(bright music) (children chattering) - Hi everybody and welcome back to "Room 9," 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 here to teach a movement lesson that's geared toward students of all ages.

So let's get ready to get moving.

Before we dive in deep to our lesson today, we need to stretch our body.

So we're gonna go from our head to our toes to get our bodies warmed up.

So starting at the top, we're going to shake our head yes by bringing our chin up and back down to our chest, saying yes.

Making sure our movements are slow and controlled so we can protect our neck.

Now we're gonna say no, bringing our head side to side.

So my chin goes to my shoulder, back and forth.

And then we're gonna say maybe so.

So now I'm gonna bring my ear to my shoulder and switch, side to side, maybe so.

Very good, all right, let's move onto our shoulders.

I'm gonna shrug my shoulders, I'm gonna bring them up towards my ear and back down.

Up and back down.

Up and back down.

Let's do it two more times up and back down, up and back down.

Now let's do some big scissors, I'm gonna bring my arms out to the side and bring them into the middle, out and into the middle, like a giant pair of scissors.

Excellent.

Out, together.

Out, together.

Out, together.

Very good.

Those scissors look excellent.

All right, let's move on to our trunk, our core of our body.

I'm gonna put my hands on my hips to help me and I'm gonna start by going side to side.

So I'm gonna bend to the side and switch.

Side to side.

Very good.

Keep going, side to side.

All right, now we're gonna go forwards, bending at our waist, at our hips, and backwards.

Forwards and backwards.

Forwards and backwards.

Forwards and backwards, good job.

And now we're gonna twist, so I'm gonna bring my album to the front and switch, bring my other elbow to the front.

My feet don't move, they stay in one spot, so I'm really focusing on the center of my body, twisting, back and forth.

Very good.

All right, let's bring our feet together.

We're gonna stretch up tall and reach down towards our toes, reaching as far as we can.

So if you can only reach to your knees, that's okay, because each time you practice, we'll reach a little further until we can reach all the way to our toes.

Now let's hold this and count to five.

One, two, three, four, five, and slowly come up.

Let's bring our legs into a straddle.

So my legs and the floor are creating a triangle shape.

Very good.

All right, let's stretch up tall and reach down to one side, reaching as far as you can.

So if you need to stop at your knee, that's okay.

And let's count to five.

One, two, three, four, five and come up slowly.

Going all the way to reach back into the sky and reach down the other side, very good, reaching as far as you can and let's count to five.

One, two, three, four, five.

Coming up slowly, reaching all the way to the ceiling one last time and let's stretch down to the middle as far as you can and let's count to five.

One, two, three, four, five.

Very good, all right, let's bring ourselves down to the floor now and we're going to sit with our feet together and our knees out wide.

This is called our butterfly position.

So I want you to push your feet out and almost create a diamond or a square with your legs.

So now I'm going to bend forward and try to reach my nose to my toes.

Now I'm gonna stretch as far as I can, so if I can't make it all the way there, that's okay.

We're gonna stretch down as far as we can and count to five.

One, two, three, four, five.

Come up slowly.

I want you to bring your knees up and down slow, wiggle them out.

And let's try our stretch one more time, bringing our nose to our toes as far as you can and let's count to five.

One, two, three, four, five.

Very good, and let's come back up to stand.

All right, do you feel stretched out and ready to go?

Very good.

So today we're going to be talking about all things winter sports.

We are right in the middle of our winter season and so I know that lots of people are out doing winter sports on the weekend, and you might even be watching a lot of winter sports on the TV right now.

So we're gonna be practicing some of those winter sports right here, right now.

So let's get started with a little bit of skiing.

So for our skiing, we're gonna start by standing in our ski position.

So that means my feet are together and I'm going to sit backwards.

So I'm going to bring my hips backwards and act like I'm sitting in a chair.

All right, can you hold that position with me?

Very good.

Now, I'm gonna grab my ski poles out in front of me.

Very good.

Now, in order to ski, I'm going to push my ski poles back and straighten my legs and then I'm gonna come right back to my starting point.

Push those ski oles back and come right back as we ski through the snow.

Are you ready to go on our first ski trip?

