This is an activity I pull out once in a while that gets plenty of “one more time pleaseeeeee!” from the students. And the great thing about it is that it can tire out even the genkiest of classes before you need to sit down for some quiet work.

There are a few ways you can do this:

Numbers

Write the numbers 1-10 (or 1-20) on the board with your students. You write, they write, a combination of both, etc. Select a number and erase it or cover it with a frog. Then tell the students we’re going to pretend to be frogs. Everybody crouches down and gets ready to jump. Then, go through the numbers again, pointing to each one. When you come to a frog, everyone jumps up and back down. Then continue on through the rest of the numbers. Next you can erase another number, have a student choose or have a student erase. It gets silly and a lot of fun by the end when you have 6 or 7 frogs or more.

Other ways you could do it….

ABCs in groups of 9 or so.

Phonics/sight words.

Vocabulary review with flashcards.

Days of the week.

Months of the year.

I made a pdf file with some jumping frogs. Feel free to download and use it.

Jumping Frogs Printable