Animal Antics Obstacle Course
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Obstacle courses are an old favourite in the early years setting with good reason. Add a twist by turning your obstacle course into an ‘animal playground’ – and encourage your children to jump, wriggle and slither their way around the course.
What to do:
Make a list of different movements, decide which ones you want to focus on and create an obstacle course that utilises your chosen movements; for example, crawling through a play tunnel, slithering across a ground sheet, stepping in and out of hoops, balancing on a bench. You could also display these Action Station Cards around the course to encourage the children to try different movements. Where possible, give the obstacle course an ‘animal playground’ theme; incorporate the climbing frame and tie on green fabric streamers and balloons painted to look like coconuts, put a grey blanket over a table to form a cave, add a net for children to crawl under, cut out large paw prints to make stepping stones, create a blue fabric pond to jump across and so on.
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Published 30 August 2017
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