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The Monkey Puzzle

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Butterfly toilet roll craft

What you will need:

l Butterfly template (Provided)l Coloured paperl Empty toilet rolll Googly eyesl Scissorsl Glue stickl Staplerl Sequins

Instructions:

1. Photocopy the butterfly template onto coloured card.

2. Cut out the wings, body and antennae from the template.

3. Glue the body onto the empty toilet roll.

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4. Stick the two black circles on the antenna stalk and then stick the antennae at the top of the head, slightly further apart than the eyes.

5. Decorate the wings with the sequins to make your butterfly lovely and sparkly.

6. Place yor toilet roll butterfly on a flat surface and then staple the wings to the back of the toilet.

7. Your butterfly toilet roll is now complete!

Butterfly toilet roll craft

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Wings

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Caterpillar Paperchain

What you will need:

l Caterpillar template (Provided)l Scissorsl Sticky tapel Pensl Googly eyes

Instructions:

1. Photocopy the Caterpillar template onto white paper.

2. Cut out all the pieces.

3. Take a green or yellow strip and stick the two ends together to make a roll, continue to do this with all the strips until they are all roll shape.

4. Take the yellow roll and stick it with sticky tape to a green roll to make a chain. Repeat this until all the rolls become one chain.

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5. Stick the black strips onto the yellow roll,these will become the antennas of the caterpillar.

6. Stick the googly eyes onto the yellow roll just below the antennas.

7. Draw a smiley mouth below the eyes.

8. Stick your Caterpillar to the leaf template provided.

8. Your Caterpillar paperchain is complete!

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Monkey Puppet

What you will need:

l Monkey Templatesl Scissorsl Sticky tapel Plastic drinking strawsl Colouring pencils

Instructions:

1. Photocopy the Monkey template, there are 4 different templates per monkey. A black and white template is also included if you want the children to colour in their own Monkey.

2. Cut out the Monkey pieces.

3. Turn the pieces face down and assemble them on the table to look like a Monkey, leaving about an inch in-between each piece. Position the pieces into a pose you want your monkey to be in.

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4. Take the straws and cut them so that you are left with the bendy bit and about an inch either side of it. You will need 6 straws per Monkey.

5. Use the straws to connect the tail to the body, the arms to the body and the legs to the body. Use sticky

tape at either end of the bendy bit to fix in place.

6. Take a long piece of wool or string and make a loop, fix to the back of the Monkey’s head.

7. Turn your M onkey over, you now have a completed, moveable, Monkey puppet!

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The Monkey Puzzle

What you will need:l The monkey puzzle template (depending on the amount of teams)l One extra copy of the template, uncut to show them what it looks like put togetherl Scissors l Buckets or pots big enough to hold the puzzle pieces.l Spot Markers/Conesl Hula hoops

Instructions:

1. Place the spot markers into lines, spaced equally apart (depending on how many teams you have).

2. At the end of the lines, place a hula hoop.

3. Place the puzzle pieces in to their buckets/pots at the end of the line.

Movement achieved:FoxesClimbingDodgingRunning

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The Monkey PuzzleHow to play:

1. Players line up in their teams.

2. Pretending to be monkeys, using the FOXES movement, DODGE the spot markers/cones.

3. Once you reach the hula hoop, step inside and pretend to CLIMB a tree.

4. Pick up one puzzle piece from out of the bucket/pot and RUN back to the team.

5. While the next person is going, the rest of the team can fit the puzzle pieces together.

6. Repeat until the puzzle is complete.

7. The team to complete the puzzle first wins.

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Foxes

Safety!Ensure...

• the surface is free from sharp objects

• children keep heads up

• build activity up gradually to assist developm

ent of wrist strength

Remember to:• Keep head up

• Adopt shoulder-width base. Reinforce op

posite arm/leg m

ovement

• Encourage legs and arms to w

ork together at speed

1. Hands flat on the floor/surface

2. Support bodyweight on hands and feet with 'Angry Cat' position (see 'Angry Cat' card)

3. Keep the bottom fairly low and legs bent

4. Run on your hands and feet

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Climbing

Safety!Ensure...• children are aw

are of other children’s hands w

hen climbing

• children climb no higher than their ow

n height

• the number of children clim

bing at any one tim

e is restricted

Remember to:• Practise craw

ling and ‘Craw

ling Soldiers’

• Allow children to clim

b up small objects

initially to get confidence and build up strength

• Explore activities that progress the ability to grip and grasp, e.g. holding hands, pulling a partner back and forth, pulling objects

• Practise marching, sim

ple stepping actions

(‘Foxes’) and crawling activities (‘C

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Soldiers’) on the mat, encouraging legs and

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ork in opposition

1. Reach the right hand up and grip the bar/rung firmly by placing the thumb around the bar/rung

2. Step onto the first rung of the ladder/climbing frame with the right foot

3. Pull on the right hand and push with the left leg

4. Reach the left hand up and grip bar/rung firmly. At the same time step up onto the next bar/rung with the right foot

5. Continue to take one step at a time

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Dodging

Safety!Ensure...• children run w

ith heads up• surface is not slippery

Remember to:• Push off on one foot and drive aw

ay• Place dow

n marker spots

• Play some gam

es where the child has

to stop quickly and respond to instruction and m

ove• Place som

e marker spots on the fl oor.

Place feet on them. U

se audio cues to m

ove from one to the other

• Plant foot outside body and push away

from foot to change direction

1. Plant one foot and push off this foot quickly to change direction (plant and go)

2. Change direction bybending the knee and pushing off with the outside of the foot

3. Step/lean one way, and go the other (fake/feint/dummy)

4. Assume a low body position when changing direction

5. Move quickly

6. Dodging occurs in one action

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Running

Safety!Ensure...

• the surface is safe and appropriate

• children wear appropriate footw

ear

Remember to:• Sit on their bottom

s and drive as fast as

they can with their arm

s. Move along

the fl oor

• Move on balls of feet

• Head up and focus on a spot in the distance

• Use m

arching songs like the ‘Grand O

ld Duke of York’ to lift their knees up high. In crease the speed of the m

usic, beat or clap

• Walk through the actions em

phasising driving opposite arm

and knee

• Keep head up, look forwards

1. Run along anarrow path

2. Lift knees high withheels close to bottom

3. Keep the head up, looking forward

4. Arms drive back and forwards with elbows at 9O°

5. Opposite arm to leg

6. Run on the balls of the feet. Keep the heels off the floor

7. Keep the shoulders and hands relaxed

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The Monkey Puzzle