All right, we're gonna do 10 skis for our first trip.

Are you ready?

All right, let's get in position, sitting back, hold out those poles and let's do 10 pushes, you ready?

Let's go.

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

Very good, you guys are already pro skiers.

I think we can take this up a notch, what do you think?

All right, so this time we're gonna do our 10 skis and at the last one, after 10, we're gonna do a big jump, like we are jumping off a ramp.

So we're gonna use both our legs, we're gonna push off and jump as high as we can.

Are you ready?

Okay, we're gonna do our 10 pushes first, then we're gonna jump.

So, let's get back into position, sitting down, holding those poles and let's go for 10.

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

Very good, you guys are expert skiers, but did you know, this isn't the only type of skiing?

There's another type of skiing, it's called cross-country skiing, and it looks a little bit different.

So we're gonna practice our cross-country skiing next.

So for our cross-country skiing, we're gonna bring one leg in front and one leg behind.

Now, as we ski, I'm gonna bring my arms, the leg that's in front, that arm's gonna go up and my leg that's in back, that arm's gonna go back.

And we're going to jump and switch.

So now my other leg's in front and so is my other arm, jumping and switching, are you ready?

Okay, let's do 10 of these.

All right, let's go.

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

Whew, that's a lot of work that cross-country skiing, but I think we can do a little bit more.

What do you say to 10 more cross-country skis?

All right, let's do 10 more.

All right, get back into position, one leg in front, one leg behind and let's do 10.

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

Very good.

So we've done regular skiing and we've done cross-country skiing, which one is your favorite?

Excellent, you guys love that skiing.

So, what are we gonna do next?

Next we are going to practice our snowboarding.

So our snowboarding is kind of like skiing, but on this one, both of our feet are going to move together.

So with skis, you have one on each foot.

With snowboarding, it's one board and both feet are on the same one.

So we're gonna stand to the side with our feet in the line and we're gonna practice our snowboarding.

So first, snowboarding position, I want you to bend your knees a little bit.

We're not gonna bend so much like we're sitting down like you did when we were skiing, but we're gonna bend them a little bit, so let's get that little bend.

And I want you to put your arms out, one in front and one behind, so you kinda look like this.

All right, that's our snowboarding position.

So we're gonna snowboard down the hill, are you ready?

Let's push off down the hill.

And we might have to lean forward a little, lean forward with me.

A backwards a little bit, lean backwards with me.

And come back to the middle.

Good job, excellent.

Let's lean forwards again, come backwards and come back to the middle.

Excellent job.

And now to stop, we're gonna bring our back foot to the front and stop.

You guys were very good at that, I think we're maybe ready to add a couple snowboard tricks in, what do you think?

Okay, so we're gonna try and do a half twist.

So we're gonna start one way and when I say jump we're going to jump and turn around to the other side, facing the other direction, are you ready?

Okay, let's get in that snowboard position.

My feet are apart, I'm gonna bend my knees a little, bring my arms out.

All right, let's snowboard down our hill.

Lean forward just a little.

Then backwards, come back up, and jump to switch.

Excellent job.

Find your balance, let's get back in that position.

Lean backwards, lean forwards, hold that position, and jump.

Excellent job, you guys are so good at these skills.

Ooh, very good.

Forward-leaning, lean backwards and jump.

Excellent.

Wow, you guys are power snowboarders.

Whoop, keep that balance, one last jump, and jump.

Bring that foot to the front and stop.

Excellent job, boys and girls, you guys are experts.

All right, I think we can do one more before we take a little break.

Are you ready?

Okay, the next one we are going to do is curling.

Now curling is a sport that is done on the ice.

So we're gonna practice curling by being the thrower.

So there's one person who slides that rock all the way across and we're gonna practice that.

So we're gonna stand up nice and tall, we're gonna hold with one hand, holding that curling stone, and we're going to step forward, coming down to the ground and push, as we push it forward.

I'll stand to the side so you can see with me, are you ready?

We're gonna step forward, come down to the ground and push as we release forward.

All right, do it with me.

Step forward, bend your knees down to the ground and push as you lean forward.

Excellent job.

