2020-06-01_Mother_&_Baby

GRAB...

●Around 10 thingsto useas

‘obstacles’– forexample,cushions

assteppingstones,a washing

basket to throwballsinto, teddies

toweavearound,anempty box

touseasa tunnel...

●A piece of paper, ora chalk-

orwhiteboard,to useas

a scoreboard

●A stopwatchortimer

TOSETUP...

1.Lay yourobstaclesoutacross

a roomorin yourgarden.

2.Putthescoreboardand

timernearby.

TOPLAY...

1.Demonstratehow to complete

theobstaclecourseby weavingin

andoutof, orgoingoverand

underthings.

2.Explainto yourkidsthatyou’re

goingto timethemandwrite

downtheirscores.Theidea is to

completetheobstaclecourseas

quicklyaspossible.

3.Say, ‘Onyourmarks, get set,go!’

thenstartthetimer.

4.Whenthey’vefinished, show

themtheirscore.Writeit onthe

scoreboardtogether.

5.Repeatasmany timesasyou

like, takingturns.Canthey get

faster?Canthey beat you?

GRAB...

●A smallbox thathasa holeoropeningat the

top– forexample,anempty tissuebox – one

for each player

● A length of ribbon or string for each player

● Five bits of scrunched-up paper for

each player

TO SET UP...

1. Poke two holes near the top of the boxes,
   then thread the string through them. The
   string needs to be long enough to tie up
   around each player’s waist.


2. Pop five bits of screwed-up paper inside
   each box.

TO PLAY...

1. Tie a box around each player’s waist.


2. Say, ‘Ready, steady, go!’ Each player jumps
   and twists and shakes, trying to make the bits
   of paper jump out of their box.


3. The winner is the first player to lose all of
   their bits of paper.

‘AtChristmas

wedo

something

called

“table

presents”,’

saysDaisy.

‘Lastyear,

Igot

someoneagame

calledTwerkPong.

The

kidslovedit,andweallhadagoodgiggle

atthembouncingaroundtheroom.It

occurredtome

thatwecouldturn

game–perfect thisintoa

forwearing

outenergetic

tots!’

Hip-shake

tw

erk race

Obstacle

course

‘Thefirsttime
wesetupan
obstaclecourse
we were at myparents’ formytwo
house,’saysDaisy.
‘We’dhada
full-ondayandwereshattered,gasping
foracup a
andarest,butmysonEwanwashavingnoneofit.

So weplonkedafootstoolandsomecushions

aroundthelivingroom,

thentookitinturnstotime

him. While he

burnedoff

allthatexcess

energy,

we enjoyed a hot brew.’

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