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What the Ladybird Heard

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Ladybird PebbleWhat you will need:

l A Pebblel Black and red paintl Googly eyesl PVA Glue

Instructions:

1. Firstly you will need to draw a ladybird outline on your stone.

2. Paint the ladybird’s body black and wings red with black dots.

3. With some PVA stick the googly eyes on.

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Moving Ladybird

What you will need:

l Ladybird template (provided)l Colouring pencilsl Split pinl Scissors

Instructions:

1. Photocopy the ladybird templates.

2. Colour in your ladybird templates.

3. Cut out your ladybird templates.

4. Attach the wings to the body with a split pin, you may want to help your child at this part.

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Moving Ladybird Template

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Ladybird dominoes

What you will need:

l The domino templates (provided)l Colouring pencilsl Scissors

Instructions:

1. Colour and decorate the domino templates.

2. Cut out the dominoes and enjoy the game.

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Ladybird Domino's

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Ladybird Domino's

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Ladybird Domino's

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Cops and Robbers

What you will need:

l A large space

Instructions:

1. Choose a player to be the policeman.

2. All other players are robbers.

Instructions:

1. All players (robbers) need to RUN around the room, DODGING other players and the Policeman.

2. If the policeman catches the players, they need to get into the angry cat position and wait to be freed.

3. Other players must try to free the robbers by CRAWLING/CRAWLING SOLDIERS through the arch shape.

Movement achieved:

Running DodgingAngry Cat CrawlingCrawling Soldiers

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4. Players can take it in turns to be the policeman.

5. To make the game harder, try adding more policemen to catch the robbers.

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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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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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Angry Cat

Safety!Ensure...

• fl oor is clean and free from debris

Remember to:• U

se markers to help w

ith placement

• Practitioner places hand on child’s back and asks them

to push it away, and places hand

underneath and asks them to m

ove body upw

ards away from

hand together

• Place children in the correct position so that joints are directly above points of contact

1. Start on the hands and knees, with shoulders over hands, hips over knees

2. Push the belly button to the ceiling and look at the knees

3. Push the shoulder blades apart and to the ceiling

4. Keep the arms straight and the hands flat 5. Keep the ankles together

and the feet stretched on the floor

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Crawling

Safety!Ensure...

• the surface is free from sharp objects

• that time spent craw

ling is kept to a m

inimum

to reduce friction burns

Remember to:• Keep head up

• Support weight on elbow

s

• Adopt shoulder-width base. Reinforce

opposite arm/leg m

ovement

• Encourage legs and arms to w

orktogether

• Slow dow

n and exaggerate action

1. Support thebodyweight on handsand knees in 'AngryCat' position

3. Reach forwardand move oppositeknee at same time

2. Hands are flat onfloor/surface

4. Arms and legs move in opposition

5. Knee is placed behind hand each time

6. Move forward ina straight line

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Crawling Soldiers

Safety!Ensure...

• the surface is free from sharp objects

• that time spent craw

ling is kept to a

minim

um to reduce friction burns

• crawl on a m

atted surface if children

fi nd the fl oor uncomfortable

Remember to:• Practise standing up

• Slow action dow

n and perform one step at

a time

• Practise a low extended craw

l

1. Lie on tummy

2. Crawl on tummy by pulling on arms and pushing on legs, with arms and legs working in opposition to one another

3. Keep 'Angry Cat' shoulders

4. May need to rock to get the action started

5. Move forward in a straight line

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What the Ladybird Heard

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