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Steve, Clayesmore Prep School

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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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Ask the children to bounce in and out of each other, emphasising on keeping their bodies close to the ground.
On teachers command, ask the children to stop and stretch up high and wide. Then on teachers command, ask the children to sink down low and curl up.
From a curled position, ask the children to grow into a low stretched shape on the floor.

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Start the exercise by asking the children to run around and then stop before making themselves small. Ask the children the different sides they can curl up on e.g. bottom, side, feet etc.

The next stage is to demo to the children how you would roll over sideways then back on to your knees again. Ask the children to stretch up high, ensuring that you stretch the fingers and toes.

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Ask the children to move around the hall in a stretched-out way.
Ask the children to move around the hall in a curled up way.

Ask the children to move around the hall in a bouncy, energetic way. On teachers command, stop the children and ask them to curl up. Then ask the children to stretch out slowly.

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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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