- 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 start spot
- A mat edge
- Chalk marks for hands and feet
A clear space and a mat; a beanbag.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Stand like a gymnast: tall, feet together, arms by the sides, body tight.
- Make each shape and hold it still and silent for 3 seconds: tuck, pike, straddle, star, straight.
- Balance on one foot with the eyes fixed on one spot on the wall.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Stand like a gymnast: tall, feet together, arms by the sides, body tight.
- Hold each shape still and silent for 3 seconds, fingers and toes pointed.
- High, low, wide and narrow balances.
- The one-foot balance with the eyes on one spot, then with a beanbag on the head.
How much: 5 shapes and 4 balances, 2 rounds
Look at one spot ahead
Freeze
The rules
Move to music and hold a still balance or shape when it stops.
- Play music; the children move round the mat
- Stop the music and call a shape or a balance
- Everyone makes it and holds still while you count to 3
- 10 stops
Fair play: A grown-up holds each shape with the eyes closed.
- Points
- 1 point for each shape held still to 3; 1 bonus point for pointed toes.
- Fouls
- No points for that stop: a wobble or a foot put down; the wrong shape; moving after the music stops
- Win
- Beat your best from 10 stops.
- 8
- 14
- 18
The one-foot balance held for 5 seconds on each leg.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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