This activity promotes development and learning by encouraging children to use large muscles to explore and interact with the environment.

Materials Needed:

• Journal or paper
• Writing implements
• Blocks

Participants: This activity is intended for adult/child interaction.

Directions:

1. Have each person jump from a line on the floor.
2. Use the blocks to measure how far each person jumped.
3. In their journal, have the child draw the number of blocks you each jumped.