HOOPS FOR HEART (3-6)
1 Crazy option
3 verses 3 scooter basketball
With 2 different color scooters and
Small basketballs and mini nets
RISKY BUSINESS
MISS THE RISK FACTORS (1-6)
Place Risk factors for Heart Disease on
cones and let kids putt (with golf clubs)
or dribble hockey pucks around the
cones with hockey sticks
JUMP FOR HEIGHT (1-6)
Tie a stretch band on a low pull about 4 inches
from the ground and about 10 feet away tie the
other end of the stretch band about 24 inches high.
Kids can jump back and forth (standing 2 foot
jump) on 1 inch mats until they hit the rope
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SPRINGBOARD INTO FUN (k-6)
Use equipment from your gymnastics unit,
Kids have a great time just seeing how far
They can jump!
SHORT JUMP STATION (1-6)
Place jump tricks onto the wall and when
the kids get to this station they can
remember the tricks you taught them in
the unit before the Jump Rope for Heart
Day.
ANIMAL BROAD JUMP (k-6)
Place a line near a wall to prevent
kids from getting a running start.
Kids jump both legs at a time to
see which animal they can get to.
Camillion-1, Spider-2, Bullfrog-3,
Flea-4, Penguin-5, Jackrabbit-6,
Kangaroo Rat-7, Polar Bear-8
FILL THE FOOD PYRAMID (3-6)
A relay race with 2-3 teams, Each team has a
bucket at the start line with pictures of food
items. Each team must correctly fill the
pyramid with the correct foods in the correct
section and the right number of servings.
JUMP SACK RACE (k-6)
A simple sack race with
cones to mark the start
and the finish line
JUMP TO IT: FINISH THE PUZZLE (2-6)
A relay race where students jump rope or run over to a basket with puzzle pieces in it. Each
student picks up one piece, once all the pieces are picked up the team races to put it together.
BOUNCE INTO A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE (K-4)
Have the little kids jump from one spot to another or just
jump around in a designated space. The older kids can try
to jump on the hippity-hop inside a long rope.
JUMPING IN THE CASTLE (k-6)
Get a jump castle from any party store and let kids jump in
the castle as one of your stations…kids love it!
IN MEMORY OR IN HONOR OF (k-6)
As a station or before the event let kids write a name of a
person they would like jump in honor or in memory of!
TOSS TO THE HEART (k-2)
Trace a person on a sheet of paper or use a poster
with a person on it make a large heart on the
person. Draw a line 6-8 feet away and have kids
throw bean bags to hit the HEART on the drawn
person. Once they hit the HEART they can pick
up the bean bag and say “I love my Heart.” Let
each kid throw 2-3 bags a piece a turn.
DOUBLE UNDERS
Stack 3 crash mats on top
of each other in a corner
of the gym (to help
prevent movement) and 1
crash mat in front of the
stacked mats. Let 1 child
on the mat at one time,
they can get a 3-4 step
running start and try to
see how many “double
unders” they can do
before landing on the low
mat. (for k & 1 no ropes)
HEALTH STATION (1-6)
If you have any health information that
you can share with the kids make it a fun
station with models and lots to read and
remember!
It is a great way to learn more about
keeping a HEALTHY HEART!
MAKE SURE TO DECORATE
Decorate the gym with hearts or anything Heart
or Jump related so it feels more like an event
then just another day in gym class!
TENINKLING (1-6)
Two polls that go wide
for two counts then
narrow for two counts &
kids can jump narrow
twice then side twice.
JUMP ON A TRAMP
(k-6)
With or without a rope!
JUMP ROPE HURDLES (k-6)
Place them all at the same height and have kids
jump the hurdles. Or place them high and low
and have kids jump the low hurdles and limbo or
crawl under the high hurdles.
KNOCK OUT DRUGS & TABACCO
Add bowling to the mix with a twist!
This teacher had the kids knock the pins
over and then make a pledge
“I will never smoke.”
OR ONE STEP FURTHER…..
HUMAN BOWLING
Set up bowling pins at
the far edge of the low
mat and tie a knot at the
end of the climbing rope
for kids to sit on. Kids
swing out from the near
side of the mat and kick
their feet to knock over
the pins. (1-6)
POGO STICK (1-6)
Why not jump on a pogo stick!
STEP BENCH JUMP (k-6)
Set up Step benches with 0-2 lifts
underneath them. Kids can choose
which height is best for them and jump
from the floor to the top with 1 or 2 feet
at a time.
HELICOPTER
SPIN THE ROPE
(k-6)
Whatever you call it,
the kids just love it!
SKIP-ITS
If you’ve got them
why not use them!
(k-6)
HULA HOOP IT UP
Whether you place
them on the ground or
let the kids play with
them-hula hoops are a
ton of fun!
SET UP A
HEALTH
STATION
Show kids
about nutrition
with a hands on
station about
food and health.
MR. BONES Copy the bones of a
Skelton and place them in one area
and have kids put them in the correct
shape. How about a relay! (1-6)
Use a poly spot material Mr.
Bones or make one on your own.
They will love it either way!
RUNNING HEIGHT JUMP (k-6)
Set up a pole on the back side of volleyball poles. Have
kids try to jump over it, if they can’t make it the pole
drops easily to the ground and doesn’t hurt anyone.
Make sure to use a crash mat!
SCOOTER JUMP ROPE (3-6)
Have kids twirl a long rope and instead of kids
jumping in one at a time, have them try to ride a
scooter to the other side without the rope hitting
them. It is a lot harder then it looks, but I bet they
will have some fun.
THE LIMBO (k-6)
We all know how much fun doing
the limbo is….if they are having
fun and moving why not!
CLIMBING ROPE JUMP ON FAT MATS
(K-8)
Tie a rope between 2 climbing ropes and have
2 people swing them slightly as 1 or more kids
jump the rope.
HOP SCOTCH WHY NOT?
Jump or Hop it is all the same thing.
HOW HIGH CAN YOU JUMP
Touch the Hearts or put tape on the wall
where you can reach, possibly put up
butcher block paper and have kids
stamp as high as they can.
ROPING BANDS OR CHINESE
JUMP ROPES
Use the bands for jumping in & out and
have kids make it more difficult by
bringing the bands higher.
ROPE SWING
WITH TOSS
Toss items into
the buckets
FISH FOR A HEALTHY ACTIVITY
Make fish cut outs with Paper-Clips on them, tie a
string to a stick with a magnet on it. When the
students fish an activity will stick to the pole.
LASSO A CONE!!!
Tie a jump rope to a hula-hoop and try to
bring in a cone!
TUG-A-WAR
PIN THE
HEART
ON THE
SKELETON
TIPS FOR SUCCESS:
Make sure every child gets an envelope and knows what they are collection donations for!
Congrats to this class almost every kid brought an envelope back on JRFH Day!
Involve your team, JRFH can be an
ART, MUSIC, COMPUTER and PE
EVENT. Your team can be your
greatest support and your biggest
advocate!
JUMP FOR HEART
POSTER CONTEST
TRACK
YOUR
SUCCESS
Whether it is
on a white
board or on
posters, let
your kids
know how
they are
doing.