Hopscotch
Circuit - Outcome A (K-3)-13
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Jumping Vertically |
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Hopping
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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.
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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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