NTKBGPF003 | Jungle Parade: Move like an animal
By Dr. Rajeev Tamhankar and Riddhi Chincholikar
The Jungle Parade: Move Like an Animal activity encourages children to imitate the movements of different jungle animals, promoting physical activity and imaginative play. It helps in developing motor skills, balance, and coordination while making exercise fun and engaging.
- Gather images or toys of various jungle animals (e.g., lion, monkey, elephant, snake).
- Call out the name of an animal and demonstrate its movement (e.g., stomping like an elephant, jumping like a frog).
- Encourage your child to mimic the movements while making the corresponding animal sounds.
- Take turns choosing animals and inventing new ways to move.
- Play jungle-themed music to enhance the experience and keep the energy levels high.
- Improves gross motor skills, balance, and coordination.
- Encourages creativity and imaginative play.
- Enhances listening skills and ability to follow instructions.
- Provides a fun way to engage in physical activity.
- Use a story-based approach, narrating a jungle adventure while moving.
- Add a āfreezeā element where children stop when the music pauses.
- Include a guessing game by describing the animalās movement before revealing its name.
- Animal pictures, toys, or flashcards.
- Open space for movement.
- Jungle-themed music (optional).
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