Hear Your Heartbeat

Ages3–7
TimeAbout 10 min
MessTidy

You need

  • A cardboard tube (or just your hand)
  • Space to jump

Let's play

  1. Sit still and put your hand on your chest. Feel your heart beating.
  2. Listen through a tube held to a grown-up’s chest.
  3. Now jump like a frog for 30 seconds!
  4. Feel again. Is your heart faster or slower now?
Grown-up tip: The heart beats faster to send more blood to busy muscles.

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