- 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 pillow or soft paddle held at hip height; a hula hoop.
Three minutes to get warm.
Easy jogging on the spot, then arms and legs. How to warm up well is explained at workonfitness.com.
- Warm up with slow straight-leg swings forward.
- Lift the knee to waist height and pull the toes back so the ball of the foot leads.
- Snap the lower leg out, snap it back just as fast, and put the foot down under control.
Show it once from the front and once from the side, slowly. Then let your child try.
- Warm up with slow straight-leg stretch kicks.
- Knee up to waist height, toes pulled back.
- Snap the ball of the foot out, pull it back as fast.
- Foot down under control.
- 10 per leg in the air, then at the pillow; then kick through a hoop for aim.
How much: 10 per leg, 3 rounds
Pull the toes back
Through the gap
The rules
Kick between two chairs set a little wider than the foot, without touching them, then touch the pillow.
- Set two chairs a foot's width plus a hand apart; hold the pillow behind the gap
- Kick through the gap to touch the pillow
- 10 kicks per leg
Fair play: A grown-up kicks with the chairs closer.
- Points
- 1 point for each kick through the gap without touching the chairs; 1 more point if the ball of the foot touches the pillow.
- Fouls
- No points for that kick: touching a chair; the toes pointed down; losing balance and putting the foot down early
- Win
- Beat your best from 20 kicks.
- 15
- 25
- 35
10 controlled kicks per leg with balance; 8 of 10 touch the target with the ball of the foot.
End on one that works. If it was hard today, finish with the easier version.
Well played.
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