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St. Nicholas Movement Challenges

Spin the wheel and find out which pose St. Nicholas will show you. Copy his pose and try to hold it until the star fills up.

Age
ages 3–6
How it is played
Children play it
Activity language
Slovak, Czech, Polish, English

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This activity isn’t sold on its own. You get it as a gift when you buy the St Nicholas Day bundle for €5.49.

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About the activity

St. Nicholas is getting ready for a long, snowy journey to the children, so he needs a good workout. Tap Spin! and a wheel of 21 exercises starts turning. The wheel stops on one of them and St. Nicholas shows it on a big card. After a short countdown and the word Now!, the children get into the same pose and hold it until the star fills up. For every exercise, one present goes into St. Nicholas’s sack. At the end, he swings the sack over his shoulder, waves and sets off to the children.

In the settings for the teacher you choose how long the children hold each pose (3, 5 or 10 seconds), how long the game is (8, 12 or 15 exercises) and whether music plays. The exercises are picked at random every time, so each warm-up is different.

What children develop

  • gross motor skills, balance and coordination
  • copying a pose from a picture
  • stamina and concentration while holding a pose
  • naming exercises and parts of the body

How to use it in class

  1. Before playing, clear some space in the classroom so everyone has enough room around them.
  2. Set a 3-second hold for younger children and 5 or 10 seconds for older ones.
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