hopscotch

     

Hopscotch is a simple chilren's game which can be played with several players or alone. Hopscotch is often played in playgrounds by children.

Trivia about hopscotch

  • Sally jumps on one foot into numbered squares drawn with chalk in this game
  • In this game the "scotch" refers to a line
  • Success in this game requires good balance & skill at tossing a stone
  • In some parts of Scotland, this children's game with "Scotch" in its name is called peever
  • A children's game, it can also serve as a verb meaning to move around making irregular jumps
  • This kids' game starts with a player throwing her puck into the number 1 section
  • It's the childhood activity seen here
  • Hinkspiel is a German version of this game where you jump from one numbered space to another
  • Illinois kids may call this sidewalk game "sky blue", after the top part of the diagram