How To Play Hopscotch

Draw a half-circle above squares eight and nine and write the word “Home” in it. This is home base, where you turn around to start back.

Play with at least one other person. The first player throws the stone, also called a marker, on square one.

Hop over square one and land with both feet on squares two and three. Hop on one foot to square four; then hop with two feet onto squares five and six. Continue this pattern until you reach square nine.

Turn around at home base and start hopping back. On the return, stop on two and three to pick up the stone, and then hop on square one.

Continue playing by throwing the stone onto square two, and then square three. See how far you can get before you lose your turn.

Put your marker in the missed square if you lose your balance or put both feet in a single square – you are out and lose your turn. Now it’s the next player’s turn.

Keep playing until you’re hopped out!