Walking to school school challenges

[Topkad84]

Hi,

I have 4 boys that I take to school, they are proper little boys and can get bored just walking the ten minutes to school.
So I give them challenges: at each lamp post the challenge is different.
So far the challenges have been:
Side skipping
Driving lesson ( I tell them to check their mirrors, brake and indicate)
Racing cars
Trains
Prowling lions
Hop like bunnies
Herd of elephants

But I'm running out of ideas?

Any suggestions?

I find this works really well and the school run goes with ease.
So I don't want them to get bored

TIA
Kelly x

[Mouse]

How old are they boys?

I would ask them to come up with suggestions themselves. It saves you having to think up ideas all the time & it encourages their creativity

[Tulip]

I think your own idea's are brill!
My own suggestions aren't as good as yours but they could spot red cars, how many dogs, looking for signposts etc

[Glitter]

This is a really good idea!

You could also do-
marching like soilders
three steps forward and one back (not a good idea if you are in a hurry)
flying like aeroplanes
walking while spinning arms around like windmills
tiny steps like ants
fly like a bird (flapping arms a lot)
follow my leader- taking turns to be in front
counting how many steps it takes
on tip toes like a mouse
walking silently like a ninja
slow like a snail (sliding feet along the ground)
doing big jumps with their feet together

Hope some of these ideas help, I will be doing this my self from now on.

[line6]

Love these ideas!

We sometimes do different animals or sometimes I'll say something like 'who can be a lamppost or a letterbox' or something.

[Rachel6]

I do things like skip to the 3rd lamp post,go to the tree with red leaves.go to the post with a triangle on it. Your own ideas are fab x

[cathtee]

My mindees like I spy, but there is only so many times you can do this as it gets repetitive, I'm going to give some of the above
suggestions a try thanks for this thread

[yummyripples]

Bingo. Give them all a list of things to spot

[clairer]

Gosh that is very brave. The boys I mind are so over excitable if I mentioned anything other than "hold the buggy and walk with me" they would be off the pavement and in the road within seconds!

[gef918]

On the walk to school with the los we would stick stickers on the route to signs, lampposts, walls, bollards, etc. I would take a photo of each of the stickers in situ and then on the way home with the after schoolies, I would show them the photo and they would try to find the sticker. The children would remove the sticker and stick it to their top - saw some wonderful sharing as the older ones helped the younger ones find stickers; children were counting and comparing quantities.