>> Promo Cat here with a look at the next episode of the "Friday Zone."

♪ So glad I'm here alone with you ♪ >> Hey, guys.

We're here with our friend Megan, and she's going to teach us how to learn some basic ice skating steps.

So, how do we begin?

>> Wait a minute.

I was a fish.

I was a ship -- I was a shape shifter!

>> Peggy is very important to Zarg.

>> You are very important to me, Zarg.

>> Hmm.

>> So check out the next episode of the "Friday Zone" right now!

>> Production support for the "Friday Zone" is provided by: >> The WTIU Children's Programming Endowment, ensuring quality children's programming for future generations of Hoosiers.

Learn more at Indianapublicmedia.org/kidsfund.

WFYI Public Media, inspiring Indiana with high-quality educational content since 1970.

By sharing stories and connecting people, WFYI inspires the best in our community.

And these Indiana Public Television Stations.

Thank you!

♪ Friday, Friday ♪ ♪ The week is done and it's time for fun ♪ ♪ There's room for everyone ♪ In the "Friday Zone" ♪ ♪ So much to see, who will we meet ♪ ♪ It all happens magically ♪ In the "Friday Zone" ♪ Open your eyes, there's a surprise ♪ ♪ You never know what adventure might arise ♪ ♪ The "Friday Zone" ♪ "Friday Zone" ♪ The "Friday Zone," Friday ♪ >> Welcome to the "Friday Zone," everyone.

I'm Maya.

>> And I'm Matt.

We're all wet today, Maya.

>> Yeah.

Grab a towel, because in just a little bit, we're heading 20,000 leagues under the sea!

>> Plus, some fun with the siphon, and we'll make a socktapus.

>> A socktapus?

We'll find out what that is after a stop at the fishing shack on the "Friday Zone" playlist.

♪ ♪ I'm alone ♪ With me ♪ Out on the lake ♪ Together ♪ Dug a fishing hole ♪ In the ice ♪ Only thing biting ♪ Is the weather ♪ Sometimes I get so cold ♪ My brain starts freezing ♪ Well, that's when I show up ♪ ♪ And you're my voice of reason ♪ ♪ In the ice fishin' shack ♪ ♪ It isn't big, but it will do ♪ ♪ So glad I'm here ♪ Alone with you ♪ Don't fret I brought ♪ Gummy worms for the bait ♪ And a tree branch for the rod ♪ ♪ A deck of cards for the waiting ♪ ♪ But I'm tired of go fish ♪ Then let's play solitaire ♪ ♪ When it's me ♪ Versus me ♪ You can bet that we're a winning pair ♪ ♪ In the ice fishin' shack ♪ ♪ It isn't big, but it will do ♪ ♪ So glad I'm here ♪ Alone with you ♪ ♪ But I love it here ♪ I don't need nobody else ♪ Because I got me ♪ And I like to be by myself ♪ ♪ In the ice fishin' shack ♪ ♪ It isn't big, but it will do ♪ ♪ So glad I'm here ♪ Alone with you ♪ It's a crazy world ♪ It's hard to be part of humanity ♪ ♪ So I come here alone ♪ ♪ Because I help me find my sanity ♪ ♪ In the ice fishin' shack ♪ ♪ It isn't big, but it will do ♪ ♪ So glad I'm here ♪ Alone with you ♪ So glad I'm here ♪ Alone ♪ >> Oh, hi there.

I'm your host, Leo D. Cook, and welcome to "Master Pieces of Children's Literature in Less Than a Minute."

I was just counting to myself, which has something to do with today's book, which is "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne.

Man, 20,000, that's a lot of leagues!

This story opens up with reports of a strange critter appearing around the oceans.

This creature kind of looks like a whale, but folks aren't so sure.

One thing they are sure about is that their underwear is all in knots over this darn thing.

So the US government sends a guy in named Dr. Aronnax, an expert on underwater life to go hunt after this monster.

>> Hello.

>> Joining him is his close friend Conseil, a naval officer named Farragut, and a Canadian harpooner, Ned Land.

>> Hello.

>> This is ironic because they are on the sea.

Anyhoo, they go on a ship and cruise around looking for this weird sea critter for months.

They are about to give up when there's an accident, and this group is thrown overboard on top of the creature.

This sea critter turns out to be a submarine, run by a real smart guy named Captain Nemo.

This captain is intelligent, but a pretty intense dude.

So the crew is "cod-napped" -- I mean kidnapped.

And Nemo takes them for all these wild adventures.

They go check out coral formations, sunken ships, the Antarctic ice barrier, and even the lost city of Atlantis.

How somebody loses a whole city is beyond me!

Anyways, I skipped over a bunch more cool stuff like them fighting a giant squid.

