Nursery World - Keeping children healthy indoors, part 5: Using tables

Activity ideas that need only a table, in part 5 of our parent's guides to keeping children physically active indoors during the coronavirus lockdown.

It’s very understandable to try to keep everything calm and quiet during this time, but children really do need opportunities to let off steam and use up some of that enviable energy. If they are stuck inside, it is even more important that you provide ways for them to move that are both safe and effective.

Using your table as a resource (it can be any shape or size) children can practice a range of movement skills and maintain their levels of strength, co-ordination, balance and agility.

Remember you don’t have to attempt all the activities in one go, or do them in this particular order. What you have here are lots of ideas to play with that children will no doubt amend and adapt to suit their particular interests and abilities. Shoes and socks off if possible.

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