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Now teachers can help students enjoy physical education and improve their motor skills and fitness with one simple tool - a jump rope. With "Jump Rope Primer", teachers will be amazed at how easily they can make this fun activity a part of a daily curriculum. "The Jump Rope Primer" is organised into three parts. Part 1 is an introduction to rope jumping and the Ropics programme. Part II contains over 175 photos and line drawings that clearly illustrate how to perform specific skills. Part III provides an eight-lesson unit that takes students from the basic two-foot jump to Double Dutch routines. There's also information on different types of jump ropes, prefers floors surfaces, relevant stretching routines, class and programmes design, jump rope games, and tournaments and other events that motivate students. A companion video is also available. ... Read more

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Describes a number of games involving rope and string. ... Read more

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An introduction to jumping rope with instructions for easy and advanced tricks. ... Read more

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Describes the basic skills and different styles of jumping rope and includes a variety of jump-rope ditties or rhymes. ... Read more

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Complete rules to nine classic games, spiral-bound for playground referral, along with two Chinese jump ropes in brilliant colors.Plus instructions for making your own rope out of rubber bands. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (28)

Great game
I haven't bought this product, but I used to play it as a kid. Instead of the jump rope, we used elastic rubber bands and tied them together to make the jump rope. Fun game!

Great product!
My daughter loves this jump rope and it's so easy to throw in a packpack or pocket and bring to school.It's fun to see the little girls play a game I used to play and get a lot of exercise too!

It's okay
If you played Chinese jumprope as a kid, the book may not teach the basic jump you remember.My kids enjoy looking at the book and learning about other kinds of Chinese jumprope games, but they only do the basic jump I taught them from when I played.

The small rope is a little too short for them, but the extra-large one is nice when the kids want to have two jumpers at the same time.Both ropes seem sturdy enough.I bought a different rope between these two sizes (without a book), that we like better and use more often.

Chinese Jump Rope
My 10 yr old daughter and her friends have had an amazing time with this book learning all the routines with the rope.They absolutely love it and it's so fun to watch what they have learned - it's very impressive to watch!

JUMP ROPE
it is a good game even during the winter they can play it indoors. it is a game that just one child can use with the assistance of 2 chairs. ... Read more

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Describes the history and procedures of how to jump rope. Also includes directions on how to jump with friends, play double dutch, and play Chinese jump rope. ... Read more

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April and her sister Erica love to jump Double Dutch. But summer vacation has started, and nobody else in the neighborhood wants to jump rope. Then Uncle Zambezi arrives with a pair of beautiful, hand-dyed jump ropes that come all the way from Tanzania, East Africa. Uncle Zambezi says the ropes are magic--when the girls jump, their wishes will come true! Full color. ... Read more

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2007 Alan Merriam Prize presented by the Society for Ethnomusicology

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The blurbs from the back of the book...
"By placing black girls at the center of her analysis, Kyra Gaunt challenges us to be ever mindful of the importance of gender, the body, and the everyday in our discussions of black music. The Games Black Girls Play is an exciting and original work that should forever transform the way we think about the sources of black, indeed American, populat music. This is a bold, brilliant, and beautifully written book."-Farah Jasmine Griffin, Columbia University

"The Games Black Girls Play not only makes the point that black girls matter, but that the games, thoughts, and passions of black girls matter in a world that regularly renders black girls invisible and silent. Gaunt brilliantly argues that the culture of black girls is a critical influence on contemporary black popular culture."
- Mark Anthony Neal, author of New Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from U.S. Kids, published by Children's Better Health Institute on March 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1489 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Jump In!(tips for skipping rope)
Publication: U.S. Kids (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2001
Publisher: Children's Better Health Institute
Volume: 14Issue: 2Page: 6

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