- 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 line
- A "river" of two tape lines for jumping games
A belt or a rolled towel per child as a tail; a clear floor; no shoes.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Natural stance: stand upright, feet a little apart. Defensive stance: feet wide, knees bent, low.
- Step one foot forward; the child copies each stance straight away.
- Tuck a towel into the back of your trousers and show how a tail is taken: a quick grab of the towel only.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- The mirror: you take a stance and the child copies at once.
- 10 changes, then swap.
- Tail tag: a towel tucked in the back of the trousers.
- Steal tails without touching the body.
How much: 10 mirror changes and 3 rounds of tag
Gentle hands, play fair
Tail tag
The rules
60 seconds to steal as many tails as you can while keeping your own.
- Everyone tucks a tail into the back of the trousers
- On "hajime", steal tails and hold them up; a player who loses a tail tucks in a spare and keeps playing
- On "mate" after 60 seconds, everyone stops at once
- 3 rounds
Fair play: A grown-up plays on their knees.
- Points
- 1 point for each tail stolen; 1 point if you still have your first tail at the end.
- Fouls
- Give one stolen tail back: touching or pushing the body; grabbing clothes instead of the tail; moving after "mate"
- Win
- The most points after 3 rounds.
- 2
- 4
- 6
The child stops at once on "mate" in 3 games in a row.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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