Leap far, leap near, 2012 is a leap year! How cool is that? And even better, leap day, February 29, is on a Wednesday. So “leap” it to me! I’ve rounded up a few activities you can use on this special day. And where did I go to find these activities? You guessed it—MyMailbox Idea Center Gold!

Now I admit that I needed to get a bit creative. However, once I decided that a frog makes the perfect leap-day personality, I had a mere 360 possibilities to choose from! Ribbit!

Have fun!
Diane

For preschool: Turn your water table into a “ribbiting” destination. Trim two or more kitchen sponges into lily pad shapes. Put the cutouts and a few plastic frogs at your water table. Invite little ones to use the supplies to perform frog behaviors, including leaping! Or arrange yarn circles or plastic hoops in an open area. Invite youngsters to leap in and out of the shapes.

For grades K–1:
“Hip-Hop Hopping”: odd and even numbers
“Lily Pad Leaps”: initial consonants g, n, p, t
“By Leaps and Bounds!”: linear measurement with inches

For grades 2–3:
“Frolicking Frogs”: map skills—coordinates
“A Favorable Forecast”: weather vocabulary

For grades 4 and up: For a writing activity, have each student write a letter to himself describing his current interests and favorite things, such as favorite foods, music, computer games, sports, and clothing. Have him seal the letter in an envelope that is not to be opened until the next leap day, February 29, 2016!

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5 Responses to “Leap Year 2012”

  1. 29 Feb 2012 at 2:08 pm # 5.  Renee

    Unfortunately, I won’t be able to use any of these great ideas as we had a snow day today!

  2. 29 Feb 2012 at 12:28 pm # 4.  Chevrolet Lacetti

    Great website. A lot of useful info here. I am sending it to several friends ans also sharing in delicious. And of course, thank you in your sweat!

  3. 22 Feb 2012 at 8:10 pm # 3.  Karen

    Don’t forget to play Leap Frog as well!

  4. 22 Feb 2012 at 2:37 pm # 2.  Cheryl

    Thanks for the ideas! Love them! I just saw someone talking about a time capsule to send home with the parents to be opened next Leap Day. How fun would that be! :)

  5. 22 Feb 2012 at 1:25 pm # 1.  Darlene Taig

    I just thought about leap year this am. Thanks for the ideas for it.

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