So if you want to know more about "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne, I suggest you read it yourself.

I'm Leo D. Cook, and I will see you next time on "Masterpieces of Children's Literature in Less Than a Minute."

>> Let's keep it cool and take to the ice in the Fitness Zone.

♪ >> Hey, guys, it's Cassia, and we are here at the Frank Southern Ice Arena, and we're going to learn about ice skating today.

Why don't we head inside?

♪ >> Hey, guys, we're here with our friend Jen, and we're inside of the ice arena.

So what kind of programs and opportunities do you have to offer to students here?

>> So, here at Frank Southern, we actually have a lot of different groups using the ice.

We've got hockey groups, both young and adult.

We've got the Blades that play for the high school.

We've got the Bloomington Figure Skating Club, which is figure skaters that like to go out and compete during the season.

We've got IU Figure Skating.

Also IU's got hockey.

There's public ice for everybody to come enjoy.

>> And what kind of age range is involved here at the ice arena?

>> Well, what we've got going on right now behind us is our skating school, and this is a perfect example.

It's for everybody.

We've got tots who are as young as 2 years old, all the way up through adults.

We'll have our adult class this morning.

In fact, I think we've got parent tots out there right now.

And so we've got all ages out there.

And then you will see that on public ice.

Families come out and enjoy the ice together.

>> Awesome.

Do you have any tips for any starters for ice skating when they start?

Is there any safety things or things they should know?

>> Sure.

So in terms of safety, especially if they are getting on the ice for the first time, and the younger they are, we really highly recommend a helmet.

So you can bring a helmet from home, just a bike helmet works great.

The rink always has helmets that people can borrow.

You know, covering up hands just for warmth and comfort and wearing layers.

Loose fitting clothing is best, not super loose.

You know, tying skates properly.

They want to be firm down in the toes, but not so tight that they are cutting off circulation.

And then up around the ankles, just a little bit looser so that they can actually bend into their knees.

And then in the skating school, we teach basic skating skills, and teach them how to carry their bodies properly so they are less likely to fall, and we actually start out with just how to fall and get back up.

>> Well, as someone who has never skated, I really want to get out there and try it out.

So can I try it out?

>> It just so happens I think I have your size.

>> Oh, perfect!

Perfect fit!

♪ Hey, guys, we are here with our friend Megan, and she's going to each us how to learn some basic ice skating steps.

So how do we begin?

>> Well, we'll start by learning a few basic positions to keep us safe on the ice, and we'll also learn how to fall down and get up properly.

>> So how do you fall down properly?

>> Well, first, you want to make sure your hands are nice and close to your body, and you will sit down as low as you can, and just fall over on the ice.

>> Okay, perfect.

What would be like a bad example of falling?

>> Having your feet go up in the air.

They might hit somebody, which is really dangerous.

Or having your arms be spread out on the ice.

You will want to keep your arms close to your body.

>> Okay.

And what are some of the first basic positions that we will be learning?

>> Well, when you get out there, and you are standing on two feet, you want to make sure to have a little bit of bend in your knees.

If you are too stiff, you will be off balance, and you also want to make sure to keep your arms in front of your body the whole time.

>> Okay.

I think I can do that.

Is there any other basic steps we will be learning today?

>> We will attempt to learn swizzles, and maybe a little bit of a stop.

>> What is a swizzle?

>> A swizzle is where you take your feet, and you move your heels and your toes together in a motion kind of shaped like a fish.

>> I should be able to hear you stomping.

Nice.

>> Okay.

>> Then you want to bend your knees.

Let your feet come apart and rock up to your toes.

And reverse that motion, coming back to your heels.

>> Okay, guys, now that we got the swizzle down, what are we doing next?

>> Well, now we need to learn how to stop.

>> Okay.

>> So we're going to start by getting our feet right under our shoulders, right in line with our shoulders.

Bend your knees and scooch your feet out to the side.

Yeah.

You hear that, that sound is what you are looking for.

And also, a benefit of this is you get to make snow while you are doing it.

>> Oh!

>> Good job.

♪ >> Wow, Cass, your skating is really coming along.

Those lessons are paying off.

>> Well, thank you so much, and I couldn't have done it without you here at the Frank Southern Ice Arena.

So thank you so much, Jen, for having us here today.

>> Thanks for joining us.

It was great to have you guys.

>> Is there anything else you would like to add before we head out of here?

>> Yeah, we hope a lot of people come out and join us for lessons and learn some of the things that've learned to do.

We've got two sessions every season.

We start in October, and we've got a second one in January.

We go through March, and we've got lessons on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturday mornings.

>> Well, awesome!

I hope you guys check it out, and we will see you next time.

