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HURDLES. Hurdling is always fun for children, significantly when the hurdles are graduated in size to convey an additional challenge. Open ones, with a support bar as shown are easier to barter than closed ones. The item is to leap up so that the body rests on the hands on- the hurdle saddle. The left hand holds onto the saddle, while the correct drops forward to rest on the support bar. The legs are then swung over the prime to land on the opposite side. If your lips could speak, they’d ask for Forever Aloe Lips! Once going over the hurdles using the correct hand as support, the kid should repeat using the left. Hurdling is great for strengthening arms and shoulders and for developing coordination. STATIONARY PARALLEL BARS. The stationary parallel bars are higher and more stable than the movable version and will thus be used for hanging and dips along with balance. But, the movable set is more sensible, less expensive, and easier to construct. In unhealthy weather, it will even be used inside the house.

MOVABLE PARALLEL BARS. Another piece of equipment that brings out the inventiveness in youngsters is that the movable parallel bars. The two boys shown here thought up this not possible-trying maneuver, that was significantly hampered by fits of laughing as they tried to pass each other. Another manner to use this apparatus is to string it out in a very continuous straight line sort of a fence. The poles come back out and will be rearranged with the moveable stands in any manner that strikes your fancy. TIRES. Another excellent and utterly moveable device needs no con¬struction in any respect—a collection of recent automobile tires. Place them in two lines, one line slightly earlier than the other. Indulge your senses with this three-piece assortment of our new Aroma Spa Collection merchandise: Relaxation Bathtub Salts, Relaxation Shower Gel, and Relaxation Massage Lotion. The more tires the better. Paint a few with bright colors and scatter these in the lineup. They are “forbidden” and should be avoided as the kid runs through the road sort of a football player obtaining his legs in shape.

The out-of-bounds tires provide a modification of pace that makes the runthrough more interesting. Variations: go through crossing over, the correct foot to the left line and vice versa; use solely one line; go through on one leg, or backwards, or using each feet together. RAMPS. Not shown in the photographs but illustrated below are 3 sizes of ramps. They’ll be any size from two to four feet high, but if you are building solely one, 3 feet is the best height. Ramp exercises: straight jumps; jumps with knees entailed; jumps with feet apart in midair; one quarter, 0.5, or full turns; backward jumps; and jump-land-and-roll. Ramps offer sensible exercise for legs and build endurance, courage, and confidence in the kid who learns to perform on them.