{"id":857,"date":"2023-01-20T06:26:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T06:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/classic-hopscotch-rules-plus-new-ways-to-pla\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T06:26:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T06:26:24","slug":"classic-hopscotch-rules-plus-new-ways-to-pla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/classic-hopscotch-rules-plus-new-ways-to-pla\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn classic hopscotch rules, plus new ways to play"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hopscotch rules are simple, but variations can add fun twists and new challenges to the game. It’s easy to learn, gets kids outside<\/a>, involves some level of physical challenge and can be played by everyone. <\/p>

“I often hear it described as a girls’ game, but in my Boston neighborhood, growing up in the ’70s, boys and girls both played because it combines coordination with a random factor,” says Joshua Glenn, the co-author of the “UNBORED<\/a>” activity books and activities. “No matter how athletic you are, you don’t know exactly where the tossed object will land, and no matter how lucky you are, you have to be coordinated.”<\/p>

Kids crave movement and activity, and they need it for their physical development. A game like hopscotch makes children jump and bend in quick bursts of energy, which is how children naturally play. <\/p>

“To create ideal movement patterns, children need a basal level of strength,” says Dr. Greg Myer, the director of the Human Performance Lab<\/a> and director of research at the division of sports medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Teaching games like hopscotch gives your kids a go-to strength-building activity they can play alone or in groups anytime and anywhere. “It has to be fun. If it’s not fun they’re not going to do it,” Myer adds.<\/p>

How to draw a hopscotch board<\/h2>

There are many variations, but a standard board starts with the number 1 in front, 2 and 3 next to each other, 4 alone, 5 and 6 on the same line, 7 alone, 8 and 9 next to each other and finally 10 at the end. <\/p>

What you need to play hopscotch<\/h2>

All you need to play hopscotch outdoors is a stick to draw in the dirt or chalk to write on the pavement, and a stone to use as your marker. Indoors, use painter’s tape to create a board and a checkers game piece for the marker.<\/p>

Hopscotch rules<\/strong> for how to play<\/h2>

The goal is to make it up and back from square 1 to square 10 while playing by the following hopscotch rules:<\/p>