- 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 length of rope; a chair leg as a cleat; a picture of a dinghy.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Figure of eight: make a loop, go round the rope, and back down through the loop. It looks like an 8.
- Bowline: a small loop; the end comes up through it, round behind the rope and back down the small loop.
- Cleat hitch: once round the chair leg, then a figure of eight across it, then a twist to lock it.
- Point to each part of the dinghy picture and say its name.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Figure of eight.
- Bowline.
- Cleat hitch.
- Name the parts: bow, stern, tiller, boom, mainsheet, centreboard.
How much: 3 knots, 3 times each
Check the loop and tuck
Point and name
The rules
You point at a part of the picture, the child names it; then a knot race.
- Point at 6 parts of the picture, one at a time
- Then call a knot; both tie it; the first to finish holds it up
- Check the knot by pulling it. 3 knots
Fair play: A grown-up ties with one hand behind the back for one knot.
- Points
- 1 point for each part named; 2 points for each knot tied first that holds.
- Fouls
- No points: a knot that slips or comes undone when pulled; pointing without saying the name; starting the knot before the call
- Win
- More points at the end.
- 6
- 9
- 12
Tie a figure of eight and a cleat hitch without help, 3 times each.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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