Fundamental Movement Skills Game Cards

1 AREA HEALTH SERVICEP reschoolersFundamental Movement Skills Game CardsAREA HEALTH SERVICEiiI Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August 2009iiAREA HEALTH SERVICEI Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August 2009 Introduction Movement Skills game Cards Locomotor Skills games Manipulative Skills games games in these Cards are from the Munch and Move Resource Manual4, developed by NSW Health and Yulunga Traditional Indigenous Games39 and Indigenous Traditional games child version40, developed by the Australian Sports Commission Indigenous Sports Program. Both organisations have kindly granted permission to reproduce parts of these resources. Good for Kids would like to thank and acknowledge the work of these authors. ContentsAREA HEALTH Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August 2009 Introduction The Fundamental Movement Skills Game Cards for Preschoolers have been designed to make it as easy as possible for staff to facilitate games that develop children s locomotor and manipulative Skills .

2 Use the game Cards as part of Fundamental Movement Skills learning experiences with a skill-specific warm up and cool down, each five minutes in The Physical Activity Handbook Preschoolers (page ) for more information and ideas for warm The Physical Activity Handbook Preschoolers (page ) for more information and ideas for cool the ideas to suit the needs and interests of the children at your service. For example the songs, props and themes used in the learning experiences can be modified to suit children s current and emerging interests, while still supporting the development of the Fundamental Movement skill(s).AREA HEALTH Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August HEALTH SERVICEI Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August 2009 Birray (a traditional Aboriginal game of tag) Young children in the Bloomfield area of North Queensland played the game of birray (march fly).

3 This is a game where a chaser (birray) tries to tag other children. The name of the game and the word for march-fly is taken from the Wik-MungKan language of North Skills in this game RunningEquipment Traffic cones or other markersAREA HEALTH Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August 2009 How to playLook out for Set out a rectangular area with traffic cones Practice running technique by asking the children to run in a straight line from one side of the activity area to the other side, and back again Ask the children to spread out in the activity area. Choose one child to take the part of the birray (march-fly). The birray shuts their eyes or is blindfolded and runs around trying to tag or touch another player in the group. When a player is caught, they become the new birray and the game continues Make sure the children are spread out in the activity area Check children are not running flat footed.

4 If so, demonstrate running to children using exaggerated leg movements Remind the children to use their arms when they are runningMaking this game easierMaking this game harder Ask the children to jog slowly back and forth along a straight line and check their technique. Repeat this and get children to slowly increase speed with each turn Ask the children to copy you running (in slow motion) in a straight line completing the knee lift, correct arm action and leg bend behind the body. Emphasise holding your head up and looking forwards when running Place the markers on the ground about two metres apart and have the children zig-zag between them to improve their agility Set out an obstacle course for the children to run around Play What s the time Mr Wolf More ideas The birray attempts to tag or touch as many of the other players as possible in a set time counting to ten.

5 Players are not eliminated from the game if they are touched The birray imitates the buzz of a birray or march-fly during the game. This can be while chasing the other players or only when they catch another playerAREA HEALTH Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August HEALTH SERVICEI Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August 2009 Frog JumpingLocomotor Skills in this game Running JumpingEquipment Coloured chalk Markers Masking tapeAREA HEALTH Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August 2009 How to playLook out for On a soft-fall or grassed area, make a start line. Use chalk, masking tape or carpet squares to make four lily pads in a straight row as shown in the diagram. Repeat this row of lily pads four or five times and place a marker about ten metres away Start the activity with all children in a group facing you.

6 Sing the Da Glump song (change the words Da Glump to A Jump ) while children practice jumping Demonstrate to children how to jump like a frog on each lily pad in their row and then run around the marker and back to the start. Ask children to copy you Demonstrate how to run, emphasising the leg and arm movements Remind the children to look forward and reach for the stars and pull them down as they jumpMaking this game easierMaking this game harder Hang a streamer long enough for children to reach when they jump. Ask children to jump up and tap the streamer and land on two feet Ask the children to copy you running in slow motion in a straight line, check their technique and ensure they complete the knee lift, forward arm lift (with arms bent opposite arm to leg) and leg lift behind the body.

7 Emphasise that the head should be up and children looking forwards Ask the children to jump in different directions: forwards, backwards and sideways Roll up a towel and ask children to jump across the river. Make the towel a little wider, then wider again to increase the distance they have to jump Set out an obstacle course for running and jumpingMore ideasGive it an Australian feel by singing A jump went the kangaroo last night etc AREA HEALTH Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August HEALTH SERVICEI Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August 2009 Hopping Fun Locomotor Skills in this game HoppingEquipment Circle templatesUse this hopscotch grid for a harder version of the game. Draw it on the ground in HEALTH Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August 2009 How to playLook out for Set-out the circle templates as shown in picture Ask children Can you hold one leg off the floor and hop up and down?

8 Demonstrate to the children and ask them to practice hopping. Make sure the children change legs to the non-dominant side Sing Hop, hop, hop if you feel you want to, Hop, hop, hop if you feel you can. Demonstrate to the children and ask them to take turns hopping through the circle templates. Make sure they change their hopping leg after each row When children are hopping ask Can you hold one leg off the ground and hop up and down on the other leg? When the children are hopping make sure they keep their non-support leg behind their bodyMaking this game easierMaking this game harder Ask the children to hop on the spot with you holding their hands or while they hold the back of a chair Ask the children to hop hand in hand with another child from one marker to the other Play a game of simplified hopscotch Draw hopscotch grid markings on cement area with chalk.

9 Without using a throwing stone ask the children to jump with one foot in both squares one and two, then hop on one foot in triangle three. Then jump (one foot in each triangle) on four and five, hop into six then jump into seven. Turn around 180 degrees (landing on both feet again) in seven and then follow the same pattern back to start. There is no marker throwing in this gameMore ideas Leave the hopscotch grid set-up for the children to use during free active play Adapt this activity to practice jumping. Check to see if the children take off and land on two feet when they are jumping. Substitute jump for hop in the song. To make jumping easier, ask the children to jump from two feet and land on one footAREA HEALTH Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August HEALTH SERVICEI Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August 2009 Crocodile LeapingLocomotor Skills in this game Leaping RunningEquipment Six crocodile figures or small soft animals Two markersAREA HEALTH Move We Move, The Physical Acitivity Handbook Game Cards , Edition 1 August 2009 How to playLook out for Make a start line.

10 Set out three crocodiles or small soft animals (approximately five metres apart, if you can) in a row. Place marker about ten metres away as shown in the diagram. Repeat the pattern if you have a large group of children Demonstrate running and leaping across the crocodiles, run around a marker and then run back to start. Ask the children to copy you Ask the children to do really big leaps and use their arms Check to see the arm opposite the lead foot is reaching forward when leaping Ask the children to run fast and look for bent arms moving in the opposition to their legsMaking this game easierMaking this game harder Crocodile leap set two long ropes at an angle to each other (about one metre at the narrow end and three metres at the wide end). Starting at the narrow end, ask the children to attempt to leap across the river which is full of crocodiles.