- 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 throwing line
- A chalk target on the wall
- A goal area line
- A goal
Soft balls, a balloon, hoops, a box.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Tap a balloon up with both hands and keep it in the air.
- Roll a soft ball to the child and stop theirs with two hands.
- Throw a soft ball into a box from a line.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Keep a balloon up with the hands.
- Roll a soft ball to each other and stop it with two hands.
- Carry balls one at a time into a hoop.
- Throw soft balls into a box from a line.
How much: 4 games of 2 minutes
Change the game
Tidy-up race
The rules
Throw all the balls into the box before you count to 20.
- Scatter 8 soft balls round the room; put the box by a line
- On "go", count aloud to 20
- The child fetches balls one at a time and throws each into the box from the line
Fair play: Count faster for an older child.
- Points
- 1 point for each ball in the box by 20.
- Fouls
- That ball does not count: dropping it in from over the box instead of throwing from the line; carrying two balls at once
- Win
- Beat your best score.
Child
Grown-up
- 3
- 5
- 8
The child plays for 10 minutes without stopping, on 3 days.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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