Gross Motor Game: Lily Pad Challenge

Princess and the Frog lily pad game: students move across eight numbered lily pads from Start to Finish, doing a task at each one, such as a log roll, hopping on one foot or dancing.
Year levels
Pre-school (Early Years), Foundation–Year 2
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Updated May 01, 2023

Subject
P.E. & Health
Topic
Princess Activity, Princess and the Frog
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Gross Motor Game: Lily Pad Challenge stems from The Princess and the Frog film.

In this Gross Motor Game: Lily Pad Challenge, students will help the frog make it across the lily pads safely to Tiana so he can turn back into a prince. There are 8 lily pads with 8 different gross motor tasks to complete before the frog can become a prince again.

For every number that the frog lands on, students have to do some kind of action such as:

  • - jump 3 times

  • - 5 giant steps

  • - roll like a log

  • - hop on one foot two times

  • - squat four times

  • - kick two pebbles

  • - spin in place three times

  • - dance

This is a colourful resource and can be adapted with the number of actions depending on the students' ages.

With this Gross Motor Game: Lily Pad Challenge your students are surely going to spend a fun time with this game and they will use up a lot energy also!

This Gross Motor Game: Lily Pad Challenge was designed for students in early childhood classes or early primary school.

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Learning objectives

  • Complete eight movement tasks in numbered order

Skills covered

  • Gross motor movement — jumping, squatting and taking giant steps

  • Balance — hopping on one foot and spinning in place

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