
Jumping Activity
Jumping uses large muscles and builds on their walking, running and climbing skills.
Why do it?
- Growing children enjoy being physically active.
- Using large muscles helps to strengthen them.
- Children’s confidence increases as more motor skills are learned.
- Physical activity relieves stress, especially if the activity involves large muscles and big movements.
- It’s fun.
How to do it
- You can help your child by getting them to begin learning to jump from something low, such as the bottom step.
- Try to understand what it’s like for a little person to push up and off the ground and to briefly be in the air before landing. It takes co-ordination and some courage.
- Help them by holding their hands, and giving them a bit of a lift as they jump.
- Use words to help with their timing, ‘One, two, three, JUMP!’
- Find other places to jump, such as over cracks in the footpath, lines on a netball court, a little puddle or some seaweed on the sand at the beach.
- Draw some chalk ‘lily pads’ on a path and play frog jumping from one ‘lily pad’ to another.
- Follow your child’s lead as to how much they want to try and when it’s time to stop holding their hands.
Using more te reo Māori
Te reo Māori | English |
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Kei te reri koe? | Are you ready? |
Māku koe e āwhina | I will help you |
Homai tō ringaringa | Give me your hands |
E peke, e te tau | Jump my darling |
Hūpeke ki runga | Jump up |
Hūpeke ki raro | Jump down |
Tahi, rua, toru peke | One two three jump |
Hūpeke ki tua o te tōhihi | Jump over the puddle |
Hūpeke ki tua o te tāwha | Jump over the crack/line |
Hūpekepeke | Jump up and down |
Me pēnei ki te poraka | Like a frog |
Me pēnei ki te kangarū | Like a kangaroo |
Koinā | Yes that's it! |
Whakapakari tinana | Workout/exercise |
Tūpeketia | To jump or leap |
Turi teitei | High knees |
Kia tere tonu tō haere! | Go as fast as you can! |
Hikituri | Knee lift |
Tuoma | Running on the spot |
Kia āta haere | Go slow |
Titiro .... | Look at that! |
Karawhiua | Give it heaps |
Kei te ngenge au | I'm worn out/tired |
Ka nui tēnā | That's enough |
Kua pau tāku hau! | I've run out of oomph! |