Exercise fun with throw cloths!
Author: Kirsten van Daelen van der Schoot
Exercise specialist and mother
Recently I ordered a number of coloured throw cloths to do some fun exercises with during my lesson. The bright colours and soft fabric ensure that the children immediately rush to me when I take the scarves out of my bag. They all want a scarf. The nice thing is that it immediately stimulates the creativity of the children. Some make a princess dress with a few cloths while others see the wings of a bird in it. We make fun movements with them to music. Waving, flying, cloth on your belly, cloth on your head.
An advantage is that the cloths are made of transparent material . This makes putting your cloth on your head even more fun. You can see through it while you walk. We do a fun exercise on the low beam. They can all choose a cloth and put it on their head. Because the cloths are made of smooth material, they slide off the head easily. This makes children walk upright so that the cloth does not fall. Exactly what we want to achieve, children adopt a nice posture.
Bubbles can also be caught with the tissues . Each child holds a tissue while I blow the bubbles into the air. Enthusiastically they start to swing their tissue around and hit the bubbles. What a beautiful sight this is, laughing children, swirling bubbles, and colorful waving tissues.
Afterwards, some parents ask where they can get the throwing cloths, as they would like to play fun games with them at home. 
Toddlers also seem to be enthusiastic about the colored throw cloths . The soft material feels nice in their little hands and because they can see through it, they really enjoy holding the cloths on their heads or in front of their faces. Roaring laughter occurs when a parent or caregiver puts the cloth on his/her head and the toddler is allowed to pull the cloth off.
It's wonderful to see that children can enjoy relatively simple material so much.
