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Age range: 3-6

Theme Area: Obstacle Course

Related Episode: The Me-First Wizard

Subjects/Skills: Movement; Family Life

Materials Needed:
Items found around the house or in the yard (chairs, pillows, an empty cardboard box)

Directions:
As a family, work to build a simple obstacle course together, indoors or outdoors. You might begin by putting a tape line on the floor that you have to "balance" across, add some pillows to climb over, an empty cardboard box to crawl through, and so on.

Family members should first gather materials, then work together to build the course. (If your family is interested, they can map out a plan on paper before you actually build the course.)

When the course is complete, ask your child to think about how you will decide who goes through the course first. If his solution isn't fair, ask him to think about how it will make other people feel. You might say something like, "Well, we could let the shortest person go first, but how would that make the biggest person feel?"

Work together to figure out a fair way to choose who will go first, second, and so forth. Say, "How will we decide who will be the first person to go through the obstacle course. Let's think of a way that is fair, and makes everyone happy." As a family, work together to determine the best solution. Explain to your child why this was a good choice. Then, enjoy the obstacle course together!

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