- 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 chalk circle or hoop; a mat.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Bend the knees, swing the arms up and push through the toes to jump.
- Show a star shape in the air.
- Land on both feet with the knees bent over the toes and arms out, quietly, and hold still for 2 seconds.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Bend the knees, swing the arms up, push through the toes and jump.
- Land with bent knees, arms out, and hold still.
- Jump in and out of a circle.
- Quarter turns.
- Jumps with a clear shape: straight, tuck, star, straddle.
How much: 8 jumps of each kind
Land soft, bend your knees
Quiet landing
The rules
Only a silent, held landing scores.
- Jump into the hoop with a shape you call
- Land and hold still for 2 seconds
- You listen: a landing you cannot hear scores
- 10 jumps
Fair play: A grown-up adds a quarter turn to every jump.
- Points
- 1 point for a silent landing held for 2 seconds; 1 point for the right shape.
- Fouls
- No points for that jump: a loud, stiff-legged landing; the knees falling inward; a step after landing
- Win
- Beat your best from 10 jumps.
Child
Grown-up
- 8
- 14
- 18
8 of 10 jumps land quietly on both feet with the knees bent.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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