Write the word “Trust” on the board. Ask your students to take a
minute and reflect on what trust means to them, where it’s
important, and if it’s important in the classroom. You can have
them write down some ideas on paper if you wish. Tell them to
share their ideas with a partner. Now ask the class if they
trust you. Hopefully, they say yes . Tell them that you trust
all of them and that you are going to prove it to them. Ask them
to volunteer a couple ways in which you might do this. Ask a
volunteer to come to the front. Tell them that you are going to
fall and that they have to catch you. Do a practice run so they
get a feel for your weight and so they can get the positioning
down right. The volunteer should place their hands firmly on
your shoulder blades with the fingertips points up (this is very
important because the wrists are weak and if they do it the
opposite way they could drop you), bend their knees in a tripod
fashion, and get themselves squarely under you. See the above
picture (although this