- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.

And, dab, dab, dab, dab.

Stir of pot.

Stir of pot.

Shimmy, shimmy, shimmy, shimmy, shimmy, shimmy, shimmy.

And, finish.

Alright, dancers, good work so far today.

Take a few minutes, get a sip of water.

And, when we come back, I'll introduce you to Darnell, a new student joining our class.

- Oh, uh-oh, oh, uh-oh, oh.

A new kid.

Well, what if Darnell's a better dancer than me, or thinks I'm no fun, or doesn't like the shirt I'm wearing?

Yellow.

Oh, I knew I should have worn green today.

Oh.

- Yo, yo-- [dancer gasping] CJ, what's up?

Yes, didn't you hear?

That the teacher says that we're gonna have a new student in the class.

- I know, I'm so excited.

[laughing] - But...

But, you are?

Wait, but I bet Darnell won't like me, or my name, or even my water bottle.

But, Darnell is a fancy dancer name and I'm just CJ.

Oh.

- CJ, is seems like you're piling on the worries.

You gotta float your boat.

- Float my boat?

What boat?

These are hardwood floors.

- An imaginary boat.

When my feelings are heavy, like being worried or mad, I pretend each one is a heavy rock and I'm in a boat.

So, if I let too many heavy rocks pile up, my boat won't float.

- So, you start to sink?

- Well, I have a trick to help my boat float.

I put every heavy feeling on a piece of paper, crumple it up, and throw it overboard.

That way I can feel my feelings and float my boat.

I feel lighter, more like my best self.

- I'll give it a try.

- Sweet.

All we need is some paper.

Got a pencil?

Ta-dah - Ta-dah.

- What's something that's making you nervous?

- I'm worried that Darnell will make fun of my dancing.

- Well, put that on paper.

- Darnell will laugh at my dancing.

- Now, pretend we're in a boat.

- Alright.

- Now, crumple up that paper.

- Oh.

Wow, this is really heavy.

- Now, throw it overboard.

- Wow, that felt wonderful.

- What else is making your feelings heavy?

- I'm nervous that Darnell won't like my name.

- Put that one down.

- Alright.

Darnell won't like my name.

- Now, throw it overboard.

- Aye-aye, captain.

Wow, I'm feeling lighter already.

Oh, thanks, Nico.

Did you see how I kept my boat floating?

The next time that your feelings start to pile up like heavy rocks, just remember to float your boat and throw those rocks overboard.

- Alright, dancers, time to come back.

This is our new student, Darnell.

Why don't you get up there and get into position.

- Oh, hi.

- Hi, Darnell.

My name's CJ.

- Hi, CJ.

- Everything okay?

- Yeah, I'm just a little scared about starting a new class.

- I get scared sometimes too, but I just learned a new trick that helps.

I can show you after class.

- That sounds great.

- Alright, places everybody.

Look out for your little tootsies there.

- Oh, and, CJ, nice shirt.

Yellow is my favorite color.

- [Instructor] Yep, hit your marks.

And, five, six, seven, eight.

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