Animal Sports Day: Run, Jump, Balance
🎯 Today's mission briefing
We are learning three big moves — running, jumping and balancing — and the secret tricks that make each one work.
You'll know you've got it when:
- I can run with my eyes up and freeze-stop without tumbling
- I can jump and land like a quiet kangaroo — on two bendy knees
- I can balance like a flamingo, and I know wobbles mean my body is working, not failing
The wriggle-out warm-up
Connects to what your guest already knows and makes them curious. Activating prior knowledge is one of the strongest predictors of new learning.
Helper, read aloud — then everyone up on their feet, you included: Before big moving, we wriggle the sillies out! Copy me: shake your hands like they're wet... shake your arms... now one leg... now the other... wiggle your whole body like a jelly on a plate! Now FREEZE like a statue. (Hold it... hold it...) And melt into a puddle. Phew! Guess what — you just did secret training. Shaking wakes your muscles up, and freezing is a real skill we're going to use ALL lesson. Today it's Animal Sports Day, and the events are running, jumping and balancing.