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BRICK AND SPOON

• Children work in groups of 4 - 6.
• Give each child in the group a dessert spoon.
• Ask the children to pick up one of their 6 bricks and
balance it on their spoon.
• Ask the children to walk around the room with the brick
balanced on the spoon.

Q: Can you do it without dropping your brick?
Q: Can you move faster and still keep the brick
balanced?

Variations:
• Go outside and hold a ‘Brick and Spoon’ race.
• Vary the activity, e.g. organise children into teams of 6;
give each team a name and a leader.
• Teams race against each other. When the teacher
says “Go” the leader moves to a designated point with
the brick and spoon - leaves it at the point and runs
back to the next team member waiting - touches
that child’s hand and moves to the back of the row.
• That child then runs to collect the brick and
spoon and moves back to the team, etc.
until the leader lands up in the front again. CUBE CATCHES

The team that sits first is the winner.
• Vary instruction and activities for each
race, e.g. involve skipping /
hopping / running backwards / • Each child makes a cube using their 6 bricks.
moving between obstacles. Stand with their cube in a circle.

Q: Can you balance the cube on your head?
Q: Can you hold it under your chin?
Q: Can you toss it up in the air and catch it
3 times?
Q: Can you clap before you catch the cube?
Q: Can you toss it from one hand to the other?
Q: Can you hold it between your knees and
walk?
Q: What else can you do with your cube?

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