GM.E.133 JUMPS SIDEWAYS, BACKWARDS

In this final skill in this sequence, the child’s control over direction in jumping is extended, so that she can jump sideways and backwards as well as forward.

How to Assess

If your child has attained the previous jumping skills in this sequence, she should only need practice and demonstrations to achieve this skill.

Practice can easily be incorporated into a game. Try ‘Simon Says’. Or draw some shapes on the ground and ask her to jump from one to the other without turning around.