What to do- Talk about jumping. How many ways can we think of to jump? As a child comes up with an idea, encourage the other children to try it.
- After exploring all these jumping ideas, it's time to do some measuring.
- Have each child choose a way to jump. Use your measuring device to record the length of the jump. Try another type of jump and measure its distance. Which jump works best-covers the greatestdistance-for each child?
- Is there a jump that works best for most children?
Want to do more?Practice allows us to improve our athletic performances. Have the children practice their jumping and try to beat their own jump records. Does practice improve children's jumping? Make a graphfor each person, for each jump. Is there a relationship between leg length and jump distance? The way to jump the farthest may not be the most fun. What do the children choose as their favoritejumps? Which way can they jump the most jumps in a row?
Jump high, jump low
How far can you go?
Run and jump, skip and jump
Can you land without a bump?
Hop on one foot. Jump on two.
Show me a jump that's right for you. Language you can usesideways, forward, backward, hop, jump, measure, far, farther, farthest Things you will need- space to jump objects to measure the length of each jump, such as string, blocks, or Unifix cubes
- paper and marker to record your information
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