Movement skills/concepts
Dynamic balance, climbing at different levels, on equipment, in general space and in different directions.

Set-up

• Hoops, ladder, steps, hand and foot cut-outs or animal footprints.
• Individuals or small groups start at different points of a smooth surface circuit.

Activity
Children practice the following activities in the circuit.

• Mirror games: In pairs, one person does an arm or leg action and the other mirrors this action. How fast can you move?
• Climbing steps: Make steps from equipment, or use existing steps with cut-out hand/ foot shapes, which children move over with hand/foot crawling action.
• Hoop patterns: Set up a trail of hoops which children follow on all fours, placing only one hand or one foot in a hoop at a time.Horizontal ladder: On all fours, children conduct a firefighter rescue by moving along a
• drawn ladder, or a real ladder horizontally placed, and rescuing an object (e.g. teddy/doll) at the end.

Can you see …?
• alternate, independent foot and leg action
• safe surface for hands
• frequent breaks from walking on the hands

COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE

Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions.

You could ask …
What did you enjoy about climbing?
Did you find any activities difficult? Why was this?