• 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 ribbon on a stick; a toy or paper boat; a hoop as a no-go zone.

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. Hold up the ribbon: the wind blows from the side it streams away from. Point to where the wind comes from.
2. Put the hoop on the ground on the wind side of the boat: that is the no-go zone.
3. Walk round the hoop and name the courses: close-hauled near the hoop, across the wind at the side, running with the wind behind.

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

1. Find the wind direction with the ribbon.
2. Walk the points of sail around the hoop: close-hauled, across the wind, running away from it.
3. The no-go zone is straight into the wind.
4. Watch the water or the trees for 5 minutes and note the wind, gusts, sky and waves.

How much: 3 walks round the hoop

Feel it on your face

Wind compass

Points

1 point for each right course; 1 more point for naming the side the wind is on.

Fouls

No points: pointing the boat into the no-go zone on any call except "no-go"; turning before checking the ribbon after the wind shifts; guessing without pointing to the wind first

Win

Beat your best from 10 calls.

1. ★ 8
2. ★★ 13
3. ★★★ 18

The child finds the wind direction and names 3 points of sail.

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

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