- 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?
- The midline
- A baulk line
- Four shapes on the floor
- A start line for the shuttle
A midline; an open circle.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Three players hold hands in a line, knees bent, low.
- They step sideways and forward together, never letting go.
- They curve the line round a walking raider in a marked box.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- The chain: three or four defenders hold hands, or each holds a bib between them.
- Move together, low, knees bent.
- Close in on a walking raider in a marked box without the chain breaking.
- Then the raider jogs.
How much: 5 tries, then 2 games
Knees bent, stay low
Chain tag
The rules
The chain catches the others one by one; each caught player joins the chain.
- Two players hold hands as the chain; the others run inside the circle
- The chain tags a runner with a free hand; that runner joins the chain
- The last runner caught wins and starts the next chain
Fair play: A grown-up runs only with small steps.
- Points
- 1 point for each runner the chain catches (shared by the chain); the last runner scores 3 points.
- Fouls
- The tag does not count: the chain breaks; pulling or grabbing a runner instead of tagging; a runner leaving the circle (that runner is caught)
- Win
- The most points after 3 games.
- 2
- 4
- 6
The train keeps its hold in 3 of 5 tries.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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