Nursery World - Learning & Development: Outdoor Games - Part 3

Even the younger children can enjoy this chalk and number recognition game explained by Helen Bilton.

Aim: To practise and improve the basic movement skills.

Learning intentions: To enable children to practise and improve the skills of running, jumping, skipping, hopping, galloping. To help children make the link between pictures and words and action.

Tips: Once the children have mastered the rules of the game, leave the equipment freely available so they can set the game up without adult support. Even young children, aged two and half upwards, are quite able to play a simplified version of the game themselves. They may just put a dot or two on the ground and simply run or jump between them, but this is their interpretation of the game. Make sure you are watching the children to note these developments.

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