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11 Variations To Play Hopscotch, Basic Rules & Instructions

Apart from the fun and enjoyment, this game also enhances gross motor skills in kids.

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Hopscotch is an interesting ancient game played by Roman soldiers in ancient Britain during the early Roman Empire reign. Read on as we explain in detail how to play hopscotch.

Originally, squares were drawn over 100 feet wide, and soldiers ran through the course with their heavy armor. It helped in improving their footwork. Gradually, younger children recreated their version of the game by drawing smaller squares. The term hopscotch is derived by combining the two words “hop,” meaning to jump, and “scotch,” meaning to scratch, indicating the lines scratched out to form the squares (1).

Trivia

It is believed that the first mention of hopscotch in English print was over three centuries ago. It was called scotch-hop or scotch-hopper in earlier times.

How Is Hopscotch Useful For Kids?

Hopscotch is a great way to incorporate a little exercise regime into your child’s life. But is it just a silly game for children?

No, hopscotch is more than just a hopping game. Read on to know why it is suitable for kids to play hopscotch (2).

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• Hopscotch is a complex game of skills that can be learned and mastered through practice. The thinking involved in playing this game could stimulate the child’s cognitive development.

• Hopscotch is designed to help players master their gross-motor skills by developing a keen sense of balance and footwork.

• The game also improves balance, body control, and strength in children as they lift themselves with every jump and hop to land in the right squares.

• Hopscotch trains a child’s proprioception and spatial awareness. Children become more aware of their actions and movements during the game.

• Throwing the markers into the designated square, hopping around, and retrieving the marker could help exercise a child’s hand-eye coordination. This would help them drastically in activities that require complex movements.

• Bilateral coordination is an activity that is necessary for everyday activities like eating and dressing. Hopscotch helps children coordinate both sides of their body.

• Children get more familiar with numbers, and their mathematical skills are triggered with the ascending and descending order of numbers written in the squares.

• Hopscotch can also be a group activity that develops children’s social skills and encourages them to cooperate and learn from each other.

Did you know?

Hopscotch is played almost all over the world. It is known by different names in different countries. It is called Tengteng in Malaysia, Pon in Cuba, Hinkelen in the Netherlands, Chibiddi in India, and Campana or Mondo in Italy.

What Do You Need To Play Hopscotch?

• A spacious area, such as a playground, backyard, terrace, or patio.

• Large sidewalk chalk to draw the hopscotch board.

• Markers – these could be small flat stones, pebbles, or a flat beanbag that the children can step on without hurting their feet.

Tips:

• Make sure that you choose a safe and traffic-free area for the kids to play.

• Make sure that the markers are small enough to fit within the hopscotch squares.

• Try to find objects that are not sharp and safe for the children to hold and throw.

• If you are playing with younger children, a beanbag is your best option, because stones tend to bounce or roll away when being thrown.

Related: 21 Enjoyable Indoor Games For Kids

How To Draw The Hopscotch Squares?

Drawing hopscotch squares doesn’t need any artistic skills. Here are a few ways you can draw the chalk grid.

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Younger children may need some time to get used to the eight-grid or ten-grid hopscotch. Let them start with smaller grids and let them master it before trying the bigger ones.

How To Play Hopscotch?

Hopscotch is a game for kids of all age groups. It can be played by a single player or by multiple players. The aim is to toss a marker into the hopscotch squares in sequence, hop through the squares, and collect the marker while hopping back.

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Here are the steps and rules of hopscotch that children should know before they start playing the game.

1. Once you have drawn the hopscotch squares, hand each child their marker.

2. The first child to play throws the marker into the first square, ensuring it lands within the square, not touching the lines.

3. The child now hops directly to the second square, skipping the first square they threw in the marker.

4. They then continue to hop through the rest of the squares from 1 to 8, following the numbered sequence. Single squares should be hopped on, and double squares or side squares should be jumped into with one foot landing in each square.

5. On reaching the last square, the player hops and turns around. They then continue to hop back through the hopscotch squares in the reverse order.

