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🔟 Number Line Jump
Ten numbers taped to the floor and a lot of jumping.
Ages
3–5
Duration
20 min
Cost
Free
👶 Kid challenge
Medium
🧑 Parent energy
Hands on · 3 min prep
⚠️ Safety first
Stay in the room. Tape and paper only, and keep the floor clear for hopping.
You know your child best — supervise the whole time and skip anything that isn't right for them. See our Terms.
Why this is good for your child
- ✓Counting
- ✓Number recognition
What you need
PaperMarkerTape
How to do it
- 1Tape numbers 1 to 10 along the floor.
- 2Call a number and jump to it.
- 3Try two jumps forward, one back.
How it actually goes
The honest version — including what "going well" looks like at this age.
- ⏱ 30-second set-up
- Thirty seconds: put paper, marker, tape on a tray or a clear bit of floor, and sit down next to it before you call them over.
- 🧑 What you do
- Show it once, slowly, without talking over yourself. Then hand it over and stop helping unless they ask.
- 👶 What they do
- Line things up, count out loud, and notice what's the same.
- ✅ What success looks like
- At 3–4 they'll repeat it, narrate it, and want to change the rules. Let them change the rules.
- 🧺 How to put it away
- Everything back into one basket or tray, carried back to its spot by them. Naming the spot out loud is what makes it stick.
- 📈 When they outgrow it
- Older? Count it, then ask how many there'd be with one more.