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Wanneer de kinderen in de 3e klas van de vrijeschool voor het eerst gymnastiek krijgen, is dat op veel scholen de ‘vrijeschoolgymnastiek’ – de zgn. bothmer-gymnastiek.
Een aantal oefeningen zou je ook in de Engelse les kunnen doen. Juist omdat je er ook nog op bewegen kan.
De Engelse leerkracht Roy Wilkinson deed het volgende:
The class stands in a ring and the teacher speaks the words and joins in with the exercise. The movements are obvious from the text.
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Here on the earth I stand upright,
I turn my head left, I turn it to right,
I look up to the sky, then down to the ground,
But to look behind, I must turn right round.
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Repeat
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I can raise my heels and stand on tip-toe.
Then bend my knees and down I go.
The earth would like to keep me there
But I can push myself up in the air.
Straight up again on my toes I am.
Heels down, feet firm, the way I began.
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Repeat, but the fourth line is
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But I can shoot myself up in the air. (jumping)
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With my feet quite firm I can stand upright.
Then bend to the left and then to the right.
Forwards I can bend quite low
But backwards it’s not so easy to go.
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I can roll myself up like a snail in its shell;
I can unroll and stand like a post just as well.
Arms apart, and the form of a cross I take;
Arms down, feet apart, a triangle I make.
With my head stretching upwards, my arms flung afar,
I take the shape of a five pointed star.
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One step to the left I readily take
And one to the right I can also make.
A step to the front I take with speed;
To step to the back more courage I need.
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Repeat with “spring” (from one foot to the other)
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Repeat with “jump” (feet together)
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My arms I stretch forward parallel to the ground
And make a half circle by swinging them round.
A straight line I make from hand to hand.
Still parallel to the ground where I stand.
My hands reach out to horizons wide
But if I let go, they drop to my side.
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I lean to the left and should drop to one side
But a foot stops my fall and my arms are flung wide.
With a push I can stand straight again on my feet.
Head up and arms down, tidy and neat.
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Repeat with “right” and “forward”
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My arms straight up to the sky extend
And keeping them stretched my body I bend.
Down go my hands, down my head goes
Until my fingers touch my toes.
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Upwards I stretch to the sky once more.
As far as I can away from the floor.
My descending hands feel the circle around
And my heels sink slowly down to the ground.
I can lie horizontally on the ground;
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I can raise my legs slowly then cycle around.
I can cycle and cycle with all my might.
Then down with the left leg and down with the right.
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