6. The player pauses on reaching the square preceding the one where their marker is. This will be the second square if the child has thrown his/her marker in the first square.

7. The child then bends over and picks up the marker in the first square, while still in the second, and hops out, again skipping the first square.

8. With square one conquered, the child can now attempt to conquer square two by following the same steps, and the game goes on.

A player forfeits their turn under the following circumstances if they:

• Fail to hop throughout the game with the same foot.

• Step on the boundary lines of the hopscotch squares while moving from one square to the next.

• Throw the marker outside the square that they are playing for.

• Forget to skip the square that they have thrown the marker in.

• Forget to collect their marker on the way back.

Quick tip

For younger children, you can start with 1 to 5 and for older children, you can go up to 25. You can also make it challenging for older children by asking them to jump on only odd or even numbered squares.

Related: 15 Best Group Games For Kids

How To Spice It Up?

Hopscotch may be a traditional game, but it is never out of style. Here are some amazing hopscotch variations that you could try with your children once they’ve mastered the basic rules of the game.

1. Timed hopscotch

Get the kids excited by timing their game. You can set a time frame according to the kids’ age group, and anyone who does not complete the course within the time is out. You could also time each player’s course; the one who completes the course the fastest wins.

2. Kick it

How about kicking the marker into the numbered squares rather than throwing it?

In this variation, the child throws the marker at first and then kicks it out of the hopscotch grid on their way back. This is quite challenging because children have to remember when to throw and kick the marker to get it right.

3. Add more numbers

Why stop at a ten-grid hopscotch game when you can go up to 15 or more? More boxes mean extended fun, while the children are encouraged to put in the effort to throw the pebble into the farther squares.

4. Change shape and size

Pitch in some circles and triangles amidst the regular rectangular hopscotch grid. Get creative with the patterns and the sizes of the squares. Changing the shapes and sizes will test your children’s coordination, pacing, and landing skills.

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5.

Here’s a fun twist to exercise those brain muscles and turn hopscotch into more of a memory game. Mark each square with a category. You could write pizza toppings, desserts, superheroes, animals, rhymes, etc.

When a player hops into a square, they call out things that pertain to the designated category. For example, if the category is pizza toppings, the player has to call out peppers, mushrooms, or olives. If the player repeats an item that was already said or cannot name any, they lose their turn.

6. Sign the squares

Each player throws their marker into a random square and hops through the squares as usual. On completing the course, they get to sign the square with their initials. The next player attempts to mark yet another square.

The game continues until all the squares are signed. The player with the most squares to their name wins.

7. Twist the squares

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Draw squares that swirl out from the center. The spiral court is termed ‘Escargot,’ which means snail in French.

Each player hops to the center of the spiral following the correct hopping pathway. They pick up the stone while hopping out. If the player wins the square, they can initial it and put both their feet down in the marked square in the next round. The others, however, should hop over these marked squares.

8. A little twist

Add new little twists every time you play hopscotch with your kids. Tweak the traditional rules of hopscotch. For instance, you could hop on the square with the marker, while returning and then bend over to pick up the flat stone. You could also say that the players need to change their hopping foot while returning through the course.

You can also mark ‘safe squares’ in which children can hop on either foot or both without a penalty.

An exciting challenge is to have your children turn around and throw the stone backward without looking at the hopscotch squares or having them close their eyes while hopping.

Note: Make sure to be around if you are trying one of these alternatives.

9. Indoor hopscotch

Is the weather playing spoilsport and not letting your child play hopscotch? Why not surprise them with an indoor setup?

You could use duct tape to draw the squares along one of your passageways, so your children can hop through every time they pass by. Alternatively, you could also use some numbered mats or foam mats to make the hopscotch grid in your child’s bedroom.

10. Creative challenges

If your children have mastered all of the traditional hopscotch rules, get creative, and make up new ones. Mark some squares that the players have to spin around in or do a jumping jack in. You can add to the fun by adding a little dance at the top of the hopscotch before the child turns around to hop back.

You can make the game a mental math quiz by giving the children small math problems involving the basic operations before they throw in the pebble. They quickly solve the problem, and the result is the square that they play for.

