• Check the space and the kit.
• Get your child's attention first.
• Show it from two sides.
• Say one thing only.
• End on one that works.

Put the phone down where you can see it. Tap Next with your thumb, or use the arrow keys.

Is the space marked?

• A "shooting line" with tape
• A "waiting line" 3 m behind it

An empty floor, tape for a shooting line, a waiting line 3 m behind it, and a broomstick as a pretend bow. No arrows, no real bow.

Three minutes to get warm.

Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.

1. Stand behind the waiting line with the broomstick pointing at the floor.
2. Say each command and act it out: walk to the shooting line; pretend to clip on an arrow; raise the stick toward the far wall; pretend to shoot.
3. At "Range closed", lay the stick on the floor. Walk forward only at "Retrieve your arrows".

Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.

1. The child waits behind the waiting line, stick pointing at the floor.
2. You call each command; the child does that one thing and nothing more.
3. After "Retrieve your arrows", the child walks to the far wall, pretends to pull the arrows out and comes back behind the waiting line.
4. Then the child says the six commands aloud, in order, from memory.

How much: 3 rounds of the full set

Behind the line until I say

Range officer

Points

An archer scores 1 point for each command done at the right time: up to 6 a round.

Fouls

The archer gets no point for that command: walking forward before "Retrieve your arrows"; "shooting" before "Range open"; pointing the stick at a person

Win

The archer with the most points after 3 rounds.

1. ★ 12
2. ★★ 15
3. ★★★ 18

The child says all six commands in order without help.

End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.

Well played.

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