Happy Gingerbread Men Position Out Hop

We honey playing life sized games that larn us moving! Earlier this calendar month nosotros got a run a endangerment to banking concern check out the lately released DVD Mike the Knight: Mike's Christmas Surprise. In the story Mike in addition to his solid unit of measurement larn accidentally turned into board game pieces in addition to the solid unit of measurement has to operate together playing the game to assist them provide to their "normal" size.

After watching Mike's Christmas Surprise, my kids convey been wanting to brand our ain life sized game. Instead of making a board game similar nosotros convey shared earlier (check out our Escape from the Volcano game in addition to Save the basis game), nosotros decided to practise a life sized release game for the kids to movement around on. 

Our Gingerbread Men Number Hop game helped my kids amongst release recognition, counting, in addition to fifty-fifty uncomplicated addition... land likewise practicing jumping in addition to moving from i house to another!

To play all y'all postulate is some painters tape, cardstock, my gratis printable gingerbread men file, in addition to some infinite to movement around.

Instructions:

Start past times printing out the number cards onto cardstock. I printed #1-10 for my 3-year-old. If y'all convey older kids, merely impress off blank gingerbread men (page xi of the pdf) in addition to write the numbers y'all desire to occupation on them amongst a Sharpie. For event amongst my 5-year-old I would write double in addition to triple digit numbers instead of unmarried digit ones.

Once y'all convey your printables, secure them to the flooring amongst tape. Have them commencement on i side of the room in addition to extend inwards diverse ways to practise several paths across the room to the other side.

Once the papers are secured, convey the kids each commencement on a release in addition to state its name. Then tell them to state some other release that they see. Once they correctly state the number's lift thus postulate to hop from their release to that novel number. Then they tin state the side past times side release in addition to hop to it. Kids volition slow movement across the room using this technique until their range the other side. Once they are on the other side they tin endeavor in addition to come upward back. We skillful proverb the names of each release earlier nosotros started playing in addition to this activeness actually helped solidify how to recognize #1-10 for my daughter.

For Older Kids:

I adapted this game for my 5-year-old past times having him commencement on a release in addition to notice some other release unopen past times to jump to. He had to state that release in addition to add together it together amongst the release he was standing on in addition to state the answer. Once he rapidly did that in addition to got it right he could jump to the side past times side number... in addition to play again.

Even my one-year-old had fun running around on our life sized release hop game board in addition to pretending he was playing... land getting lots of loose energy out!

If y'all didn't download them already, y'all tin notice my free printable gingerbread men release hop cards here.

This postal service is purpose of our weekly Move & Learn series! Make certain to banking concern check out the other posts shared past times my co-hosts:

10 Ways to Go on a Christmas Scavenger Hunt via Hands On: As We Grow

Following Directions Games via Coffee Cups & Crayons

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