Let's do that one more time, but we're gonna really put all of our force into that curling, are you ready?

Okay, step forward, come down and push.

Excellent, so as we are pushing out we are going as fast as we can.

Excellent, let's do it again.

Step forward, come down and push.

Whoa, we are definitely speeding this process up.

Let's even go a little bit faster, really getting that power behind our legs and our arms as we push that stone forward, let's go.

Step forward and push.

Excellent job, boys and girls.

Now when you're curling that's not the only job that's happening.

There are others who are skating forward using something that looks very similar to a broom to help get that curling stone to go as far as they can.

So they are standing alongside before the stone and they are sweeping back and forth.

Can you do that motion with me?

We're gonna back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, just like you're sweeping really hard.

I want you to imagine that there is a spot on the floor in front of you and you really wanna get it off, so we're gonna go back and forth.

All right, let's switch sides and let's go back and forth, back and forth, keep going, keep going.

Did we make it?

Yes, excellent job, boys and girls.

Give yourself a nice pat on the back, a nice round of applause.

Excellent job.

All right, let's take a short break.

Let's get some water, rehydrate our body from all the winter sports we've been doing and we'll be back in just a second to keep doing some more winter sports.

See ya in a bit.

All right guys, we're back.

So we are gonna do a few more of our winter sports movements.

So, next up, we have figure skating.

So to do our figure skating, we're gonna stand up nice and tall.

I want you to put your toes right next to each other and we're gonna kinda bring our heels out a little bit.

Okay, now we're gonna put our arms out to the side and I'm gonna lift one leg straight back.

So I am skating through.

And then I'm gonna switch and I'm gonna bring my other leg straight back.

Ooh, look at that, very good, let's do that again.

Arms straight out, bring that leg straight back.

Excellent, if you wanna challenge yourself, you can always try and bring your body to almost be like a T. Bringing your chest forward, bringing that back leg out.

So if we want to start at the beginning, we just lift our leg.

If we wanna challenge ourself, we can lean over, but that's gonna take a lot more balance and it's okay if we fall remember, so we can hold.

So now let's switch.

If we want to start easy, just bring your leg up.

If you wanna challenge yourself, bring your chest down and your leg up a little bit more.

Whew, hat was a close call, let's try it one more time, both sets.

My feet are together, arms are up and I lift my leg.

If I wanna challenge myself, I can bring my chest down, lifting my leg a little higher.

But if I fall it's okay, 'cause I can come right back up, that's okay.

Let's switch sides and try the other one.

Feet together, arms up, lift your leg.

And if you're ready, woo, challenge yourself by trying to lift your leg all the way up.

And again, if you can't that's okay.

Whew, and come down.

Figure skating's pretty tough, but there's one more skating sport that we could try.

We can also try it a little bit of hockey.

So to do our hockey we're gonna stand with our feet together.

Then I gonna bend my knees just a little bit.

Very good, all right.

And I'm gonna hold my stick in my hands and I'm gonna go from side to side, side to side, like I am hitting the puck that's in front of me.

Side to side, side to side, side to side, side to side.

Very good, do you think we can do it a little faster?

All right, let's give that a shot, coming back down, bending my knees just a little bit, that's where a lot of my power is gonna come from and I'm gonna go side to side, side to side, side to side, side to side.

Keep going, side to side, side to side, side to side, side to side.

Whew, that's tough work, don't you think?

I think so too.

Let's practice a little bit of our shooting skills.

We're gonna turn to the side a little bit, so we have a little bit more power from our arms.

We're gonna bring our arms, holding them one up at the top, like it's only the top of the stick, one closer to the middle, like it's holding the middle of the stick, bring your hands back and shoot forward.

Let's do that again.

Bring your hands back and shoot forward.

Excellent job.

Now, when we shoot, you usually have a favorite side, so we don't need to switch.

But if you're on the other side, okay, my hand that's in front, okay?

That's my hand that's going to be closer to the middle.

My hand and back is going to be my hand closer to the top and then I'm going to, nope, I backwards.

Oh, silly me.

My hand in front is going to be closer to the top, my hand in back is going to be closer to the middle, come back and shoot.

