If possible, you don’t want your students relying on you to pick them up. It is easiest for them to stand up by lying starfish face down and then pushing up with their hands or sitting with their skis parallel and walking their hands up to the tips of their skis and then trying to push up with their hands and stand. Make sure they are perpendicular to the fall line before attempting to stand. To communicate this to the kids say “skis to the trees.”