Cat moves

A movement game copying cats: creeping, stretching, purring and chasing a ball of wool.

Steps

1. Chat: how a cat lives, what it likes, how it is different from a dog.
2. Warm-up with cat poses: arching your back, stretching, washing a paw.
3. Creeping game: children sneak up on a ball of wool and freeze whenever the teacher turns round.
4. In pairs, children roll balls of wool to each other like kittens.
5. Calm-down: children lie curled up in a ball and purr to quiet music.

Tip: Older children can make a poster about caring for a cat and why pets must never be abandoned.

Materials needed

• Knitting yarn (a few balls)