- 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 clear space; no equipment.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Open workonfitness.com together, read its warm-up guide and choose a few exercises from its library.
- Do them once together, slowly, following the page.
- Pin up a week chart with seven boxes.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Warm up the way the link's warm-up guide shows.
- Do the exercises you chose from its library.
- Tick the chart.
How much: 1 session
Breathe out on the effort
Fit week
The rules
Tick the chart each day all the chosen exercises are done; beat last week's ticks.
- Do all the chosen exercises
- Tick that day's box
- At the end of the week, count the ticks
Fair play: The grown-up keeps their own chart.
- Points
- 1 point for each session completed in full.
- Fouls
- No point for that day: skipping the warm-up; doing exercises that were not chosen together
- Win
- Beat last week's points.
- 2
- 3
- 4
The child completes the warm-up and the chosen exercises 3 times in a week.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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