Let’s ‘Play to Learn’
- Set out apparatus for the children to work on
- Encourage the children to move in a variety of ways, showing change in direction and level
- Encourage children to create and practise a route around the apparatus
Safety & Organisation
Ensure surfaces are safe for crawling
Three or four children to one obstacle
Encourage the children to:
- move slowly at first
- take turns and not queue
- listen to instructions
- bend knees on landing when jumping from apparatus
Opportunities to
- use basic actions
- jump off apparatus with confidence
- begin to link actions
- work safely when using apparatus
Questions
- When did you move sideways?
- Where else could you move sideways?
- Which balance did you hold? Can you do that at another level?
- Which part of the course was your favourite and why?
- How could we make the obstacle course more exciting?
- How many eggs were there?
Can you see the child?
- Using basic actions
- Jumping off apparatus with confidence
- Beginning to link actions
- Working safely when using apparatus
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Most of the time
Encourage the child to:
- repeat the route/sequence accurately
- include a change of speed
- link a longer series of actions together
- include other ‘Body Schooling Activities’ from PESS Gym Module 1
- use a ‘move cube’ with forwards, backwards, sideways, low level, medium level, high level featuring on it
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Sometimes
Encourage the child to:
- practise basic actions on the floor
- discuss and plan a route/sequence
- discuss, plan and construct an obstacle course
- link two actions together
- practise skills using the Technical Skills Cards