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Practice jumping and learning numbers with this cool high five hand tracing activity.
Kids will also get energy out with fun jumping!
My daughter has been really interested in tracing her hands lately. Hands On As We Grow is about finding what your child is interested in and creating the activities that incorporate that into it!
I wanted to come up with an hand tracing activity that would be fun, educational, and incorporate this incredible fine motor skill.
It really was so simple!
If you have a hand tracing lover like I do, you may also want to check out some handprint art projects we have here on Hands On As We Grow, especially this adorable handprint apple tree as inspiration.
My daughter traced her hand on 5 different pieces of paper and then we added a number to each page.
We hung them up and when I called out one of the numbers she jumped and gave that one a high-five.
She loved it and this hand tracing activity incorporates so many skills in a fun way.
The benefits of tracing for fine motor skills and prewriting.
Finding the numbers for early math skills.
Jumping to work on gross motor skills!
High Fiving for hand-eye coordination.
The list of benefits of this activity just keeps going!
Hand Tracing Jumping High Five Activity
For this activity, you’ll need:
- Paper (any piece of paper, construction paper, colored paper)
- Marker or Pencil
- Scissors
- Hole Punch
- Yarn or String
- Tape
Have Your Child Trace Hands on Paper
First, I cut 5 pieces of colored construction paper into smaller sections that were just big enough for my daughter’s hand to fit on.
Next, I had her trace her hand on each sheet of paper using a washable marker (but you can do this with any pencil or other writing utensil).
It may be easier for your child to trace your hand instead of their own. Keep it as an option!
Then I wrote numbers on each hand print.
I used the numbers 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25.
Why did I count by fives? Because it’s a high-five activity.
After that, I had my daughter punch holes in the top of the papers which is great for building hand strength. She loves hole punching paper.
Then I tied yarn through the holes and taped them up in an open doorway.
She was so excited to see her hand print drawings hanging up.
Jump to High-Five!
Once that was done, I called out a number and she gave that hand a high five.
She loved jumping up to give her hand prints a high five!
We left this activity up for a couple of days and she played with it multiple times.
Adapt the Activity for Multiple Ages to Enjoy
There are ways you can change up this hand tracing activity for other ages to enjoy, if you have and older child or younger child.
For younger kids, you can leave out the numbers and just make this about jumping! And believe me, young kids cannot jump very high. It’s best to have them stand and reach up high and that’s the height you’ll want to hang them at. You may go just above their fingertips. They will not be jumping up six inches!
If your child is skilled with scissors, take this hand tracing activity a step further and thave them cut their hand prints out before hanging up.
For older kids that are counting by five, or learning multiplication, have them jump and high five their hand prints counting by five with each high five to get to the number on the handprint!
If the handprint has a number 25 on it, then your child would count by 5s to get to 25 (5, 10, 15, 20, 15), jumping and giving that handprint 5 high fives!
What I discovered when making this activity was that it incorporated elements of fine motor skills, gross motor skills, and could be tweaked in so many ways to teach the alphabet, letters, shapes, colors, sight words, or anything else!
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What Numbers Would You Use For this Hand Tracing Activity?
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