Try using this as a fun class energiser when students are becoming tired or bored
Instructions
Stand up tall
Lift one knee up high and clap your hands under your knee
Place your foot back down on the floor and click your fingers up near your shoulders
Repeat (and switch the leg you lift each time)
Watch Points
Torso (body) staying tall and straight throughout
Modifications
More Challenging
Multi-Sensory
Ball Skills
Fine Motor
Do Mozzie Clap without clicking your fingers. Just clap your hands under your knee and lift your hands up between claps.
Seated: Clap your hands just above one knee and then click your fingers up near your shoulders. Then clap above the other knee. (If you can lift your leg, try clapping under your knee instead).
Instead of just lifting your leg, ‘hop’ your leg up
Try doing Mozzie Clap faster. This will challenge your fitness and coordination!
Imagine you’re trying to catch a mozzie that’s buzzing around your leg. Can you make a buzzing sound like a mozzie?
Listen to your favourite song. Can you do Mozzie Clap in time with the beat?
Mozzie Clap helps to develop the gross motor skills, coordination, leg strength, core stability and balance needed in order for children to be able to kick a ball.
