Ideas for a skill to learn for badge for Rainbows?

[BlueLoving]

Got 1 more interest badge to finish for Rainbows we’ve done the other 11.
We’re doing agility and for part 3 DD needs to learn a skill. DD wanted to learn to use a skipping rope but we’ve been trying every night since February half term and she’s just not getting it.

Any other suggestions for what she can do?

She has hypermobility and dyslexia and I suspect dyspraxia/DCD so she’s very unco-ordinated; she can’t swim or ride a bike despite repeated attempts to teach her by myself. She also joined swimming lessons but never progressed at all despite 18 months of lessons and her holiday club has trained sports coaches and even they struggled to teach her to ride.

I want to give up on the badge altogether, I've told DD that she can and she wouldn't be letting anyone down but DD is determined to get all 12 Interest Badges, she goes to Brownies at the end of this half term and wants to try and get Agility done by the next meeting (next Thursday).

So absolutely anything she can try and learn?

What badge is it for? Because I can only think of the agility one which is try anew sport, not learn one. You’ve cracked that already if so. P

@Marmite27 Yes it's agility

what about something like yoga? Learn some poses.

Maybe instead of learning an entire skill like bike riding could she submit doing agility exercises?

So perhaps she could set up a little obstacle course, see if she can dribble a ball around some cones or do a little agility routine with some lateral jumps, lunges etc or play hopscotch?

If she is dead set on learning a new skill then basketball could be an idea or hula hooping. Also with bike riding has she tried learning a balance bike instead of a pedal bike. My DS is super uncoordinated and this was how he learned to ride.

@MavisMonkey For part 2 she had to create an obstacle course.

We had a balance bike and she hated it, said it felt unstable

Hopscotch?

Catching
Kicking
Balancing
Skipping
Forward roll
Spinning
Dribbling a football
Throwing a Frisbee
Walking backwards

I realise some of these might be harder than others with dyspraxia but it sounds like your little girl is determined and committed and will hopefully nail at least one with practice.

Can she swing herself on a swing?

You don’t have to learn a new sport, it’s try.

Having a go at something is enough.

I took my girls to clip n climb.

Swingball ?

How about hula hooping?

For a child.who struggles, I would thi k.that you can make the skill "smaller" because surely its the effort that counts? So.can she skip (no rope) and if not, learn that.

Dd spent a few weeks.learning to jump off a step.or similar, land with feet together and knees bent. Could she try similar?

A few.yoga poses seems like an excellent suggestion.

Or running for a set amount of time? My ds who is suspected dyspraxic finds longer running hard so a challenge that pushes her to.run for longer than she is currently comfortable could work?

Does it absolutely have to be sporty? What about learning to draw something specific? Or a cooking skill such as whisking a.pancake batter?

Star jumps.or sit jumps on a trampoline?

Get a cheap badminton set from a supermarket seasonal aisle was my other idea.

@Marmite27 thank you! I do have the badge book but not to hand, will send off what I have and see if it's accepted.

Can she scoot? Do you have a skatepark near by? If she can scoot, she could maybe stand on one leg, or if you have a skatepark learn to go down a small slope or around a bowl?
balance along a beam (wall top, plank). Maybe with bending to pick up a beanbag or stepping over a bean bag?
bean bag toss?
hoop hopping (like footballers do with tyres) or hopscotch with a rhyme?
given her challenges, scale it back a bit

could she learn a dance? lots of you tube tutorials with all different kinds maybe something would work. Not sure if dance would count though?

Some great similar martial art tutorials on you tube also she could learn some simple kicks or patterns.

We've been doing that badge, she's planning on doing an obstacle course at a family garden party on Saturday!. For the skill we've put down swimming. She's just been learning backstroke and breaststroke during lessons this last half term, and diving!

Both my DDs with dyspraxia enjoyed ice skating surprisingly (I think it was the feeling of speed). There are penguins to hang on to. That could be a good one to try?

I'm sure she's already tried something just go with that. I don't think rainbows badges are supposed to be tricky.

Some great ideas thank you, there's a basketball court at a local park so can try that too if it's not accepted by the leader.

No skate parks or ice rinks anywhere nearby.

From the badge book 😊

Sorry, just seen someone else has posted the same 🤦🏻‍♀️

@mummymummymummummum thank you anyway

Elastics (now called French skipping I think) Set it up inside or out using 2 chairs if you don't have 2 people. Look on you tube. Starts easy and progresses - it is fantastic for children who find skipping difficult and great fun to reintroduce back into playgrounds with the many variations and songs.