Look high, look low

There is so much to see when we are out for a walk. Sometimes it’s hard to know what to look at first. Focus your child’s attention by giving them a direction to look in. You can develop their directional skills and get them to exercise their long and near vision

Activity

• Whilst walking along, stop and say ‘look high, what can you see?’. Look out for aeroplanes, clouds and tree branches. Walk a little further and say ‘look low, what can you see?’. Look down to spot stones, puddles, worms or dandelions
• If the ground is dry try lying face down on the grass and peer into the grass. What life do you see in the grass? Now turn over and lie on your back and look high up to the sky. What might be living up there?
• Now take it in turns to call out the direction you will all look in

Try

Add directions like ‘look left’, ‘look far away’, ‘look back’. Take it in turns to shout the direction in which you will look next. Think about what the same place might look like at a different time of year. Imagine a storm in the sky or snow under foot.