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Storytime Ideas: Hop, Hop, Jump!

July 16, 2014 •

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It is part seven of our summer storytime ideas series.  Each week we gather in our local park to read great books for kids  along with completing book activities together with our neighbors. This week we featured Hop, Hop, Jump! by Lauren Thompson.

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Storytime Ideas: Hop, Hop, Jump!

The Book

Hop, Hop, Jump!  is a fun book for little movers and shakers.  The text is short and rhythmic.  Not only do the kids learn to move in different ways (wiggling, stomping, clomping, etc.) little ones also reinforce learning the different parts of their body.

The Group Activities

Find Your Letter Partner

Each child was given a letter.  They had to hop around calling out the sound their letter represents and find their partner.  When they found a partner, they each named one word that started with the letter.

Skill building:  listening, discrimination and letter sounds

Red Light, Green Light

sight word signs to play red light green light

As a kid we used to play a game we called “Red Light, Green Light”.  We played a similar game to work on the sight words go and stop.  I made a sign with two pieces of foam sheets (red and green) and a large craft stick.  On one side I wrote the word go  in green and on the other side stop in red.  We had all the kids line up in the grass.  I stood at one end of the field and turned the sign so the kids saw the word go.  They had to run, hop, skip, etc. towards me until the sign was turned to stop.  This was a run way to burn some energy and practice recognizing two sight words.

Skill building: sight word recognition

Roll & Play

We also played a game called Roll & Play.  It’s a favorite game in our house that works with little ones as young as 18 months.  The kids take turns rolling a color.  Then, they select the corresponding color cards.  The directions are read and everyone acts out what was said.

Skill building:  following directions, taking turns (sequencing)

Follow-Up Activities

Letter  and Sight Word Jumping

This is a quick and easy letter jumping game to play on the driveway from A Little Wall.  We’ve done a variation of this activity by drawing a hopscotch frame and exchanging letters for the numbers.

Here is a sight word jumping game from Hands On: As We Grow.  This would be a fun indoor or outdoor activity.

Gross Motor Fun

3 Dinosaurs has a fun gross motor activity that goes with the book Jump, Frog, Jump! that would be a perfect compliment with our storytime book.

Jumping Frog Math

Here is a fun gross motor games that also helps kids practice measuring.  It’s called Frog Jump from Coffee Cups and Crayons.

Jumping Colors

A fun science extension would be to explore jumping colors from Gift of Curiosity.

Books about Jumping

Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan

Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Anna Banana 101 Jump Rope Rhymes by Joanna Cole are fun for kids who know how to jump rope or just like to jump around.

For more storytime ideas to go along with the book, Hop, Hop, Jump! and other great books, follow our Storytime Ideas Pinterest board.

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Join us again next week when we share storytime ideas for Splash! by Jonas.

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

Comments

  1. Anne at Left Brain Craft Brain says

    July 22, 2014 at 11:52 pm

    I love the combo of gross motor skills and reading! Very fun. Thanks for sharing at the Love to Learn Linky.

  2. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    July 18, 2014 at 6:47 pm

    This sounds like a fun book, and I love these activity ideas!

    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      July 19, 2014 at 12:29 pm

      Thank you MaryAnne!

  3. Reshama says

    July 17, 2014 at 10:49 am

    Books that encourage movement are SO much fun. I remember using some of them early on when kiddo was little. We would try all kinds of silly poses and make animal movements 🙂
    Hopping over from Tina’s linkY
    -Reshama @Stackingbooks

  4. Cassie @ 3Dinosaurs.com says

    July 16, 2014 at 9:46 pm

    this is so cute I have a printable I made for Jump From Jump to do movements with this! I love book and moving activities.

    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      July 17, 2014 at 7:41 am

      Cassie, send me the link and I’ll add it to the post!

      • Cassie @ 3Dinosaurs.com says

        July 17, 2014 at 7:42 am

        http://3dinosaurs.com/wordpress/index.php/jump-frog-jump-gross-motor-with-printable/

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