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
