INFANT GYMNASTIC STORYCARDS TEAM B&G

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INFANT GYMNASTICS :STORY CARDS

Maddy Larry Robbie

The Mischievous Climbing Monkey

The Leaping Leopard The Rolling Rabbit

Spooky The under arm Tickle spider Timbo

The Tidy Travelling Tiger

The cards can be used alongside Team B&G gymnastic story cards and Curriculum for Excellence task cards. They can also be used as stand alone cards for creating a fun learning and challenging learning experiences for infants.

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Maddy the Mischievous Maddy theClimbing Climbing Mischievous Monkey

Maddy the monkey had been on the climbing frame at PE. With her careful hands and

Monkey

up and down and sideways. She had to remember to hold on tight to the ropes as she went backwards and forwards. Wheeeeeeeeeeee she said. This is such great fun. Maybe I could curl my body
feet she climbed round the bars to make a shape. I would have to curl my long tail round too! Maddy twitched her nose as she made her curled up shape and held the shape still. I am so still she thought, maybe someone could take my photograph. She heard someone say click. Her cool friend Rocky Robin had taken her picture. You were still as a statue Rocky said. So I pretended to take a picture to let you know you were still. Maddy was so happy, she decided that she would try out some more shapes

that she could keep still like:

long, twisted, spiky and wide.

Maddy was a PE star she used different directions and body shapes.
Can YOU do these things too and be a PE star?

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Spooky the under arm

Tickle spider Itsy bitsy tickle spider Hiding way up high, Touch the spiders web, He comes down from the sky You wont come to harm, He tickles under-arms! Tee- hee wheeeeee
To be a PE star find ways of going over, under, through the spiders web without touching it. If you do.. the spider comes down to tickle you!

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Timbo the Tidy

Travelling Tiger hop; skip and jump as well as slide, crawl and gallop. He loved going over, under and through
Timbo was a travelling tiger. He liked to
lots of different spaces. He had to be careful to keep his body tidy and controlled so he would not catch his beautiful fur. Ouch! One day he found a hollow log. He placed his huge padded paws on top of the log and crept

along. When he got to the end he

jumped
up in the air as high as he could. Maybe if I reach up high enough and stretch towards the sky, I could touch the twinkling stars he thought. He landed softly, bending his knees as his paws touched the floor. He suddenly heard a clapping noise above his head and a voice said: well done Mr Tiger, what a ssssssuper landing. You kept your head up so you wouldnt fall over. Very tidy...Hmm very tidy indeed. Timbo looked up. He saw two beady eyes watching him from the trees. It was Sid the somersaulting snake! I have a challenge for you Timbo the snake said Can you go the hollow log without touching the sides? No problem said Timbo. It should be easy. Timbo made himself small enough to go

through

through by making his whole body low down. Again he was tidy travelling to the end and his beautiful fur did not get caught on the Sides or the top of the log. Timbo was a PE star he jumped high and
used a safe landing bending his knees. He also travelled using a tidy body- Can YOU do these
things too and be a PE star?

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Robbie
The Rolling Rabbit

Robbie the Rabbit loved to roll. Wherever he was, he found a place to

curled up like a ball and rolled forwards or backwards, other times he kept straight like a pencil and rolled sideways. He even found places to roll off and along!
roll. Sometimes he He was always trying out new ways to roll, all his rabbit friends thought he was a very energetic rabbit. Robbie was always careful not to roll into anything or any other rabbit! He even helped others to roll by telling them to keep their

feet

together and use their hands carefully.

At Rabbit school his teacher called him a PE star, Can you be like Robbie and do some good rolls?

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Larry

The Leaping Leopard

Larry the Leopard lives in the jungle.

jumps from branch to branch. Sometimes he jumps high up and other times he has to do a long jump. When he takes off he crouches down and reaches up with his front paws and when he lands he bends
He loves to play in the trees where he his legs. Other animals in the jungle call him Larry the leaping leopard! When you jump remember to bend your legs and stretch your arms up and look where you jump. You can be a leaping PE star just like Larry

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