{"id":380,"date":"2009-04-08T02:07:46","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T18:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.creativeyouthideas.com\/resources\/?p=380"},"modified":"2021-04-08T19:33:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T11:33:45","slug":"grasshopper-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.creativeyouthideas.com\/resources\/creative-teaching-ideas\/grasshopper-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Grasshopper Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/strong>
\nAnnounce that today we are going today we are going to have some grasshopper Olympics.
\nWhoever wins will be crowned King of the Grasshoppers!<\/p>\n

Materials<\/strong>
\nMasking tape and a few jump ropes.<\/p>\n

Preparation<\/strong>
\nTape two 4-foot strips of masking tape to the floor, 12 to 15 feet apart to use as goal lines for the following special relays\/ jumping competitions. You may wish to get the youth to warm up doing a few jumping jack exercises.<\/p>\n

Grasshopper Competitions<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. High jump (Mark the jumps on the wall with a piece of tape)<\/li>\n
  2. Number of consecutive skips using a jump rope.<\/li>\n
  3. Greatest number of people jumping successfully at the same time using a single jump rope.<\/li>\n
  4. Most spectacular trick using a jump rope<\/li>\n
  5. Long jump from a stand still – line them up along the line and let them jump forward.<\/li>\n
  6. Least number of jumps to reach the opposite line<\/li>\n
  7. Running long jump… allow to run and jump from the line without crossing over the line.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Take it to the next level<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    Award the King of the grasshoppers with a crown of grass! Then ask:<\/p>\n