Hopscotch
Setting: outside
on a sidewalk
Materials:
Chalk
Instructions:
Have the individual draw a hopscotch board that
alternates between using one leg and both feet and numbering the squares in
order.
Have them throw a rock to land on a
square.
Have the individual hop on the square and
either skip over the square that the rock falls on or have them pick up the
rock while standing on one leg and then finish hopping.
Purpose: In order to improve balance and
stability by use of one leg. Use of both legs demonstrates dexterity and to
alternate what leg is being hopped on one at a time. (not always using the
dominant leg to hop on one legged.) Gross motor control is demonstrated in
order to improve lower extremity range of motion while hopping whether it is on
two legs or on one. Wrist range of motion and strength is needed in order to
toss the rock and fine motor skills are used along with grasp in order to hold
the chalk and draw the hopscotch board. Sequencing is needed in order to number
the squares correctly.
Play Ground Review. (April 13, 2008). Hopscotch. [Image]
Retrieved from:http://drakesflames.blogspot.com/2008/04/playground-game-review-hopscotch.html
Goode, Jen.
(2012). Play hopscotch inside or outside.
[Video & Blog post].
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