• 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 centre line; a safe line at each end.

Three minutes to get warm.

Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.

1. Two teams stand facing each other along the centre line; give the teams names.
2. Call one team's name: that team chases the other back to its safe line.
3. Show leapfrog: one crouches low with the head tucked, the other jumps over with the hands on the back.

Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.

1. Two teams face each other at the centre line.
2. You call one team's name and it chases the other back to its safe line.
3. Scatter and line up again on a signal.
4. Leapfrog relay in pairs to a line.

How much: 10 calls and 2 relays

Wait for the signal

Call and chase

Points

1 point to the chasing team for each tag before the safe line.

Fouls

The tag does not count: running before the call; pushing instead of touching; tagging after the runner crosses the safe line

Win

The team with more points after 10 calls.

1. ★ 2
2. ★★ 4
3. ★★★ 6

The child reacts to 5 signals in a row correctly.

End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.

Well played.

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