11. Chalk obstacle course

All you need is a bit more sidewalk chalk and some extra space. Get innovative and create an obstacle course for your kids around the hopscotch grid. Drawdown patterns like zig zags, loops, lines to jump over, etc.

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Another variant involves writing down little hints like ‘hop,’ ‘slide,’ or ‘stop,’ through the course. In addition to developing your child’s quick motor skills, this variation also encourages them to read.

Quick tip

You can also use hopscotch squares to play the classic “Twist” game. Draw in hands and legs and ask the children to hop in the squares using the hand or leg depicted.

1. How does one win at hopscotch?

To win a game of hopscotch, you need to be the first player to complete one course for every numbered square on the ground.

2. What are the other names for Hopscotch?

Hopscotch is known by different names in different countries. It is known as Marelles, Templehupfen, Hinkelbaan, Ekaria-Dukaria, Pico, and Rayuela in France, Germany, Netherlands, India, Vietnam, and Argentina, respectively (1).

Teaching your children how to play hopscotch is a great way to ensure they engage in outdoor activities. Playing hopscotch helps your little ones develop their gross motor skills and improve their balance and body control. It also helps them develop a sense of spatial awareness and improve hand-eye coordination. In addition, since hopscotch requires minimal material, such as chalk and a marker, your child can easily set up the game for a fun time. Once your child masters the game, you can play variations of it by adding more numbers, changing the grid’s shape, or kicking the marker.

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1. Hopscotch History and Variation, Albany Edu.
2. A game of hopscotch; Department of Education, South Australia

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How original ideas are born and what does theft have to do with it

“Good artists copy, great ones steal,” said Pablo Picasso. He is sure that even seemingly original ideas are not taken out of thin air.

Will Gompertz

Sindbad Publishers, 2020

Artists steal

Insights happen when we strain our brain, trying to find an unobvious connection between two concepts that at first glance are not related to each other. This phenomenon was described, among other things, by the American psychiatrist Albert Rotenberg, who devoted himself to studying the psychology of creativity. He talked with many prominent scientists and writers, got acquainted with their scientific works and literary works, and discovered a special type of cognitive behavior that is characteristic of a creative person at the moment when he has a new idea. Rotenberg called this type of thinking "Janusian". “In the course of a creative thought process,” Rotenberg explains, “two or more separate entities simultaneously appear in the same space, the coexistence of which can give rise to new entities.” In support of his theory, he cites the results of a study based on the analysis of a poetic metaphor: "The road was a rocket of sunlight" ("The road was a rocket of sunlight").

Rotenberg asked the participants in the experiment to explain what, in their opinion, inspired this image to the poet. Most assumed that he was born from real sightings. One said that the poet was probably looking at the road when a bright sunbeam fell on it, which he compared to a rocket. Another thought that the poet was driving on a sunny day in a car, and he (or she) thought he (or she) was flying in a rocket. Both were wrong.

In fact, Rotenberg explains, the poet simultaneously remembered two separate words - road (road) and rocket (rocket), and he wanted to put them side by side: their sound, spelling, alliteration contained in them - all this created harmony. But how to turn this feeling into a metaphor? Under what condition can these two words, if not mean the same thing, then at least form the basis of a comparison?

This riddle awakened the poet's subconscious, making associative thinking work; he remembered the expression "sunshine", and then - "a ray of the sun that fell on the road." From these combinations, a metaphor was born. The poet took two "discrete units" ("road" and "rocket"), squeezed them into the same semantic space and launched the creative process, putting the brain into the problem-solving mode. This is creative thinking, which requires the work of the imagination. We perceive its result as a cherished moment of insight.

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Often a new element in a grand idea is a gross violation of established rules. This is how ideas are born. Unusual combinations, a combination of old and new - and there is a source of original ideas. Of course, it does not follow from what has been said that any new idea is beautiful and has any value.

An idea is of high quality when it concerns a subject in which we are well versed and passionate about

I hasten to please readers, especially those who do not consider themselves to be creative personalities: due to the individual properties of their character and temperament, each person able to generate non-obvious, unique associations. No one in the world has and cannot have the same association as you.

