The children stand around the edge of the parachute and hold on to the edge with both hands. They then start to mushroom the parachute by lifting and lowering the parachute all together.

Once this has been done a few times to get air trapped inside the parachute and it is at its highest point, everyone takes one step forward into the circle and quickly brings the edge of the parachute down behind their backs and sits down on the edge.

All the children will then be sitting inside the parachute tent.

The teacher must be aware that some children may feel claustrophobic and that inside the tent it will get hot.

Once inside the tent various circle games can be started as well as reading a story etc.