The Bean Game has become a new favourite at Loddon Nursery School in Norwich. ‘Runner beans!’ shouts a practitioner, and the children start running. ‘Baked beans!’ she shouts, and the children fall to the floor.
The activity was highlighted during EYFS Dance and Movement Training by Music + Movement. Nursery owner and director Jayne White says she wanted new ideas to help children be more physically active. ‘It concerns me children are spending longer at home on iPads or watching television,’ she says. ‘We have a lovely outdoor area, but the training showed us movement can be done indoors as well. You can incorporate music into everyday activities.’
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