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Fast and slow

Pick up the pace with a look at varying speeds 1 There and back

1 There and back

ADULT-LED

Explore fast and slow movements through a children's favourite story.

Planned learning intentions

To explore different ways of moving with confidence, imagination and in safety, and contrasting slow and fast movements To extend their vocabulary, exploring the meanings and sounds of new words, about fast and slow movements

Adult:child ratio 1:6

Resources

Bears in the Night by Stan and Jan Berenstain (Collins, out of print but readily available in libraries) or We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury (Walker Books, 3.99); obstacles such as mats, tyres, cones, planks and cushions

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