Massage

• Before the activity ask the child/children to relax their face, shoulders, knees and stomach
• Play some calming music
• Ask the child/children to concentrate on the person in front
• Ask the child/children to focus on listening to the music, relax the whole body and focus on their senses

Squeeze the dough (squeeze shoulders)

Spread the tomato sauce (move hands all around the back)

Slice the pepperonis (side of hands move up and down)

Place them onto the pizza (press)

Slice the tomatoes (side of hands move up and down)

Place them onto the pizza (press)

Sprinkle the cheese (tap fingers)

Sprinkle the onions (top of the head slide down the back)

Put the mushrooms on the pizza (opposite shoulders)

Spread it all together (circle movements)

Push the pizza into the oven (fold forward)

Pour the chocolate into the mixing bowl (top of head slide down the back)

Sprinkle some flour into the bowl (tips of fingers)

Mix the ingredients with your hands (2 fists circles)

Sprinkle some sugar into the bowl (tips of fingers)

Mix the ingredients with your hands (2 fists circle)

Draw some shapes (fingers make shapes)

Spread the icing on the cakes (circle movements)

Place some chocolates on top of the cakes (press)

Push the cakes into the oven (fold forward)

Stretch up and over as we yawn (hands move up the middle, down the sides)

Walk down the stairs (press hand moving down)

Porridge for breakfast (2 fists make circles)

Walk to school (press)

Maths lesson (write numbers)

Pizza for lunch (slide side of hands up and down)

Reading lesson (move finger from side to side)

Drive home (move fingertips from side to side)

Soup for tea (flat hands make circles)

Walk upstairs to bed (press hands moving up)

Stretch up and over as we yawn (hands move up the middle, down the sides)

Fall asleep (fold forward)

Cat claws (tips of fingers move down the back)

Butterfly wings (slide to opposite shoulders)

Dog tail (move tips of finger from side to side)

Giraffe (one hand comes down as the other hand comes up)

Penguin feet (slide side of hands up and down)

Elephant trunk (top of the head slide down the back)

Snake (tip of index finger draws a letter S)

Spider crawl (tips of fingers tap the back)

Zebra stripes (finger move zig zag side to side)

Bear paws (press flat hands on back)

Wiggly worm (fingertip moves all around in swirls)

Jelly (move hands from side to side)

Spaghetti (fingertips make swirls)

Cheese on toast (tap fingers all over)

Jacket potato (make circles with fingertips)

Soup (use fists to make circles)

Pizza (side of hands slide up and down)

Pasta (use fingertips to draw small lines)

Cake (one hand comes down as the other hand comes up)

Ice-cream (make circles with flat hands)

Chips (using fingertips draw small lines all over the back)

Square (use fingertips to slowly draw a square)

Triangle (use fingertips to slowly draw a triangle)

Rectangle (use fingertips to slowly draw a rectangle)

Circle (use fingertips to slowly draw a circle)

Star (use fingertips to slowly draw a star)

Diamond (use fingertips to slowly draw a diamond)

Stripes (use fingertips to slowly draw lines moving down)

Swirls (use fingertips to slowly draw swirls)

Waves (use fingertips to slowly draw waves)

Zig zags (use fingertips to slowly draw zig zags)

Letters (use fingertip to slowly write large letters of the alphabet)

Letters (use fingertip to write own name, child in front, brothers and sister)

Numbers (write large, slow numbers 1-10 or 1-20, 10-1, date of birth)

Car (move hands side to side)

Bus (one hand comes down as the other hand comes up)

Train (use fingertips make circles)

Bicycle (move fists up and down)

Ice skates (slide side of hand up and down)

Walk (press flat hands)

Aeroplane (slide hands to opposite shoulders)

Run (tap the fingertips)

Crawl (stroke the back using 2 hands)

Octopus (use fingertips to swirl)

Fish (use fingertips to make waves)

Shark (side of hands slide up and down)

Whale (make circles with hands)

Jellyfish (press hands)

Dolphin (slide hands to opposite shoulders)

Starfish (tap fingertips)

Seahorse (one hand moves up as the other hand moves down)

Crab (move fingers from side to side)

England (tap fingertips)

America (use flat hands to make large circles)

Egypt (use fingertips to make triangles)

Australia (one hand moves up as the other moves down)

Spain (use fingertips to make waves)

France (slide side of hand up and down)

Greece (use finger to move across)

Switzerland (use fingertip to draw cross)

India (slide hands to opposite shoulders)

China (move hands up through the middle and around)

Canada (use fingertips sliding down)