Sunday, March 9, 2014

How to play hopscotch

Hopscotch is a fun activity for kids to play.  It started many years ago when soldiers played hopscotch to test their strength. But today it is played for fun. I will teach you how to play it.

You will need a piece of chalk, a flat stone or a beanbag, and players to play with. 

1. Start of with a hopscotch design, it must have the numbers 1-10 on it, get creative. One design is like the one below.

Play Hopscotch Step 1.jpg
2. Next, decide who will go 1st or 2nd. You can have as many players as you want. The 1st person will have a small stone or a beanbag in his or her hand, he or she will throw it on one square.He or she must make sure that it does not go out of the line or he/she will lose a turn. 

Play Hopscotch Step 2.jpg
3. After that, hop on the squares as shown. You must not fall out of the square or you will lose a turn.
Play Hopscotch Step 3.jpg
4. When you are hopping you must hop on the number of boxes with one foot or two feet. When you get to number 10, go back hopping and picking up the stone that you just threw. 
Play Hopscotch Step 4.jpg
5. When the first person is done, give the stone to the next person. Then repeat steps  3, 4 and five until everybody is done.

Play Hopscotch Step 5.jpg

 6. get creative with your design. You may have some ideas from the hopscotch designs below.
Play Hopscotch Step 6.jpgPlay Hopscotch Step 7.jpg





With just 6 easy steps you can play whatever kind of hopscotch. Challenge your friends and time them. The shortest time wins. Hopscotch has been around for a very long time now. Whether you are playing alone or playing with friends, or simply need a thing to do hopscotch is there for you.

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