Moving with a friend
* Ask the children to sit in pairs on the floor facing each other with the palms of their hands touching. What happens when they/their partner push their hands forward? Repeat with the soles of their feet touching.
* Join hands and rock backwards and forwards, singing 'See-saw Margery Daw'. Talk about the pushing and pulling movements to make the rocking motion.
* Encourage pairs of children to sit on a see-saw, to talk about how it works and to take turns pushing on the ground with the feet.
* Sit back to back and create rocking movements by taking turns to push against one another.
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