10 Lords a Leaping: Jumping Activities
We are on day 10 of the 12 Days of Christmas Activities. I got lucky with 10 Lords a Leaping! I had so many ideas of what I would do. But for this I’m going back to my roots: gross motor. I love doing gross motor activities with my girls. I thought it would be fun to share 10 fun gross motor activities with jumping and leaping.
If you are looking for 12 days of Christmas books check out our favorites: The Twelve Days of Christmas by Jan Brett and The Twelve Days of Christmas by Susan Jeffers. We recently did the 5 Gold Rings activity so be sure to check it out!
Leaping is a lot like jumping and my girls love doing gross motor. Jumping is a great gross motor activity. You can use it get some great aerobic activity. I’m going to list 10 great jumping activities that you can do!
Here are 10 fun jumping activities:
- Jump Like a Frog – Check out Jump Frog Jump Gross Motor
- Jump Like a Kangaroo – Check outAnimal Movement Red Light Green Light
- Leap like a Tiger
- Jump up and Down
- Jump Forward
- Jump Backward
- Jump Side to Side
- Jump over a pillow
- Jump on Right Foot
- Jump on Left Foot
If you are looking for more jumping activities check out the Gross Motor Printable List.
If you are looking for some great 12 Days of Christmas books check these out:
Be sure to check out my 12 Days of Christmas Pack!
Day 4: Art Projects For Kids- Four Calling Birds Craft and Coloring Page
Day 5: 5 Gold Ring Water Color Painting
Day 6: Easy Goose Craft
Day 7: Seven Swans a Swimming Craft Round-Up
Day 8: Cocoa in a Jar Gift Idea
Day 9: Frozen and Christmas Inspired Dancing Wands
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com
These are great activities which are wonderful for building gross motor skills and getting the heart pumping : 0 ).
They look like they’re having so much fun!