Requirements
- No equipment required
Instructions
- Either indoors or outdoors, pretend to be different animals with your child
- Flap your arms like bird wings and “fly” around obstacles
- Hop on all fours like a frog, and say “Ribbit-ribbit-ribbit”
- Hop on two legs with feet together, and pretend to be kangaroos
- Bend your knees, walk with your legs far apart, and swing your arms like chimpanzees
- Walk on feet and hands and pretend to be a reptile
- Walk on hands and knees and pretend to be kittens saying “meow”
- Slide on the floor or ground and pretend to be snakes saying “hiss”
- Invent other animal ideas and noises
Variations
- Ask your child to suggest an animal that you can both imitate
Benefits
- This activity develops coordination and balance as kids try to imitate the movements of different animals
