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Take out the benches.

The practice starts with the children hoping / jumping around the benches. The next stage is for the children to walk around the benches and when the reach a bench to step over it.

Ask the children to hop around, when they reach a clear bench then they must try and jump onto it, turn around and then jump back off it. Ask the children to run, hop or jump in different directions between the benches.

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Ensure that children step over or stride the benches as they approach them.

Ask children to walk up to benches and step onto the bench instead of jump up onto it.

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Take out mats.

Run in and out of the mats changing from heavy to light running. The next stage is to ask the children to bounce over the mats and ask the question how many bounces in a minute.

The final progression is to do a bug jump on to the mat.

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Take out the benches one at a time.

Run in and out of the benches before stopping with one hand touching a bench and waving with the other. Repeat a number of different body parts touching the bench e.g. hands / feet.

The next stage is to get the children to step over a bench and then slide back through it on their tummies.

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Show the children how to carry a mat.

Get the children to assist in getting the mats out. Ask the children to walk and run in and out of the mats making sure that they do not step on them.

On the teachers command stop and ensure that one foot is on a mat.

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Layout the mats.

Ask the children to run in and out of the mats with no bumping into each other. Then ask the children to move around using tiny steps then making as bigger steps as possible.

Get the children to stop on a mat and make as smaller shape as possible before moving off again. Then encourage the children to make as bigger shape as possible on the mat.

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