Hopscotch
Throw a safe object to a target square and hop through the squares, stopping to pick up the object along the way.
About the game
Who it's for
User skills
Equipment needed
- Chalk or tape to mark out the pattern and a flat stone, beanbag or bottle cap to throw.
How to play
Game variations
Hop on one leg rather than jumping with two feet, alternate from right to left feet hopping or alternate hopping and jumping in a sequence to travel through the squares.
Hop or jump with eyes closed.
Playing against time to complete the course.
Challenge the hopping and jumping sequence further by holding a ball in hands whilst going through squares, squeezing an object behind knee of raised foot or balancing a flat, soft object on head.
Try incorporating maths into the game. You may wish to set some sums for the child to work out with the answer being one of the numbers on the pattern which the child needs to land stone on and move to, to complete.
