Warm Up Frog in the pond Students form a circle. One student is nominated to be the who hops in the middle of the circle of students. The frog hops while the ‘frog’ students skip, side gallop, leap or hop in a clockwise direction around the frog. They call in the catch At the end of the song ‘frog sea can’t me’. the frog can chase the others. The first caught becomes the frog. Students are once they reach a given boundary. Make sure markers are ‘safe’ far enough apart to give the frog a chance to catch someone. Teaching the skill As a class revise the key components of the hop. Each student has a hoop which is their space to: hop low hop high alternate low and high hops hop in place on their right foot four times then hop three times on their left foot on your right foot, hop forward four times; hop backwards four times ; hop to the right four times ; hop to the left four times hop, holding the free foot in different positions: right hand holding right foot behind hop, holding the free foot ; left hand holding right foot behind hop, holding free foot in front. Practising the skill Hoop hopping Students form groups of four or five and each group collects six to eight hoops. Groups arrange the hoops in any pattern that they wish. Students try hopping through the hoops in a follow-the-leader formation. Students then visit other groups and hop through their hoop pattern.
Warm Up Frog in the pond Students form a circle. One student is nominated to be the ‘frog’ who hops in the middle of the circle of students. The frog hops while the students skip, side gallop, leap or hop in a clockwise direction around the frog. They call ‘frog in the sea can’t catch me’. At the end of the song the frog can chase the others. The first caught becomes the frog. Students are ‘safe’ once they reach a given boundary. Make sure markers are far enough apart to give the frog a chance to catch someone. Teaching the skill As a class revise the key components of the hop. Each student has a hoop which is their space to: hop low hop high alternate low and high hops hop in place on their right foot four times then hop three times on their left foot on your right foot, hop forward four times; hop backwards four times ; hop to the right four times ; hop to the left four times hop, holding the free foot in different positions: right hand holding right foot behind hop, holding the free foot ; left hand holding right foot behind hop, holding free foot in front. Practising the skill Hoop hopping Students form groups of four or five and each group collects six to eight hoops. Groups arrange the hoops in any pattern that they wish. Students try hopping through the hoops in a follow-the-leader formation. Students then visit other groups and hop through their hoop pattern.
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