Active games aren't exactly my "profile", nevertheless I'd like to post some ideas about how to vary the jumping and running games using large empty plastic bottles (like 2 litre/67.60 fl oz ones). Those bottles have two advantages as an "apparatus": 1) there's a good chance that you already have them, 2) they are safe to play with. In any case, adult supervision is required for active games!
1. "Labyrinth" or "Slalom": set up some empty plastic bottles and zigzag between them. It's safe even if a bottle falls down: plastic bottles are light and rounded, they cannot injure.
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2. Step or jump over lying bottles. If a child steps on a bottle, it just slips out or deflates. Remove the caps and the bottles will deflate easily. Put the bottles on a thick carpet or sand so that they don't roll away. I had to put two bottles in a row, because my kids tried to go around the bottles instead of jumping over them (yeah, that's much easier :).
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3. An exercise for building coordination. Alternate stepping, place the bottles in staggered rows. Left, right, left, right...
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4. Draw a string between two bottles and have kids stepping or jumping over it. As an option, they may also creep under the string. This exercise should be done on a soft mat or similar. Pour some water into the bottles and close the caps, this makes them steadier. The bottles are safe for this game, too: even if a child pulls the string, they just fall down without hurting anybody.
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That's all for now. Just to remind you, adult supervision is required for small kids when they play active games.
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