Beginners  Inspire the children to pretend to be different animals. Encourage suggestions from the children as to what can be done and ask the child to demonstrate how the jump should perhaps be done and instruct accordingly. 

Intermediate  Ask the children for ideas and have them demonstrate how they think the jump should be done.

Advanced  Have the children tell you one interesting thing about each animal and why they perhaps jump a certain way before doing the jumping.

Special Needs  An activity to encourage creativity, pretend play and different motoric movements at a manageable level.

Have the children sit in a circle.

Ask the children which animals jump and how they jump.

Be sure to talk about the difference between jump styles and to emphasize words such as high, long, short, big, slow, fast, etc.

Have the children try the suggested ways of jumping. Some ideas are:
Frog jumps: Jumps from a crouched position with knees apart and hands touching the floor between the legs.
Kangaroo jumps: Repeated high jumps with strong back legs and hands held in front as the kangaroos do, jumping high repeatedly.
Grasshopper jumps: Long, high jumps leaping from hands and feet on the floor and landing back in the same position.

Have the children jump in the same direction to keep them from bumping into each other.