Scarf Stars
Category: Sport Skills · 2-page printable PDF · Ages F-2, 3-4 · Free for ConnectedPE members
Scarf Stars is a Juggling Academy on two pages: twelve missions for ages 5–10 that climb from Up & Catch with a single scarf through Rainbow Cross and Two Columns to Ready Three and the full three-scarf Cascade, finishing with an invent-your-own Show-Off Trick. Four stages structure the climb — One-Scarf Control, Toss & Track, Two-Scarf Skills, Cascade & Tricks.
Scarves are the secret: they fall slowly enough for beginners to track and catch, so every child gets early wins at a skill that looks impossible — and light plastic bags or scrap cloth work just as well. The cue set is tight and memorable (throw to eye height, watch the top, catch soft & low, cross the middle — "slow is smooth, smooth is juggling"), and the logbook tracks best catch streaks across three tries plus a Juggle Star award at 3, 7 and all 12 missions.
Mapped to AC9HPEFM01/2M01/4M01. Sits beside Catch Champions! for throwing and catching foundations, and Keep It Up! for more object-control play.
What students learn
Develop object-control fundamental movement skills through juggling scarves — throwing to eye height, tracking with the eyes and catching soft and low, progressing from one scarf to a two- and three-scarf cascade.
Topics: juggling, throwing, catching, object control, hand-eye coordination, fundamental movement skills, timing
Curriculum links
- AC9HPEFM01
- AC9HPE2M01
- AC9HPE4M01
Related PE resources
- Volleyball Battle Stations — Ages 7-8
- Force Factory — Ages 5-6, 7-8, 9-10
- Move Masters — Ages F-2, 3-4
- Smash Stars! — Ages F-2, 3-4
- Boing! — Ages F-2, 3-4