Climbing – it’s a Balancing Act!

Learning Outcomes

Description Of Activity

Movement skills/concepts Dynamic balance, climbing at different levels, on equipment, in general space and in different directions. Set-up

• Hoops, ladder, steps, hand and foot cut-outs or animal footprints.
• Individuals or small groups start at different points of a smooth surface circuit.

Activity Children practice the following activities in the circuit.

• Mirror games: In pairs, one person does an arm or leg action and the other mirrors this action. How fast can you move?
• Climbing steps: Make steps from equipment, or use existing steps with cut-out hand/ foot shapes, which children move over with hand/foot crawling action.
• Hoop patterns: Set up a trail of hoops which children follow on all fours, placing only one hand or one foot in a hoop at a time.Horizontal ladder: On all fours, children conduct a ï¬reï¬ghter rescue by moving along a
• drawn ladder, or a real ladder horizontally placed, and rescuing an object (e.g. teddy/doll) at the end.

Can you see …? • alternate, independent foot and leg action • safe surface for hands • frequent breaks from walking on the hands COOL DOWN/ CLOSURE Review Skill/Activity, stretching, and questions. You could ask … What did you enjoy about climbing? Did you ï¬nd any activities difï¬cult? Why was this?

Equipment/Material Required