♪ >> Nick is here to show us how to make an octopus craft with a sock and some stuffing.

We're going to need long sock, some stuffing, a rubber band, googly eyes, scissors and glue.

First, create the octopus' head by filling the toe of the sock with stuffing.

Next, use the rubber band to keep the stuffing in place.

Now, we can cut the other end of the sock to give our octopus its tentacles.

Make sure to give your octopus the right number of tentacles, eight.

Now we can glue on googly eyes.

And voila, your very own sock octopus.

>> It's time to check out what's next in the "Friday Zone"!

>> Hello, everybody, my name is Sam Bartlett, and I have a stunt for you today from the world of stuntology!

It's a silly challenge that you can do.

So you need some water.

A couple of cups.

And a piece of plastic tubing.

This costs you a few cents over at the hardware store.

And you need a volunteer.

Mark, where are you?

Thanks.

How are you doing?

>> Good.

>> All right.

Hey, do you want to help me do this challenge?

This is crazy.

You are not going to believe this.

All right.

Mark, I'm going to put some water in this cup.

And I'm going to place it on my forehead.

Why would do that?

All right.

Well, I am anyway.

And now, Mark, I'm going to get all of the water out of this cup without ever touching the cup with my hands or my mouth.

How is that possible?

Well, I'm going to use this piece of tubing, and I'm going to make a siphon.

And I'm going to have you catch the water as it comes out.

I love this stunt!

♪ Are you ready?

>> Mm-hmm.

♪ >> Ta-da!

♪ ♪ In the "Friday Zone" Friday ♪ >> And now, a story from a winner of the WTIU Kids Writers Contest.

♪ >> Today when I was swimming at the pool with my friends, Andrea and Zoey, a whirlpool surrounded my feet.

Andrea and Zoey started going into a huge conversation about ocean animals and acted like I didn't exist.

I said, hello, repeatedly, louder each time, but they didn't even bat an eyelash.

They started drifting away, but I swam toward them.

I was much quicker than before.

Why?

I looked down.

Instead of feet at the end of my legs, two bright red fins!

My white legs had a dark blue stripe running down either side.

Was I a mermaid?

Something told me to swim over to the drain.

I was thinking about fish, tiny ones.

Suddenly, I was moving quickly.

I was in the drain!

I raised my hand to slow my transportation through the pipes.

Wait a minute.

I was a fish!

I was a ship -- I was a shape shifter!

Immediately I burst out of the pipe.

I was in open water, the ocean.

Somehow I knew it was the Atlantic Ocean, but I was back in mermaid form.

I saw a sand glown palace rise up out of the ocean floor and many mermaids and mermen and mergirls and merboys, playing, dogging, eating, shopping, playing with their catfish -- [ Meow ] -- or taming their dogfish.

[ Barking ] Right next to me, some purple coral had black octopuses' ink on it.

I read "Welcome to Atlantis."

I wanted to explore, but I thought my friends would probably wonder where I was.

So I decided to go back.

I turned around to leave, but behind me was nothing but a huge black trench.

Above me was a small pipe.

Fish form, I thought!

And soon I was back at the pool.

I didn't have fins or weird markings on my legs.

Andrea and Zoey hadn't moved from their spot.

We were all laughing at the joke Andrea made before I got fins.

I wanted to tell my friends about what happened, but I was not exactly sure what happened myself, but I knew this was only the beginning of my adventures with fins for feet.

>> How would you like to see something you wrote on the "Friday Zone"?

It's easy.

Just enter the WTIU Kids Writers Contest.

Ask your teacher how to enter, or request an entry form from WTIU@indiana.edu.

>> We've got more in store here in the "Friday Zone"!

♪ >> Zarg, I'd like to share a poem with you that might help you understand how I'm feeling.

>> Okay, Peggy girl.

Zarg will listen.

Zarg is a good listener.

Zarg learned to listen from Peggy.

>> Visible, invisible a fluctuating charm, an amber-colored amethyst inhabits it.

Your arm approaches, and it opens and it closes; you have meant to catch it, and it shrivels; you abandon your intent -- It opens and it closes and you reach for it.

The blue surrounding it grows cloudy, and it floats away from you.

>> But -- but what is it?

What is the poem about?

>> Well, the poem is about a jellyfish.

>> A jellyfish?

What is a jellyfish?

>> A jellyfish is a sea creature with a soft, almost transparent, saucer-shaped body and stinging tentacles.

>> Is it a sea monster?

Zarg likes sea monsters.

>> No, Zarg, it isn't a sea monster.

>> But it has stinging tentacles.

>> Maybe.

Just maybe it is a mini sea monster.

>> Are they very small?

>> Most jellyfish are only an inch to 16 inches wide.

