Suggested Family Activity • Animal 🏁 Racing
Suggested Family Activity • Animal 🏁 Racing
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If you are looking for some fun outdoor activities to do this weekend, check out these instructions for Animal Racing, courtesy of the website education.com:
- Find a big open space, preferably outdoors, with nothing around that can be knocked over.
- Warm up and stretch! Have your child warm their joints up and get the blood flowing to their muscles with jumping jacks and arm circles.
- Set up a start and finish line. Make sure there’s enough space after the finish line for your child to slow down.
- Ask your child if they can think of ways for them to move like animals (galloping like a horse, hopping like a frog, crawling on all fours like a dog, crawling sideways like a crab, etc.)
- Race! If you use a stopwatch, your child can race against themselves and try to beat their time. Your child can also race against siblings or even you if you’re up to it!
- Have your child compare their speed between the different animals they act out and see if they think the differences are the same in nature. For example, does a galloping horse move faster than a crab?
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Don’t forget to take pictures of your Animal Race and send them to us at summerreading@nereg.lib.ms.us.
