Animal actions

Description

Play games pretending to be different animals, eg, slither like a snake, move like a lion on all fours, stomp around like an elephant, move sideways like a crab, float around lightly like a butterfly, jump like a kangaroo. Make some picture 'prompt' cards to build anticipation.

Related Skills

Stand, walk and run on tip toe

Bends knees to squat down with complete steadiness and rise back up without using hands.

Squat with complete steadiness and rise without support.

Run on the whole foot, avoiding obstacles. This progresses to running on the toes

Run – head held up, eyes on the ground in front. Not yet good with obstacles

Momentarily balance on one foot

Early movers is a collaborative project between Loughborough University, the NCSEM and Loughborough campus nursery. Our work has been supported with Loughborough University Enterprise Funding through the Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF).