Clip a math worksheet on a clipboard. Have your students figure out the answers to the math problems by walking or jumping on the mat.
Say to your student, “Choose a fruit and walk to it.” Ask the student, “How many steps would you have to take to reach ten?” Have the student jump the number of boxes it takes to get to ten. For example, if a student chooses to stand on 6, the student answers that it would […]
Have a student throw a bean bag on the floor mat. They will then hop to the bean bag alternating between one and two-footed movements. Have them pick up the bean bag and say the numeral underneath where the bean bag landed and the fruit they are standing on.
Have students step on a fruit of their choosing and identify what that fruit is. As they step on the fruit, have them say the fruit name. Students can either jump through the mat starting at banana, or they can choose randomly which fruit to start with. Focus mainly on just the names for each […]
Have students look at all of the fruits on the mat, and then give them the opportunity to go jump on which fruit on the mat is their favorite. Have students tell you what fruit they have jumped on, and what number they are standing on.
Have students line up in front of the mat. Give them a number to go sit on. As students sit on the mat, they will point to each of the fruits and count them. Make sure that students say the fruit name, and take their time to count each of the fruits.
In this activity students will work on adding fruits together. Ask a student to count the number of one fruit, and then count another fruit. After the student counts each fruit, have them add the total together. Students can sit on the mat and point to each of the fruits as they count adding them […]
In this activity, students will work on subtracting fruits together. Ask a student to count the number of one fruit, and then count another fruit. After the student counts each fruit, have them subtract the two numbers. Students can sit on the mat and point to each fruit as they count backwards to subtract. Have […]
Have students start on the START HERE box and jump through the mat. As they jump on the fruit, have them say what the fruit is, and how many of those fruits they see. For example, students will say “One banana, two plums…” Encourage students to take their times, and not get ahead of themselves. […]
Have students start on one fruit and say the fruit number and name. Then, have students jump to another number and add the total to the previous fruit. For example, student will jump to the banana and say “One banana” then, they will jump to apricots and say “Four apricots. One banana plus four apricots […]
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