Laundry Hanging Out to Dry

Kids are T-shirts hung on a clothesline (a low bar): they hang for a moment and, when the teacher says "It's dry!", they drop gently onto their feet, bending their knees. It practices brief hanging and safe landing.

How to play

1. The teacher "hangs the laundry": a big clothespin on each child's sleeve, and now they're a T-shirt (2 min).
2. We practice landing without the bar: on tiptoes, drop the heels and bend the knees like a spring (2 min).
3. Taking turns with an adult beside them, we hang from the bar at shoulder height with knees tucked (3 min).
4. "It's dry!": let go and land on the mat with bent knees; the teacher takes off the clothespin (3 min).
5. We fold the laundry: sit down and curl into a little ball (2 min).

Rules

• I only let go when the teacher says "Dry!".
• I land on my feet with bent knees.
• One on the clothesline at a time.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: practices grabbing and releasing the bar from the chair.
• Hearing impairment: the "dry" signal is a tap on the shoulder.
• Visual impairment: the adult says "Let go in three, two, one" and guides with a hand.

Learning goals

• Hang briefly from a bar.
• Land with bent knees.
• Control the body when letting go.

Equipment for a class of 25

• barra baja: 1
• colchonetas: 2
• pinzas de ropa grandes: 25

Teacher tip

Feet should be no more than a hand's width off the floor. If someone lets go early, no problem: landing well is exactly what we're practicing.

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