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The Tiger Who Came to Tea

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PlacematWhat you will need:l Cutlery template (Provided)l A3 paper l Paper platesl Coloured pencilsl Drawing pencilsl Scissorsl Glue sticksl White cardInstructions:1. Photocopy the cutlery template onto white card.

2. Cut out the cutlery.

3. Stick a paper plate to the middle of the A3 sheet of paper.4. Stick the cutlery each side of the paper plate, fork on

the left and knife on the right. The spoon at the top.

5. Decorate your placemat using coloured pencils.

6. Draw a nice meal for the Tiger on the paper plate.

7. Your placemat is now complete.

Cutlery Template

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The Tiger Who Came to Tea What you will need:

l Tiger templatel Orange cardl Scissorsl Black pens or colouring pencilsl Googly eyesl Split pins

Instructions:

1. Photocopy the Tiger template onto orange card.

2. ColourintheTiger’sstripesusingblackpensorblackcolouring pencils.

3. Cut out the Tiger template pieces.

4. GluetheTiger’stailontotheTiger’sbody.

5. GluetheTiger’sheadontotheTiger’sbody.

6. StickthegooglyeyesontotheTiger’shead.

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7. LineuptheTiger’sbacklegs,oneinfrontoftheTiger’sbodyandonebehindit.Glueintoplace.

8. Repeatstep7withtheTiger’sfrontlegs,butusesplitpinstosecure them into place.

9. Your Tiger is now complete!

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Tail

Body

Legs

Head

Tiger Template

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The Tiger Who Came to

Tea Game.

What you will need:

l A Large spacel Music l 4 hula hoopsl 2 sets of food templatesl An adult

*Photocopy the food templates and cut them out.

How to play:

1. Place one hula hoop in each corner of the room.2. Cut out the food templates.3. Place 1 piece of food in each hula hoop.

Movement achieved:Jumping Skipping (with rope) Running Hopping

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How to play:

1. Play the music to the group and ask the players to dance.2. When the music stops, an adult needs to hold one of the food templates.3. Players must RUN, HOP, JUMP, SKIP to the correct corner.4. The last player to reach the hula hoop is out.5. If a player runs to the wrong hula hoop, they are out.6. The last person in the game, wins!

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Food templates

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Jumping and Landing

Safety!Ensure...• children land on the balls of their feet

• children bend their legs on landing

• jumping on hard surfaces is kept to a

minim

um

• repetitive jumping is avoided

Remember to:• Bend knees and explode or jum

p up, reaching upw

ards. Work on bending and stretching

• Place markers for child to stand on at take-off

• Start with arm

s behind them and sw

ing them up

• Use their legs in the jum

p. Work on straight

body shape

• Curl back up on landing. G

o from a straight

shape to a sm

all shape

• Land as ‘quietly as a mouse’ on balls of feet

1. Feet shoulder width apart

2. Bend knees Frog Hoppingposition

3. Take the arms back and swing them forward and upward

4. Push off the balls of the feet and reach up as high as you can with the arms

5. Keep your body straight and head up

6. Land bending the hips, knees and ankles

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Skipping

Safety!Ensure...

• the area is free from objects

• the surface is not slippery

Remember to:• W

alk through the movem

ent with the child

• Reassure that this is the correct movem

ent, and explain that the skill needs to travel, arm

s need to be driven forward and

the hop phase needs to go forward

• Slow action dow

n and ask children to say actions out loud as they perform

, step-hop, step-hop, etc.

• Think of skipping as walking w

ith a little hop on the end of each step

2. Bend non-stepping leg and lift it up in front of the body

1. Step forward and hop onto that foot

3. Swing arms in opposition to the legs

4. Push strongly upwards and forwards during hop phase, using arms to assist and gain height and distance

5. Land softly on the balls of the feet

6. Keep the head up, looking forwards

7. Repeat with the other foot

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Hopping

Safety!Ensure...• children do not perform

too many

consecutive hops

• children bend their knees on landing

• children do not land on hoops

• the surface is safe/appropriate

Remember to:• Take-off from

ball of foot, bend knees, travel light footed. Practise activities that develop stepping and extending/reaching off tip-toes

• Arms assist w

ith movem

ent. Drive with both arm

s as hop onto the leg. Practise sw

inging action of arms

• Step onto hopping foot and drive up onto toes. Use

the non-support leg to drive up with the knee

• Ensure that the body does not lean forward too m

uch and the body gets too advanced on the landing foot. See if the child can hop and spot the landings

• Non-hopping leg needs to be held up off the fl oor

• Practise arm action

1. Lift one leg,bending knee

2. Bend the knee of the supporting leg

3. Drive elbowsbackwards

4. Push from the ball of the foot, swinging arms forwards and upwards

5. Land softly on the ball of the foot; and take-off, bending at the knee

5. Keep the head up and look forwards

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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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