Introduction to Hopscotch

SPORT NAME: Hopscotch
SPORT TYPE: | Hopping Sport | Playground Sport | Children's Game |

What is Hopscotch?
Hopscotch is a game during which players hop into and over squares that are marked on the ground to retrieve a stone, chain or other item that has been thrown onto one of the squares.

Articles

Hopscotch Games and Patterns (PDF)
Printable PDF article published on the Canadian Alberta Education Department web site with diagrams of several types of hopscotch courts and information about variations of the game including Eleven Points Hop Scotch, Swamp Hop Scotch, Ladder Hopscotch, Snail Hop Scotch, andFoursquare Hop Scotch.

Hopscotch: An Easy Guide
WikiHow article that includes how to draw a hopscotch court, and how to play the game and a "Hopscotch Rules and How to Play" video.

Wikipedia Articles and Categories:
- wikipedia.org - hopscotch - article
- wikipedia.org - hopscotch - category
- wikipedia.org - chindro - article
- wikipedia.org - paandi- article

Elsewhere on the Internet:
- gameskidsplay.net - games - other games - hopscotch
- streetplay.com - the games hopscotch
- topics-mag.com - edition - games - hopscotch

Pictures

WikiMedia Commons Hopscotch Pictures:
commons.wikimedia.org - hopscotch - images category