Warm Up Fundamental Movement Skills Activities for Nursery

Students explore different jumping techniques by copying animal movements

Students mimic animal movements to warm up their jumping muscles

Imaginative warm-up where children act out different types of beans with varied movements

Fun warm-up where children act out different types of beans with specific movements

Interactive listening game where children perform different movements based on bean names called out

Children act out a car journey responding to driving commands while moving around the space

Partner activity where one child practices dodging while the other follows

Partners sit facing each other and react quickly to colour calls by reaching for cones

Children learn and practice one-leg balance using arm and eye techniques like flamingos

A listening and reaction game where students walk freely and freeze on command

Progressive jumping warm-up moving from gentle to more energetic movements

Children travel using different locomotion patterns and interact with partners when called

Students learn hopping technique through a traffic light system that controls movement and develops balance

Imaginative movement warm-up where children become different types of cats with special powers

Children practice hopping skills by mirroring teacher movements and opposite directional challenges

Children move like different storybook characters, developing listening skills and movement variety

Storytelling warm-up using Mr Men characters to practice different movement patterns and body positions

Partners connect different body parts while both balancing on one leg

Students explore different ways to jump high while reaching for the sky and staying in personal space

Colour-coded movement game developing quick reactions and movement control