Practice · Week 12 · Program week 24
Lark the Crane
Reach and return · Kindness
Reach, touch a target, and return, the same way on both sides.
35 minutes · ages 3–8
Try this at home
We practiced reaching on both sides and coming back each time.
- 1Touch a hand three times with your right, then three with your left.
- 2Move the hand closer for the harder side.
- 3Stand tall between touches.
Stay on the floor. If it feels wobbly, make the challenge smaller.
Talk about kindness
How do you treat the part of you that is still learning?
Look for this: Both sides get practice, and the harder side is allowed to be easier.
The story
Lark practices both wings. She does not only use the easy side.
Reach only as far as you can come back.
What happens in class
Gather and story · 4 min
- Lark practices both wings. She does not only use the easy side.
- We will be kind to both sides of the body. Right reach, left reach, both come home.
- Children sit where they can see you and the equipment. Show the careful version once.
Warm-up · 5 min
- Arm circles, small.
- Stand on two feet, shift weight, return.
- Touch the right knee, then the left, slowly.
Skill practice · 14 min
- Target stays close.
- Three reaches with the right hand, returning each time.
- Three with the left.
- The clumsier side gets a closer target, not a speech about trying harder.
Game · 7 min
- Partners set the target for each other’s harder side.
- They ask, “Closer or same?”
- Swap.
Cool-down and character · 5 min
- Shake both arms.
- Kindness noticed what the other side needed.