A new element of a particularly brilliant idea often seems like a flagrant violation of the rules. A change of place of residence or work, conflict or misfortune - all this stimulates our brain to search for new connections between phenomena and objects. Today, the main disruptor of the usual order of things has become new technologies, thanks to which it has become possible what we never dreamed of before. […]

As a rule, everything starts with the banal appropriation of other people's ideas. There is a saying that seems to belong to Picasso: "Good artists copy, great ones steal." This aphorism does not shine with novelty, which is not surprising: it has been in use for more than a hundred years. Picasso stole it from Voltaire, the great French writer of the Enlightenment. Two centuries before Picasso, Voltaire said: "A good imitation is the most impeccable originality."

The list of creative geniuses willing to admit to stealing intellectual property includes Isaac Newton, who said: “If I have seen this far, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants,” and Albert Einstein, who remarked centuries later: “ The secret of creativity lies in the ability to hide the sources of one's inspiration" .

To admit that they owe something to their great predecessors, these worthy people were motivated not by false modesty, not by a lack of self-confidence, but by an urgent need to tell us something important. They did not want to mislead us or give us a false idea of ​​the nature of creativity and sought to protect us from the temptation to look at their achievements with a too romantic look and take them for celestials overshadowed by divine inspiration. Undoubtedly, both Newton and Einstein were geniuses, but in some ways they, perhaps, were not so different from us.

They understood that there is no pure originality. But they, like all of us, needed a stimulus that could elicit a response and help them take a step forward. Cezanne, reflecting on his pioneering experiments with double perspective at the end of the 19th century, found an elegant formulation for their description, pointing out that he had only added one more link to the chain. The same innovator was the founder of cubism, Picasso. But did he take this idea out of thin air? No. He simply added another link to the chain of discoveries made by the greatest artist of the previous generation, known as Paul Cezanne.

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Let's return to Picasso's aphorism. At first glance, it may seem that he draws a sharp line between a good and a brilliant artist. In fact, his thought is more subtle. He does not oppose two different philosophies, but describes the process by which a good painter turns into a great one.

Picasso compares this process with a journey. It is impossible to become great at the expense of times, he argues - first you need to become just a good artist. There is no other way. Any person involved in creativity, be it a ballerina or an engineer, starts by copying the work of professionals. This is our way of learning. Children listen to music and try to reproduce it note by note. Future writers read their favorite novels, trying to master the style of the author. Young artists have been going to cold museum halls for years and copying masters' masterpieces. They are studying. Before you challenge someone, you need to learn how to imitate him. Look at any artist's early work and you'll see a copycat looking to find his own voice. […]

Hardly anyone understood this better than Picasso. No wonder he once remarked: "Art is not the applied use of the canon of beauty, but the ability of instinct and mind to create something that goes beyond any canon." He well understood the creative power of the human instinct and considered him a friend who was not doubted, who was trusted. In the series of lithographs "Bull" is a demonstration of how this approach works, based on a combination of the widest range of factors. In essence, Picasso teaches us a lesson in Darwinism: only a combination of different ideas is viable. However, creativity in general is surprisingly cruel. Creativity is impossible without destruction.

Absolutely original ideas do not exist. There are unique combinations of them

Having arisen in the artist's mind, they give rise to two or three unrelated images, the combination of which sometimes gives a striking effect. The rest, as Picasso's example proves, will be done by hard work.

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Unusual ideas for a boring Love Story

February 14th is approaching and the most romantic holiday of the year. Many lovers have a desire to surprise their soulmate, to make this day special. When choosing gifts for Valentine's Day, give preference to the option that will leave an unforgettable impression for a long time. A photo session for two is a symbolic way to keep the memory of an important day and get romantic pictures. The gift will be more valuable if joint photos are arranged in a photo book about love.

How to prepare for a romantic photo session?

First, decide on a location - a photo studio, in nature, in a cafe, or against the background of urban landscapes. To spend this day truly unforgettable, come up with an unusual plot for Love Story. Show imagination and creativity. We offer a choice of 10 most unusual ideas for a photo shoot on February 14:

Hidden shooting.

