Objective
In Helicopter Spin, the children get to challenge their senses of equilibrium and balance through different ways of spinning.
Instructions
- Place the children with suitable distance from each other. The children will now pretend to be different types of helicopters and do helicopter spins. To spin like a helicopter, one stretches the arms straight out from the body and spins quickly.
- As the children have tried to spin a little, one can be other types of helicopter:
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- Night helicopter: close the eyes while spinning
- Baby helicopter: sit on the buttocks, stretch your legs up in the air and spin around using your hands
- Grandma helicopter: spin around at a leisurely pace
- Ballerina helicopter: stand on tiptoe with your arms over your head and spin around
- Rescue helicopter: spin around quickly
Variation
- Feel free to invent new types of helicopters together with the children.
- You can use a dice and spin as many rounds as the eyes on the dice show.
- Feel free to use music. When the music stops, the children must e.g., be «ballerina helicopter».
Equipment
No equipment required.