We love Dr Seuss books here..they are fantastic read-aloud books.'Ten Apples Up On Top' is a good resource for teaching numeracy as well being a good title for the early reader.
For our Preschooler however, just counting the apples on each page to concur with the text proved to be enticing.
From there, we started to look for things to balance on our heads. Fortunately, I happened to have small Bean Bags ready for just that purpose.
Balancing a Bean Bag on the head promotes good posture and develops balance and control. Head held still and eyes straight ahead are necessary reminders.
Once this is achieved, encourage walking around the room; forwards, sideways, backwards. Suggest bending down to touch the ground, turn around. Then try balancing the Bean Bag on the shoulder, elbow, knee etc.
Combining the Bean Bag balance with 'Heel-Toe walking' would present a very good challenge.
What fun!
We will not
let them fall.
We will not
let them fall.
We wish you lots of apple fun.
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