other foot up.

But I'll hold my balance as I keep going on that straight path.

Again, standing tall.

My hands are on my hips or out to the side.

Keeping that balance.

We want to keep on the straightest path possible so we can get to the moon.

And switch, other foot up.

Keep balancing, you've got this.

Moon landing here we come.

I like that I see nice tall rocket ships that are flying.

Thinking nice, straight, tall.

Keeping our chest up.

Not leaning forwards or backwards or side to side.

Cause that's gonna get us off our path, right?

Coming down, all right.

We're gonna go in for the descent.

The landing.

So for that, I'm going to stand on one foot.

I'm going to bring my arms and legs up and hold my landing pose.

Rocket ships are on their way.

Ra-ha-ha keep going.

And we're gonna switch on our way down to the moon.

Bringing that back foot up.

Arms out.

Moon landing here we come.

Waahh!

Keep it up, keep it up.

It's okay if we fall, we want to get right back up.

and touchdown!

We've made it to the moon.

Excellent job.

Give yourself a pat on the back and take a deep breath in.

And out.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are here on the surface of the moon.

So, we're going to practice walking around the moon.

We're going to start with walking on our tippy toes.

I'm going to bring my body up so I'm right up on my tippy toes and slowly walk around on my tippy toes.

It's definitely much easier here on the moon.

We're much lighter.

I feel so much lighter on the moon walking on my tippy toes.

All right.

Let's practice walking on our heels now.

So I'm going to bring my toes up.

Be on my heels.

And then walk around on my heels, on the backs of my foot this time.

Just getting used to the lay of the land up here on the moon.

See lots of craters.

Lots of moon dust.

What do you see out there on the moon?

All right.

Let's do some elbow crosses here on the moon.

We're going to get our bodies ready, Get our space suits ready to really experience the moon.

So I'm gonna bring my elbow to my opposite knee.

Cross, cross.

Switching each time.

Elbow to my knee.

Elbow to my knee.

Elbow, and switch and switch.

Getting our bodies ready to travel to the moon.

Now many years ago, Neil Armstrong was one of the very first men to set foot on the moon and he placed an American flag on the moon.

So our job is to go off now and find it now on the moon.

Since we are a little bit more weightless.

And we are going to be leaping our way to that American flag that he placed.

So we're going to step up and leep out.

Step and leap our way there.

It's gonna take us 10 leaps, are you ready?

And one, two, keep going, three, four, keep going.

Five, six, seven, eight almost there, nine and just as Neil Armstrong said it "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" Let's take that giant leap.

And leap!

We made it!

Excellent job, boys and girls.

Give yourself a round of applause.

We have officially made it to the moon and made it to that American flag, that Neil Armstrong placed.

So, we've been here a little while.

I think it's time we are homeward bound.

So, let's get ourselves ready to make that journey home.

We're gonna start with some fast jumps.

I'm gonna jump up and down really fast.

We're going to do this for 20 seconds.

Are you ready?

And go.

One, two, three, four, five six, seven, eight, nine, 10.

Keep going.

11, 12, 13, 14 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.

We're ready.

We're doing that big pushup.

Let's do some jumps and turns.

I'm going to jump and turn.

Jump and turn.

Let's do 10, you ready?

And one, two.

Keep going, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, all right.

Let's do some balancing as we travel our way home.

We're going to bring one foot up in front of us balancing our way home.

Standing nice and tall.

Keeping our balance.

Deep breaths, keeping our chest up.

You've got this.

Remember, hands can be on our hips or out to the side and we're going to switch sides bringing that other leg up.

Holding our balance.

Coming down.

Excellent job.

We are making our final descent.

So as we make our final descent we're gonna be speeding into Earth's atmosphere.

So we're going to sprint our way in there.

Remember sprinting is that really fast running.

We're going to do this for 30 seconds.

Are you ready, 30 second sprint.

Let's do this.

20 seconds left.

Keep going.

Keep going, keep going as fast as you can.

10 seconds left.

We're almost there.

And we have landed.

Let's squat for some landings.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10.

Whoo.

Deep breath in, and out, in and out, in and out.

Ladies and gentlemen we have made it back home.

Take a bow.

Take a curtsy.

Give yourself a round of applause.

We did it.

We made it all the way to the moon and back I think it's time we celebrate with a little victory dance.

What do you say?

Victory dance, victory dance.

Woo-hoo, we did it!

Excellent job boys and girls.

Let's finish with some deep breaths to help bring our bodies back down with us.

And breathe in, and out, breathe in and out.

I'm going to stand still with my eyes closed as I keep breathing in and out.

And I'm going to think of all the amazing ways I can reach the stars.

We each have our own amazing goals in life.

And amazing things that we would like to do.

Maybe that is go to the moon.

Maybe, that is to get our dream job.

Maybe, that is to play the longest game of hopscotch ever.

Whatever your dream is, know that your goals are attainable.

You can reach them.

It might take a little bit of time and hard work.

But if you reach for those stars, you will be able to get to your finish line.

To get your star.

So I want you to visualize your goal.

It can be something that you can do in a week.

Something, you can do in a month.

A year, maybe many years.

But whatever you desire, you can reach with hard work and perseverance.

Deep breath in, and out, and in and out.

Coming back together.

Excellent job today, boys and girls, I am so proud of how hard you worked on our mission to the moon.

So remember boys and girls, as we continue on with the rest of our week and into next week, our goal is 60 minutes of physical activity each and every single day.

I know that now that we are home from summer vacation it's really easy to not want to go outside sometimes.

It can be really hot outside.

But I do believe that you are more than capable of getting your 60 minutes in.

Whether that is walking, riding your bikes, swimming, do something to get your body moving.

Get yourself outside, and we'll see you here next week as we go on another movement adventure.

Bye everyone.

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