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What a fantastic tool. I 've found a few drills that are unfamiliar,...

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Ask the children to demostrate high/low movements.
Ask children to stand up and then slowly sit down with legs outstretched.
Ask children to touch differnt parts of the body.

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Discuss reasons for cooling down properly.

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Ask the children to walk around the room using tiny steps. Then make the children get slower and slower until they stop. Then ask the children to lie down on the floor - perfectly still and walk round taking an imaginary picture.

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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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Put the apparatus away.

Discuss the reasons for a cool down with the children - lower heart rate, avoid injury.

Ask children to travel on their hands and feet in a bouncing way, before stopping and sitting down.

Select a child to be a leader and get the children to follow the leader and teacher to write the letter S. Ask the children what letter did we write ?

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