This
is a fitness
activity for all the
students
with just one jump rope.
Clear
an area of desks, stretch a long
jump rope
on the floor and have the students stand in a circle around it.
Children
take turns performing the actions in the sequence described below, and
each chants any traditional rope-jumping ditty that comes to mind.
Students
standing in the circle clap hands in unison and join in the chants.
Activities
include:
Hop
on the right leg back and forth across the rope from one end to the
other; follow the same procedure, using the left leg.
Face
the rope and hop on two legs back and forth over the length.
Make
side jump on two legs across the rope.
Jump
back and forth on two legs over the rope.
Zigzag
down the rope, crossing legs alternately.
Do
jumping jacks down the center of the rope .
Variation:
Two children hold the ends of the rope and sway it gently back and
forth while classmates follow actions described
above.
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