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- So come on in, take a seat and let's get started.

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Now, go ahead and touch your throat right here and see how they feel.

- Hello boys and girls, welcome to Teaching in Room 9.

- Falcons are built for speed, so she doesn't have very wide wings.

- And the numbers get bigger as we go across to the right.

- I just want you to start with saying hello.

Remember, you got this.

- All righty, are you ready to learn?

Let's go!

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Teaching in Room 9, the region's largest classroom.

I am Dr.

Sanders, and we are in this amazing space where you can go anywhere and be anything that you choose.

As we start our adventure, please always remember, 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.

Right before we start our adventure, what do all... That's right, give some shout outs to some of my friends.

So let's start with my first friend today, Lawson.

Hello, Lawson, how are you doing today?

Excellent, let's spell Lawson, capital L-A-W-S-O-N, L-A-W-S-O-N.

And my next friend, Grant.

Hello, Grant, and how are you doing today, Mr.

Grant?

Excellent.

Let's spell Grant, capital G-R-A-N-T, G-R-A-N-T.

And I have another friend, David.

Hello, David.

Let's spell David, capital D-A-V-I-D.

D-A-V-I-D.

David.

David.

What sounds do you hear at the beginning and the end of David's name?

D, yes, and what letter makes that sound?

D, you are right.

Yes, at the beginning and the end he has the letter D. But boys and girls, are you ready for the get on this adventure ride?

Okay.

Are you sure you're ready?

So let's go.

(audience applauding) - Glen, have you met my friend, Shape Man?

Shape Man's made of all different kinds of shapes.

Shapes are everywhere in the world, so it's important to know their names.

And Shape Man can help us do that.

Should we try?

Okay.

Shape Man's head is round.

It doesn't have any corners.

It's shaped kind of like a ball.

It's called a circle.

Shape Man's body has four corners and four sides that are the same size, kind of like the sides of dice.

It's called a square.

Shape Man's hat has three corners and three sides, kind of like a slice of pizza.

It's called a triangle.

Shape Man's arms and Shape Man's legs are four sides and four corners, but two of the sides are longer, kind of like a bar of chocolate.

They're called rectangles.

Okay, now we've learned circle, square, triangle, and rectangle.

Can we put Shape Man back together?

Let's try.

Here's Shape Man's head, round like a ball.

What is it?

You're right, it's a circle.

And what about this one?

Four corners and four sides that are the same size.

Yes, it's a square.

The next one has three corners and three sides like a piece of pizza.

Triangle.

And the last shapes have sides that are a little bit longer.

So they're like a bar of chocolate.

You remember their name?

Right, a rectangle.

Now shape man's back together and we learned all the different shape names.

And now that we know them, we're ready for school.

Hi there, Room 9.

It's me, Mrs.

Williams, the Woodland Creature Teacher.

Speaking of creatures, we've got a few creatures to talk about today because we're going to be learning about habitats.

You might be saying to yourself, Mrs.

Williams, habbo, what?

It's a habitat.

A habitat is just a fancy word for an environment where an animal lives and gets all the things it needs to survive.

Things like food, water, and shelter.

It can be a large area or it can be a small area.

And some animals even travel between habitats.

The first habitat we're going to talk about today is the Arctic.

Now taking a look at our Arctic habitat, we see some frosty, freezy type of things.

There's some blue cold water here with some icebergs in it.

Lots of snow and ice here.

Now it can get down to negative 30 in the Arctic.

There would have to be a pretty hardy animal to survive in this climate.

Let's think about what types of things an animal would have to survive there.

Now, my starfish does like an aquatic habitat, but doesn't prefer those frosty cold temperatures.

This isn't the best home for our starfish.

What about our camel?

Our camel has large feet to travel in sand and doesn't love the cold temperatures.

Camels can actually survive in daytime temperatures over 100 degrees.

This isn't the right habitat for a camel.

Now, let's think about our emperor penguin.

Emperor penguins can hold their breath for up to 20 minutes while they fish for food.

They prefer fish and crustaceans.

They also have a thick layer of feathers and fat that insulates them from the cold.

Hmm, I'm thinking that we might have found the correct habitat for our penguin.