Sometimes when we flip flop our brain gets a little confused, but that's okay.

Let's try again.

Bring it back and shoot.

Very good, let's do it again.

Bring it back and shoot.

Excellent job, boys and girls.

You guys are experts on the ice.

Oh my goodness, how do you feel about those?

All right, let's try two different winter sports.

These ones are down on the ground.

So the first one that we're going to try is the luge.

Now the luge almost like we are on a sled, but on the bottom of that sled there are two skis, which makes it go really, really fast.

So what we need to do is we need to hold a really tight body position to help us go really fast.

Now, if I'm sitting up, a lot of air is going to hit me, make me go a little slower.

So to go even faster, we're gonna lay down.

So I'm gonna have my feet together, out in front of me and I'm gonna lay backwards with my hands by my side and I'm gonna hold this position nice and tight.

Let's hold for 10 seconds, are you ready?

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

And relax, whew.

I know it's really hard to hold that position for a really long time, being nice and tight.

But as you're doing it this time, I want you to imagine that you are speeding through the air, speeding down the hill to the bottom, are you ready?

Let's do this for 10 more seconds, legs together, hands by your side and hold nice and tight.

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

Relax, whew.

We sped down the hill so fast.

All right, let's try another way that we could get down the hill.

So going down on our back, that's the luge, but we can go down on our front, head first, and that's called the skeleton.

So I'm gonna turn around, I'm going to lay on my stomach, nice and flat with my feet behind me.

I'm going to bring my toes behind me.

Bring my hands to my side, I'm going to lift my head a little bit up and lift my toes just a little bit up off the ground so they're not touching and I'm gonna hold this position for 10 seconds.

Are you ready?

Let's go.

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

Whew, that's a tough one too, to be able to get through.

Let's try it one more time as we speed down the hill for the last time.

Let's do it.

Hands by your side, lift your toes up off the ground, head just above the floor and let's count to 10.

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

Very good, boys and girls, you guys did excellent job.

Now, whew, when we finish all our winter sports, your heart is racing and you are so excited.

So let's do a little bit of our mindful moment to help bring our heart rate down, bring our breathing down and get ourselves ready for whatever we're gonna do next.

So today we're gonna practice our belly breathing.

Want you to lay on your back in a nice relaxed position and put your hands on your stomach.

We're gonna use our hands to help us see if our belly is moving.

So I want you to start by breathing in and I want you to fill your belly with air, so you should feel your hands go up as your belly fills.

And then I want you to breathe out and you should feel your hands go down as your belly lets that air go (exhales).

Breathe in, belly rise (inhales).

Breathe out, belly fall (exhales).

Breathe in, belly rise (inhales).

Breathe out, belly fall (exhales).

Breathe in, belly rise (inhales).

Breathe out, belly fall (exhales).

Last time, breathe in, belly rise (inhales).

Breathe out, belly fall (exhales).

And come back to your sitting position and let's stand up.

Very good, boys and girls.

Did you see how putting your hands on your belly really helps you to see the air coming in and out as you are continuing with those nice deep breaths?

Excellent job.

So today, boys and girls, we practiced all of our winter sports movements and we tried a lot of different sports.

Everything from the skeleton to the luge, to skiing and curling and all in between.

Which was your favorite winter sport that we did today?

Excellent, and if we didn't cover yours today, that's okay, 'cause there are so many other winter sports out there that I would love to hear about yours too.

So feel free to share with us your favorite sport we did today, or even your favorite winter sport we didn't get to today and have your mom and dad or grandma or grandpa or another trusted adult help you share with us using our social media platforms.

Use that hashtag, NinePBS, to share with us about your favorite winter sports.

So, boys and girls, I hope that you had fun today, practicing those winter sports with us.

I hope that you used your mindful moment to get ready for whatever activity you're about to do next.

Remember, each and every single day, it's important that you do 30 minutes of physical activity to help get your heart rate up and get your body moving.

Anything from walking to winter sports, to even playing games with your family, all of those would count towards your physical minutes for each day.

So I hope that you can get those in until we see you next week back here in "Room 9."

Bye everybody.

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