(upbeat music)
♪ Hello ♪
♪ Let's sing and dance and be happy ♪
♪ Hello ♪
♪ Let's sing and dance and be happy ♪
♪ And be happy ♪
-: Hello, my name is Aishe Keita
and welcome to Story Story.
Today we're going to be focusing
on storytelling, song, and dance.
Let's get started.
Let's start by warming up our bodies
so that we are ready to move.
So reach up tall like a tree.
Stretch, stretch tall and go over to one side.
Yes.
And reach tall again and go to the other side.
Yes.
And reach up tall,
grab one of your feet like this,
keep your balance by holding in your core, your tummy
and switch to the other side.
Nice.
And let that go.
And reach up again like a tall like a tree
but this time bend all the way forward.
Stay there and shake it on up.
Shake it on up.
And now let's open our legs wide
and just give ourselves some hip circles.
This way.
And the other way.
Great.
Okay, now let's do a shakeout.
So we're gonna shake out each parts of our body
from five to one.
Follow me.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four.
One, two, three.
One, two.
One. One.
One, one, one, one, one.
Now shake your body, go crazy!
Awesome.
You feeling warm and ready to move?
Okay.
But let's first start with a song.
Repeat after me.
♪ Shayla ♪
♪ Always find your way back home ♪
Beautiful.
Let's do that again.
Let's put movement to it.
Follow me.
♪ Shayla ♪
♪ Always find your way back home ♪
Nice.
That song is about a little girl in Africa named Shayla.
She lives in a village with her father
and her father sings that song to her every night
reminding her that if ever she feels scared or lonely or sad
that home is in her heart
and where that will be is safety.
Safety is in her.
So she hugs herself tight
reminding herself that she is safe.
Let's do it again.
♪ Shayla ♪
♪ Always find your way back home ♪
Now give yourself a big hug.
Make this a tight squeeze and say I love myself.
Yes!
Awesome, okay, now let's dance.
Let's bring back my drum.
This is called the djembe.
Djembe, yes.
And now when you hear it make this sound.
(drum bangs)
You're gonna make a shape with your body, any shape.
It could be this shape.
This shape.
A triangle.
A star.
Whatever shape you can think of, okay?
Let's get started.
(drum bangs)
Make a shape.
(drum bangs)
Make a shape.
(drum bangs)
Make a shape.
(drum bangs)
Make another shape.
(drum bangs)
Make another shape.
(drum bangs)
Awesome, it seems like you guys are all ready to move.
Let's get started with the dance.
Okay.
So you're gonna step forward
one, two, and bounce, bounce.
Nice.
Let's go to the side.
One, two,
and bounce, bounce.
Nice.
To the back.
And one, two,
and bounce, bounce.
To the side.
And one, two,
and bounce, bounce.
Okay, are we ready to move on from there?
Okay, then you're gonna spread your wings really big
like you can fly through the whole world
and you're gonna go around in a circle and fly
moving your shoulders and your chest.
And one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, 10.
Stop.
Okay, let's try it from the beginning.
Five, six, seven, eight
and one, two, bounce, bounce.
And side two, bounce, bounce.
And back two, bounce, bounce.
And side two, bounce, bounce.
And fly one, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, 10.
Awesome!
Now, let's add another move.
So from here, from the flying part,
then we're gonna do our Shayla move
'cause this is a dance for Shayla, right?
So we go one,
two,
just like we did before but our feet are gonna go with it.
One, put it back,
two.
And to the other side.
Yes,
no,
yes.
No.
Let's try that move again.
And one, two, three, four.
Other side, and one, two, three, four.
Nice!
Can we add one more move after that?
I think we can.
So from here then you're going to put your hand on your knee
and put your other hand in the sky
and you're just going to go to the side two steps.
And one,
two,
and then you're gonna switch
put that hand that was in the sky,
put that on your knee
and put the hand that was on your knee,
put that up in the sky.
And you're gonna go two steps to the other side.
One,
two.
Can we try that again?
Five, six, seven, eight.
One,
two.
Other side and one, two.
Nice!
Let's try it from the very beginning.
Five, six, seven, eight,
and step forward, bounce, bounce.
And to the side, bounce, bounce.
And to the back, bounce, bounce.
And to the side, bounce, bounce.
And fly, fly, with the shoulders,
don't forget the shoulders.
Fly, fly.
And stop.
Shayla move.
And one, two.
Other side.
And one, two.
And knee on the hand and one, two.
Other side and one, two.
Oh my god, we did it.
That was awesome.
Okay, now
let's do the last move, okay?
So from here we're just going to give our foot
and our hand a high five.
So it's gonna go like this
one, two, three.
Switch, one, two, three.
Is your foot giving your hand a high five?
Let's try that again.
Five, six, seven,
and one, two, three.
Other side, and one, two, three,
freeze!
Right.
And right here we're gonna sing our song.
♪ Shayla ♪
♪ Always find your way back home ♪
Awesome.
Let's do it all together one more time
and then we'll add music.
Okay.
Five, six, seven, eight.
And step forward, bounce, bounce.
And to the side, bounce, bounce.
And to the back, bounce, bounce.
And to the side, bounce, bounce.
And fly, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
What's the next move after this do we remember?
And Shayla move.
And one, two.
Shayla move.
And one, two.
And hand on knee and step, step.
Other way.
And step, step.
And high five, high five, high five.
Other way.
And high five, high five, high five.
Freeze, song!
Awesome, and remember
when we do the high five it's only three.
One, two, three, switch.
And one, two, three, freeze.
Okay, let's try it with music.
Ready?
(upbeat music)
And step, bounce, bounce.
And to the side, bounce, bounce.
And to the back, bounce, bounce.
And to the side, bounce, bounce.
And fly.
Shayla move.
Other way and.
And hand on knee.
High five, two, three.
Other way and one, two, three, freeze.
♪ Shayla ♪
♪ Always find your way back home ♪
Awesome.
Let's do it one more time and I think you got it
I won't give any instructions let's just dance.
Five, six, five, six, seven, and.
♪ Shayla ♪
♪ Always find your way back home ♪
Yes!
That was awesome!
Thank you so much for joining me today.
And I will see you guys all next time.
Remember to keep dancing and keep moving.
My name is Aishe Keita
and we were just at Story Story.
Thank you so much,
have a wonderful day.
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