Thumbs up if you agree.

Well, now that we know a little bit about our emperor penguin and the Arctic, Mickey's going to help to whisk us away from this frosty cold climate.

I'm grateful to be moving on to a warmer place.

The Arctic is not my preferred habitat.

This is the forest habitat.

Taking a look at our forest, you can see some obvious differences right away.

There are lots of green trees and shrubs, green grass and plants.

There also is a pond in our forest habitat.

Thinking about animals that might thrive in this habitat.

Would we put a starfish in this habitat?

We do know that starfish are aquatic, but no, starfish prefer saltwater, and this is freshwater.

This can't be the right place for him.

Let's check in with our deer.

Thinking about our deer, they have long legs so that they can run quickly and hide from predators.

They need trees, bushes, shrubs to bed down and hide in.

They prefer to eat plants and they need fresh water to survive.

Thumbs up, thumbs down, thumbs in the middle.

How are you feeling about this habitat for our deer?

I agree with you.

This is the perfect home for our deer.

Now that we know a little bit about our forest habitat and what helps our deer to survive, we're moving on to a super steamy, baking hot habitat.

Taking a look at our desert habitat.

What do you notice?

Yes, there's lots of sand, an open blue sky and sunshine.

You know that daytime temperatures in the desert can reach over a hundred degrees and get down into the twenties at night.

There are not a lot of plants and not a lot of water.

Would our starfish feel at home here?

Certainly not.

Starfish need plenty of salty water to live their best life.

Let's check in with our camel.

The camel seems to be right at home here.

Our camel has large feet to help it travel through the sand.

It has a hump.

Do you know what's inside of there?

It's actually a store of fat to allow the camel to travel through the desert without food.

It can stay alive for over 20 days on just this fat stored in its hump.

It also has extra large blood cells to store extra water in this hot, dry habitat.

And last but not least, we have to find a home for our starfish.

Here is our ocean habitat.

We have plenty of salty water, fish and crustaceans for our starfish to survive on.

He feels right at home on the sandy bottom.

I hope that you've had fun learning about habitats today and about the creatures that find those habitats home.

Have fun and keep growing your brain.

Bye.

♪♪ Hi there.

Welcome to the St.

Louis Public Library.

My name is Ms.

Sam.

Have you ever been to this wonderful central branch before?

No?

Oh, I have so many things to show you today.

Do you have a library card?

Oh, that should be our first stop.

Come on with me.

We'll go get you a library card.

My new friend here does not have a library card yet.

Can you tell us what we need in order to get them one?

Okay.

Well, to obtain a St.

Louis Public Library card, all you would need is a parent or guardian, valid identification, and you're all set.

Look at this.

This is your brand new library card.

Let's figure out where we can use it for.

Welcome to the Children's Library.

Now, was there a specific book that you were looking for today?

Yeah?

What was it called?

Please, oh please, be patient with me.

Did you read that one at school you said?

Yeah?

And you want to see if the library has it now?

Okay, let's check and see if we have it.

This is called a catalog computer and this will tell you all of the books that we have in the library system.

So we're gonna search for please, oh please, be patient with me.

All right.

So our library books are going to be shared with all of our friends throughout all of St.

Louis.

So we want to make sure that we're taking really good care of it.

Okay.

So when you open your library book, you're going to be really careful with the pages.

They're paper so they can tear easy.

So just be gentle and definitely make sure that you don't draw or color in your library book.

We want to make sure that it's clean for everybody else to read.

And then when we're done we're gonna close it up carefully.

Does that sound good?

Would you like to check this book out?

Okay let's go.

Come on over to the desk with me.

Hey Rashawn.

Hi Sam.

This is my new friend.

We are wondering if we can check this book out with our brand new library card.

Of course.

Awesome.

So first we're gonna hand her on our library card.

Thank you.

And she's gonna scan it into our system.

Next, we will give her the book and she'll check it out onto our card.

Thank you.

This just tells the library who has the book for the next three weeks.

Come on.

Central Library is over 100 years old.

A famous architect named Cass Gilbert built the building and we opened in 1912.

We've done a little bit of work and a renovation since then to keep things fresh and new, but our building is so beautiful.