>> That is pretty mini for a sea monster.

>> Zarg?

>> Hmm?

>> The poem also has another meaning to me.

>> Oh?

Tell Zarg, Peggy.

Zarg is listening.

>> Sometimes I feel like the poem, visible and invisible.

>> What do you mean, Peggy girl?

>> I feel like -- like I don't matter.

That people don't really see me, Zarg, that I'm small and unimportant.

>> Zarg thinks Peggy is important.

>> Yes, Zarg, but you are a monster, and not my mom, dad, or other boys and girls my age.

And I lost all of my friends in the move.

>> Then Peggy will need to make new friends, like Zarg.

>> It isn't just that, Zarg.

>> Hmm?

>> I tried to talk to my mom, but she doesn't listen.

She started dating new people, strangers, not my dad.

>> Oh.

>> I can't blame her.

The divorce was final before we moved to Indiana, but now my family is broken.

It will never be the same.

I'm afraid of things changing, things I can't control because after all, I'm just a very little girl.

No one would listen to me.

I'm just a kid.

What do I matter?

>> Peggy matters to Zarg, and Zarg listens to Peggy.

>> Thank you, Zarg.

>> Peggy girl child is stronger than she realizes.

Peggy is smart.

Peggy is kind.

And Peggy -- Peggy is very important to Zarg.

>> You are very important to me, Zarg.

>> Hmm.

Peggy?

>> Yes, Zarg?

>> Zarg wants Peggy to be happy, to always believe in herself and reach for her dreams because when you believe, and hold fast to your dreams, anything is possible.

>> Aw.

>> Now, Peggy girl, listen to Zarg.

Listen to Zarg read a poem for Peggy.

>> Okay, Zarg.

>> Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams for when dreams go Life is a barren field frozen in snow.

>> Oh, thank you, Zarg.

>> Mm-hmm.

>> Welcome to Animal Yoga.

My name is Priscilla, and I'm here to practice yoga together with you.

Let's take a deep belly breath in, and check how are we feeling in this very moment.

[ Deep breath ] Now bring our hands in front of our hearts.

Namaste.

Ready to begin?

♪ >> Today, we're going to take to the Sappo to the playground.

Are you guys ready?

>> Yes.

>> So let's hop on our bikes.

All right.

So let's lie down on our backs, and we're going to bring our bikes to the playground and Sappo is going to go on my bike.

And we're going to go up the hill really, really hard.

Can you bike really hard up the hill?

And now going down the hill, and you go to the right.

And you go to the left.

And you go super fast, super fast, super.

We arrived.

Let's stand up.

Okay.

We are going to take Sappo to the swing.

So we are going to open our legs really wide, and you're going to hold to our elbows like this.

Can you hold to our elbows like this?

And we're going to go down and up.

Yahoo!

Do you Sappo is enjoying it?

>> Yeah!

>> Yes.

It's great!

Okay.

So now I think Sappo wants to go to the slide.

Let's sit down with our legs in front of us, and really long legs.

Okay.

So then we're going to do this.

We are going to bring our hands near our hips, and we are going to press our hips really high, like this.

Yes.

Can you stay that way?

And Sappo is going to come down.

Vrooooom!

And then Sappo is going to come down.

Vroooom!

Are you having a lot of fun?

Thank you for joining me.

May all be peaceful.

May all be well.

And may all be happy.

Namaste.

♪ In the "Friday Zone" Friday ♪ >> What are you doing?

>> Balancing a spoon on my nose.

>> Can you teach me?

>> Yeah, let's do it!

>> But first, thanks for joining us on the "Friday Zone."

>> Remember to check out our website, Fridayzone.org to see past episodes and clips from the show.

>> Yeah.

You can also send us an email at zone@indiana.edu or find us on social media @thefridayzone.

>> But for now, remember to live, learn and play.

>> The "Friday Zone" way!

>> Okay.

So what you are going to do, you take this spoon.

Breathe on it.

♪ >> I did it!

>> Yay!

♪ >> I'll leave that to you.

See you next time!

>> Bye!

>> Production support for the "Friday Zone" is provided by: >> The WTIU Children's Programming Endowment, ensuring quality children's programming for future generations of Hoosiers.

Learn more at Indianapublicmedia.org/kidsfund.

>> WFYI Public Media, inspiring Indiana with high-quality educational content since 1970.

By sharing stories and connecting people, WFYI inspires the best in our community.

And these Indiana Public Television Stations.

Thank you!

♪ >> Do you cool cats have the purr-fect idea for the "Friday Zone"?

Want to share a hobby or let us know what's happening in your town?

Then contact us on our website at Fridayzone.org, or send an email to zone@indiana.edu right now!