This summer was my year of trying various types of instruction using academics with helping children use the outdoors in a structured way. This included using hopscotch. I found that hopscotch taught many academic skills including:
Math
Skip Counting by 1s, 5,s 10s, and 25s
Adding and Subtracting
Fractions, money, and math vocabulary
Language Arts
Spelling
Phonics, Vowels, Consonants and Vocabulary and of course teaching dolch words
Basically you can play hopscotch with going from 1 to 10 or rolling on the right answer such as what is 5 and 5 with is 10 on the hopscotch board. No matter the formation of hopscotch diagram and no matter what country that they originated from most games are played similar. Letters, words can be guessed and stepped on or practiced with going from place to place.
Non academic concepts also taught are learning how to wait your turn, taking chances and learning how to maneuver over different type of jumps, movements and rules are also taught with hopscotch. Learning to work together, explain rules and help others are also part of the hopscotch experience.
So if you are looking for a cheap way to teach academics try hopscotch.
For more ideas on hopscotch check out my Pinterest Page.
www.pinterest.com/cchapan/hopscotch/
