- 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?
None; use the workonfitness.com link for movement.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Sit at the screen: feet flat, back against the chair, screen at eye level.
- Stand up, walk to a window and look at something far away.
- Agree when breaks happen: between every round or game.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- A break with movement between sessions.
- A posture check when sitting back down.
- Food and sleep at the usual times, before games.
How much: 1 break between sessions
Stand and stretch
Break bingo
The rules
A card of break activities; tick one each break and complete a line.
- Draw a 3 by 3 grid with breaks: stand and stretch, walk round the house, a glass of water, look out of the window, a workonfitness.com movement, and so on
- At each break, do one and tick it
- A full line of 3 is a bingo
Fair play: The grown-up takes breaks from their own screen too.
- Points
- 1 point for each break taken on time; 3 points for each bingo line.
- Fouls
- No point for that break: skipping the break to keep playing; a break spent on another screen
- Win
- Beat your best in a week.
- 4
- 8
- 12
The child takes the agreed breaks on 5 of 6 sessions.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
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