For the most daring and creative couples, we offer to organize a "secret" photo session. Invite your soulmate to an interesting place - in a cafe or restaurant. Warn the photographer who will act as the paparazzi to act discreetly. Such a photo session is easy to implement on a walk in the park. As a result, you will not have staged live photos, but natural life-style shots. The surprise will be more valuable if you arrange the best pictures as a photo book for February 14, for example, Love Book from the MyPhotoPages service. An original photo gift will make a lasting impression and delight your loved one.

In the winter forest.

This year winter has pleased us with snow and you can easily implement such an idea. The snow-covered forest is beautiful for its solitude and dazzling whiteness. The recreated homely atmosphere in the middle of the forest will look especially unusual. Snow will be the perfect backdrop for bright elements in the photo. Multi-colored items are suitable as accessories - a blanket, a thermos, red mittens and a scarf. Don't forget to take shots in motion with the snow tossing up - let the winter photo shoot be a fun time for your couple.

At home in pajamas.

If studio shots are not so attractive, then give preference to Life Style scenes. Surely, it will be interesting to capture how your morning together begins. Cook breakfast together, have a chase and a pillow fight. It is ideal for such a shooting to choose a country house with a cozy interior. Dress up in your favorite pajamas and the look is ready. This option will appeal to those couples who prefer home gatherings, active pastime.

Going out.

For those couples who spend a lot of time at home, the best solution would be to visit an exhibition in a museum or go to the premiere of a play. Unusual interior will be an excellent backdrop for a romantic photo shoot. Think smart outfits in advance to try on the image of a lady and a gentleman. This will allow you to look at each other in a new way, and refresh the feelings between you.

At the creative master class.

How to spend St. Valentine's Day interesting and useful? Go to a pottery class or an art class and invite your photographer there. Lovers involved in the creative process are romantic, and besides, working together brings them together. You will not only get a lot of positive emotions, but also inspiring photos to fill your Valentine's Day photobook with.

At the cinema.

Have you ever watched your favorite movie on the big screen in an empty cinema hall with no one but you. This can be not only a perfect date, but also a beautiful place for a Love Story. Subdued lighting and classic red upholstery of the chairs create a special atmosphere for the photo. Romantics will love this one. Make this evening unforgettable and decorate the way to your seats on the front row with rose petals, and let there be a beautiful frame from a movie about love on the screen.

At the ice rink.

All lovers of active pastime will love the idea of ​​a photo shoot on skates. Comfortable jeans and a sweater in the same color scheme are suitable for the perfect image of lovers. As a location, choose an outdoor skating rink on the street, and it is better to plan shooting in the daytime. Then the pictures will be of high quality and expressive.

According to the plot of the movie.

Every couple has their favorite movie and the main characters they admire. It can be the famous James Bond with his militant lady of the heart, or the comedy cartoon "101 Dalmatians" with bizarre dog lovers. Images thought out to the smallest detail will help you get used to the role and enjoy working together with the photographer. Transformation into movie characters will be an interesting adventure for true moviegoers. Experiment with images and create unique frames for your Love Story.

Photo session with horses.

It is a great joy to get pictures next to these noble animals in your photo archive. Make an unexpected gift to your soulmate, organize a photo shoot on horseback. In the winter season, such photos will be especially atmospheric, and you can feel like a real prince and princess. A horse ride will be a real adventure, as well as a valuable addition to your family photo book.

Sensual Love Story.

For the most liberated lovers who appreciate aesthetics, a studio photo session in beautiful lingerie is suitable. Perhaps for many this is a way out of the comfort zone, but every couple should have these unique shots. Happy boyfriend and girlfriend, their gentle touches, kisses and hugs will be the perfect subject for shooting dedicated to Valentine's Day. Do not be shy and refuse romantic moments!

May Valentine's Day be unforgettable and full of romantic surprises for all lovers. Remember that time cannot be stopped, but the best moments of your life can be captured. Photographs allow you to carry through many years the touching moments of the relationship between lovers.

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