Helps children use up excess energy and build fitness
Improves bilateral coordination
Strengthens our legs and abdominals
Improves our ability to cross the body’s midline. Crossing the midline is important for the process of developing a dominant hand and performing fine motor activities.
Try using this as a fun class energiser when students are becoming tired or bored
Instructions
Stand with your feet apart and your arms straight out in front of you
Lift one foot, bending your knee out to the side
Touch your raised foot with your opposite hand
Place your foot back down on the floor
Repeat on the other side
Watch Points
Body staying tall and strong throughout!
Hand tapping the opposite foot
Modifications
More Challenging
Multi-Sensory
Ball Skills
Fine Motor
Seated: Do the Ant Nest Dance in your chair
Add in an extra foot tap behind you! (Before putting your foot back on the floor move your foot and opposite hand behind your body to tap each other there also).
Vary how strongly your hand touches your foot. Try tapping it lightly (like a fairy clap) and then try tapping it strongly (like a high five).
