Movement skills/concepts

Hopping for height, hopping for distance, static, and dynamic balance.

Set-up

• Cones, low platform (bench, box top), chalk, balloon, string, and ropes.
• Children spread out in small groups in a defined hard or grass area.

Activity

Children practice activities.

• stand on one foot, hop three times in a row and hold your landing
• hop as high as you can and hold your landing
• alternate high and low hops
• hop over lines or ropes on the ground (spread ropes out so they are in lines with a step in between, like a ladder)
• hop over low cones spread out in a line, hop over four obstacles in a row
• take two steps and hop as high as you can – step, step, and hop. If you hop off your right foot, which foot will you step on to first

You could ask …

• What is the importance of your arms in hopping?
• What is the difference between the way you hop for distance and the way you hop fo