Come on, let's go.

So this is our returns wall.

It's a whole wall full of slots for when you are finished with your book, and it's been three weeks and you're ready to return it back to the library.

So all you have to do is take your book and put it in the right slot.

There's a slot for children's books.

And then there's one for grown up books.

And then there's one if you rent out a movie or a video game, you can return the audio visual right here.

Hey, I have an idea.

Do you want to see what it looks like inside that book drop?

Yeah, come on.

So this is where all of those books that you return in those slots are going to come through to.

Thank you so much for visiting St.

Louis Public Library today.

I had so much fun and I hope you did too.

I'm going to give you your book.

There you go.

And we'll see you next time.

Thanks for visiting.

Hi, friends, welcome back to Teaching in Room 9.

I'm Ms.

Miller, your healthy eating educator.

But when I'm not in the classroom with you, I work at a nonprofit that helps make sure people get the foods that they need.

I'm excited today to teach you about the power of healthy eating.

Let's get started.

Moderation, what is that?

Well, moderation means having a balance in our diet, knowing when we have had too much or maybe when we have had a little less than what we normally would have.

I'll give you an example of moderation.

In my lunch today, I have a sandwich.

I have my vegetable and my fruit, my chips or pretzels, to be exact.

And then I have my sweet treat.

And today it looks like it's a iced lemon loaf.

So how I want to make sure I'm eating in moderation and having a balanced diet is making sure I start with my quality protein source and my fruits and vegetables.

I'm going to start out by eating my sandwich and my fruit and vegetables.

And if I'm still hungry after that, I might eat my chips or pretzels and then move on to my iced lemon loaf treat.

However, today I'm not that hungry, so I'm actually going to save this as a snack.

That is eating in moderation and making sure that we are having our balanced plates with our protein, our fruits and vegetables, and maybe our whole grain or starchy source of food.

Thanks for joining me today as we learn about the power of healthy eating, and I'll see you guys next time.

Bye.

[MUSIC] Hi, welcome to the Teaching in Room 9 art class.

My name is Ms.

Lane.

Are you ready to make something cool?

That's what I thought.

Today, we're going to be doing self-portraits.

Here's my example.

I know what you're thinking.

That doesn't look anything like you.

Well, yeah, I know.

This is a book all about me.

Not every self-portrait has to be exactly what you look like.

It could be all about you.

Let's get started.

First things first, we're going to need a piece of paper, and we're going to do some folding.

The first fold, hamburger style.

All right, and we'll flip it, and then another hamburger style fold.

Perfect.

All right, our last one will be hot dog.

Now make sure you flatten all of these creases, because they are going to be important.

All right, using all of our muscles.

All right, unfolding the paper.

These are going to be the pages of our book, but we have one more step we have to do.

We have to cut it right here so that it can fold onto itself.

So we're going to take our paper, fold it hamburger style, take our scissors, be sure to be careful, and cut halfway through.

So here we go.

Going halfway and not all the way.

Done.

Easy.

Fast.

So now we have this little hole in the middle.

So now to make our book, we're going to fold the whole thing hot dog style.

See this diamond shape in the middle?

We're going to fold the diamond and squish it onto itself and fold it up to make our book.

Now we're ready to get started.

All right.

Now this is an about me book.

So I'm going to give it a title.

And we can fill our pages.

So our first page, I'm going to put my name.

Awesome.

The next page, I'm going to do my phone number.

All right.

Our next page is, let's do our address.

And how about, we'll put down our favorite color.

Mine is orange.

What's your favorite color?

I'm gonna draw a little orange just to be cool.

All righty.

Couple more pages to go.

All right, let's do our favorite shape.

My favorite shape is a star.

Remember when we made stars?

Awesome.

And our last page, let's put our grownups' names.

These are my grownups.

All right.

And we filled our book, all about us.

I hope you enjoyed our time, and I'll see you next time.

Have a good one.

Bye.

Time for Music with Bhoo.

Mrs.

Bhooshan here, and welcome back to the music classroom in Room 9.

Today I have a song for you, and it goes a little something like this.

I want to go, go, go.

I want to go, go, go.

I want to go, go, go and stop.

