Hopscotch Circuit - Outcome A (K-3)-13

	Jumping Vertically
	Hopping

Hopscotch Games and Patterns

On the school tarmac, set up as many hopscotch activities as can easily fit in a circuit. Spend some time going over each activity with the students. Allow time for them to practice moving with confidence through each one. Help them understand the proper landing technique.

Levels, Shapes, Directions and Pathways

Arrange groups of students at each hopscotch activity. Show the children what direction they are to move in so they can move from one activity to the next.

Now set a challenge. Decide with your students what the challenge should be. Some suggestions are:

• Try to do as many different hopscotch activities as possible in a designated amount of time. (Passing other students is allowed.)
• Stay at the hopscotch activity of their choice and see how often they can successfully complete that particular activity in a designated time.
• Start at different hopscotch activities and see how many minutes they can all hopscotch, moving from one to the next before 10 people have to stop from exhaustion!

(Chances are good that the children will come up with some other suggestions!)

Each hopscotch activity must be done properly and successfully.

This activity could be incorporated as part of an obstacle course. Include other activities such as skipping, hopping through hula hoops, and jumping over lines set one metre apart.

These are clues that you have reached the outcomes ...

Use charts to record the students' improvement if the activity is done more than once.

The sound of quiet landings can be heard. Children are able to move with control and balance.

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