Tumble is like when you’re rolling down a hill, and you’re not sure where your feet or hands will go next. It’s a bit like when you have a toy car and you let it go down a ramp, and it rolls and rolls until it stops. Tumbling is when something is moving in a way that it turns over and over, like a somersault or when you’re playing on a soft mat and doing flips.
Imagine you’re a piece of laundry in a dryer, spinning around with all your friends, getting dry. That’s a bit like tumbling, too. The clothes tumble around and around, flipping and turning, until they’re all dry and ready to wear.
Another way to think about tumbling is like when you see leaves falling from a tree in the fall. They don’t just fall straight down; they twirl and twist in the air, moving this way and that. That’s tumbling in the air, like a little dance before they touch the ground. Tumbling can be fun and playful, just like when you’re jumping into a pile of leaves and everything is moving around you.