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Gymnastics: Noisy Steps

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Ask children to carefully move in space on tip toes. On teachers signal, children should push hands into the air. Repeat several times. Ask children to run about the hall quietly. Then ask them to run about the hall loudly.

COACHING POINTS

Ask children: What made your running quiet? What made it heavy?

Ask children: How did you feel when you banged you feet down? Which was easier, running loudly or qiuetly? Why?

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Big and Tiny Steps:

Run/step/start on teachers command. Run and visit diferent places in the hall - corners, sides, middle. Move to the corners of the hall using tiny steps. Come back to the center of the hall using big steps. Repeat with variations.

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Ask the children to move into space and stop on command.
When stopped, ask the children to curl up tightly, with all body parts tucked in - head in, knees bent and elbows in.
Ask children to move around the floor space in a curled up position.

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Bounce Floorwork:

Ask children to find a space and with feet together, bounce in one spot. They should keep their heads up, knees and ankles working hard. .

Next, they should move about the hall, still bouncing with their feet together. On the teachers signal, the children should run anywhere in the hall, find another spot and bounce up and down in that spot. Repeat. As children are running, teacher should clap hands for the children to jump and land on two feet.

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Ask the children to squat down low and make a light ball. Emphasise head and elbows in / arms pulling tightly around the knees. Choose some children to demonstrate.

Ask is there another way you can curl up in a ball ?. Next, ask the children to stretch up as high as possible - emphasise strong bodies / stretched fingers and feet, reach for the roof ?

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