Movement Skills  : Knuckle Bones  
Approach: One to one
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Resources: 5 knuckle bones, prompt card, video showing the moves.
Questions / instructions:
  % responses
y4
y8
This task is to be done on the table top — not on the floor.
1. In this activity you're going to have a go at using knuckle bones to see what you can do with them. Before we start, though, would you tell me if you play knuckle bones heaps, quite a lot, not very often or never.
You're going to see a video which shows someone playing knuckle bones. After I've shown each part of the video, I would like you to have a go at doing the same activity you saw on the video. If the activities get too hard for you, you don't have to do them. But it's a good idea to have a try anyway. Here is a card to remind you what the activities are. You can stand up, sit or do whatever is most comfortable for you.
[Simplified for year 4 students].
heaps
quite a lot
not very often
never
7
11
52
30
3
12
61
24
Give student prompt card and the knuckle bones. Play video — Flips.
2. Now you can try doing Flips. You can have three goes at this activity. [year 8 only]
number on back of hand:
4–5
2–3
1
0
14
55
25
6
number caught:
4–5
2–3
1
0
 
9
50
32
9
Play video — Scatters
3. Now you can try doing Scatters. You can have three goes at this activity. [year 8 only]
number retrieved:
5
4
3
0–2
1
69
14
16
Play video — Horse in the Stable
4. Now you can try doing Horse in the Stable, but this time you only have [year 8] one go [year 4] three goes.
number in successfully:
4
3
2
0–1
20
11
11
58
38
23
17
22
Commentary:
Although one element of this task was done by both year 4 and year 8 students, because of differences in the instructions a direct comparison is not possible. Year 8 students had the advantage of other work with knuckle bones, while year 4 students got two additional attempts at playing "Horse in the stable", with the best of attempts counted.

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