If the decking, grassed area, mud kitchen, soft stuff side or building site don’t capture our children’s imaginations and inspire their play then maybe a visit to our Movement Den will be just the ticket?!
In this bright, vibrant space they can challenge their bodies to explore and move in different ways. They can balance on beams, they can step across a stepping stone bridge exploring textures as they travel, they can bounce on a trampoline, they can crawl through a tunnel, they can roll a die and recreate the movement pictured, they can explore sensory balls and toys, they can use the mats to roll from side to side and stretch and scrunch up into a ball, or perhaps strike a yoga pose or three?!
They can create structures with the HUGE magnetic panels by stretching and reaching and sharing and focusing and then they can move their bodies accordingly when busy role-playing with their creations afterwards; from rocking on a boat, chugging on a tractor to crawling through a secret tunnel…
As they explore with their bodies’ movement capabilities they will strengthen their core whilst developing their control and coordination and they can look up from the floor and observe their stretching and movements as they practise, repeat and refine them in the mirrors above.
Our Movement Den is a bright space to get little bodies moving at their own desired pace; as self-selected challenges are set and our children listen to their brains and respond to what they are being driven to do over and over and over again… they truly have the freedom to express themselves!
Stretches and balances galore naturally leads to a wonderful strengthening of the core…
At Jollies we like to move it, move it and really develop those pathways in our children’s brains… Movement play is most definitely the way and it’s even better in our Jolly Movement Den!!
