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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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Children who find it hard to curl up should be encouraged to get as close to the floor as comfortable.

Ask the children to demo how the different body parts can be changed on the floor when they are curled up - e.g. Back Side, knees, shoulders and bottom.

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Place some markers / cones on the floor as shown.

Ask children to walk around the room. Get them to start by walking around with their arms by their side, then outstretched.

Ask the children to run around then stop like a statue. Ask the children to sit by a marker then stretch their arms out.

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Get the children to walk around the hall and then on the teachers command children should go as small as possible. Then get the children to continue running around before stopping and making themselves as big as possible.

Keep repeating the exercises but vary the speed in which the children travel.

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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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Start the practice by walking around the hall, on the command the children have to put their hands and feet on the floor and walk around on all fours, make sure they push their bottoms into the air.

On a signal from the teacher the children have to put their arms and legs in the air. The next progression is for the children to stop on a command from the teacher and name the body parts they have in contact with the floor e.g. hands / head and feet.

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