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Name of Activity: Jumping Frenzy
Academic content: Math
Purpose of Activity: To improve counting skills as well as jumping skills.
Prerequisites: Prior practice of jumping rope forwards, backwards & crossing in both directions. Also, ability to complete addition up to 50.
Suggested Grade Level: 1-2
Materials Needed: Deck of playing cards, a poster with rules (see details below), jump ropes, paper, pencils.
Physical activity: Jumping rope
Description of Idea Students are divided into partners and each set of partners is given a small stack of playing cards and two jump ropes. Players take turn drawing cards. For each card they are to jump the number of times listed on the card and depending on the suit, they are to jump a certain way, which will be listed on a poster for all students to see. Hearts: Forwards
Clubs: Cross Forwards
Diamonds: Backwards
Spades: Cross Backwards Each student in the group will record the total number of jumps on a piece of paper and will add up their total score as they go, until they reach 50.
Variations: Start with the number 50 and subtract the jumps instead of adding them. Have more advanced students use long jump ropes and/or double. Use multiplication and division facts.
Assessment Ideas: Ask students questions about jump roping skills, including a reflection regarding their ability to jump forwards, backwards & crossing in both directions. Also engage their minds in word problems about addition and subtraction in the context of jump roping.
Teaching Suggestions: This lesson can easily be modified to incorporate locomotor skills by having the students move while they jump rope forwards or backwards, making it more challenging.
Adaptations for Students with Disabilities: Students with physical disabilities can juggle scarves instead of jumping rope—Juggle 1 scarf for Hearts, 2 scarves for Diamonds, 3 scarves for Clubs, etc.
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