If you are wondering how to fill your children's afternoon in a sporty and fun way, we suggest introducing them to the old children's game Jumping over the rope. For it you only need a cradle or long rope, and it will undoubtedly evoke feelings of nostalgia in you. We have prepared instructions for the game Jumping over the rope for you.
Jump rope can be enough by itself to excite your little ones, and exercises with it will also take care of their sports activity. What if it's a child more and they want to play together? That's when we suggest introducing them to a game from your childhood: Jumping over the rope.
The game is best suited for children from the age of 5 onwards, but it can be played 4 and more players. It will be most interesting if it is a child as many.
Jumping over the rope will also provide a sporting activity Photo: Monstera / PexelsHow to play Jumping Rope?
You won't need a lot of gadgets to play Jumping Rope: just cradle or long rope and flat playing surface. The more the child, longer you will need a rope.
First, let the children determine 2 players, which will each be a rope at its own end holders and spun it around. They can do this with counting or the two who want it the most come forward. The rest of the players should stand up between them and over the rope they are jumping. They should pay attention to jump in time and not get into it get complicated. The player who jumps wins most of the time.
How to make jumping rope even more interesting?
When the children are already a little "introduced" to the game, they can play it again more interesting and harder in many different ways. The player who spins the rope can e.g. every now and then they change the direction of rotation, they increase the speed of rotation, determine that the children must jump with both legs etc.
