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Race-to-One

Have a student start at ten and roll one die. They will take the number of steps on the die. The next student will start at ten and do the same. The first student to reach exactly zero wins. If the roll of your die yields a number that causes you to surpass zero, go […]

Clipboard Math

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.

The Number Walk

Have your student take the number walk from zero to ten. As the student steps on each number, encourage them to simultaneously say the number name. If the counting gets ahead of the number your student is stepping on, encourage your student to go back and start over. Stepping on the number and saying the […]

Letter Find

Challenge students to find an animal that starts with each letter of the alphabet.  The whole class says, “A”, and the first student finds and names an animal beginning with that letter.  If there is no animal with the letter try to think of one as a class.

Mystery Animal

Give clues about an animal on the mat and have students find it on the mat. Clues could include things like

Animal Matching

Have students start at the bottom of the mat and jump on the baby animal side, name the baby then jump to the matching adult and name it. Continue down the mat matching each set of animals. To make it a little more challenging, cover the name of each adult animal so the students have […]

Name the Baby Animal

Have students start at the bottom of the mat and jump up the column on the left while naming the baby animal as they do so. Help as needed and have them jump enough times to learn the names.

Name the Adult Animal

Have students start at the bottom of the mat and jump up the column on the right while naming the animal as they do so.

Color Match

Have students toss a bean bag onto one of the squares on the mat. Have them jump down to it, name the color it landed on, and then find the matching colored square and jump to it.

Let’s Jump!

Have students hone their gross motor skills by tossing a bean bag onto the mat and jumping back and forth between the columns until they reach their bean bag. Then, the student will pick it back up and jump back to the beginning.