Red is the color stop.

Red is the one on top.

I want to go and stop.

In that song, it sings red is the one on top.

Do you think you know why?

Yeah, because red is the top color on a stoplight.

In this song, we're going to play with the red light and the green light.

So I'm going to turn my stoplight sideways.

Right where you're at in the room, can you line up one finger on the stoplight and one finger on the go light?

And every time I sing go, I want you to tap the go light.

And every time I sing stop, I want you to tap the stoplight.

Ready?

♪ I want to go, go, go Great job.

Now I want you to find something in the room that you're in that's red and something that's green.

I'm gonna choose a kitchen mitt that's red and I have a stuffy that's green.

And I want you to find it and put them in front of you and tap go for the green when I say go and tap the red for when I sing stop.

♪ Ready, here we go and that was Music with Bhoo.

- Hola muchachos.

Hello, boys and girls.

Welcome to Teaching in Room 9, the region's largest classroom.

I'm Senor Johnson, and today we're gonna learn how to pronounce the vowels in Spanish, and they are ah, eh, ee, oh, ooh.

A, which in English is a, but in Spanish they don't change.

It's ah, the letter e is a, the letter i is e, the letter o is o, and the letter u is oo, ah, eh, ee, u, oo.

oh, oo, ah, eh, ee, oh, oo.

Sometimes we say it fast, we go ah, eh, ee, Those vowel sounds don't change.

So, whenever you see them in a word in Spanish, all you have to do is pronounce them, a as in ah, and then you have to pronounce them in Spanish.

So, you have e, which is a, i is e, o is o, and u is oo.

Let's practice with some words that have those sounds.

Ah, casa, eh, elefante, ee, infante, infant, a baby.

Then we have oh, oso, bear.

Then we have ooh.

What sound would be ooh?

(gasps) Uva, a grape.

Those are sounds that we have in Spanish for our vowels.

So you have ah, eh, ee, oh, and ooh.

So I want you to think about a casa.

I want you to think about an elefante for ee.

I want you to think about an infante, a baby, for ee, which is I. And then I want you to think of an oso, a bear, for oh.

And then for ooh, I want you to think of a grape, an uva.

So you have your vowels, a, a, e, o, o. Let's put an M on it.

Mah, meh, mee, moh, moo.

Mah, meh, mee, moh, moo.

With the a, a, e, o, o. Those are your sounds of the vowels in Spanish.

Thank you for joining me and learning your vowels in Spanish.

Rum pum pum pum, learning Spanish is fun.

Adios, bye bye.

- Great day everybody.

This is Candice with Khaos, and I wanna introduce you to my friend Aaron.

Aaron has autism and he's an amazing Khaos kid, but sometimes Aaron has a hard time with making friends.

And so Aaron had to learn that when you have a hard time making friends, sometimes it's just as simple as starting with hello.

And so you have a lot of people in your classroom, and if you ever have a hard time with making friends, I just want you to start with saying hello.

Remember, you got this, and you can do anything you put your mind to.

Air hugs and cyber kisses.

- Hello, everybody, welcome back.

How was your adventure today?

Did you have fun or did you hate it?

You better have fun.

Can you tell me all about it?

(gasps) Oh my goodness.

Man, yes, I love that part too.

Yes.

You know what time it is?

It is time for me to do my little lesson.

And today, you know what I'm going to do?

I'm gonna draw a self portrait.

And you can draw your own.

The only thing you need is something to draw with, something to draw on, and you need a little handy dandy mirror.

Yes, and in my mirror, I'm gonna take a look at myself, and you know how I'm gonna draw my self-portrait today?

The only thing I'm gonna do, I'm just gonna draw my head and my eyes.

So let's go, let's see.

First I'm gonna draw my oval-shaped head.

Yep, that's big enough.

Ooh, my eyes kind of look oval-ish too.

And then I'm gonna, my nose, oh my mouth, and my, whoo, yes, my hair.

Let's draw my hair.

Let's go.

Okay, let's see.

And as we're looking, it's time for us to get out of Room 9.

Let's spell our favorite word.

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

Thank you for being in Room 9.

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There is hope.

Call or text 988.

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