Playworks Playbook

Readiness Game
Indoor Hopscotch
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Group Size: 5-20
Age Group: preK-1st
Length of Activity: 10 minutes
Developmental Goal: To develop gross motor skills and memorization skills
Skills Practiced: balance, jumping, letter and number recognition
Equipment Needed: Construction paper, scissors and tape
Set-Up: Small area or classroom
Before You Start:
Cut out shapes (triangles, circles or squares) and draw letters and/or numbers on them
Lay them out all over the floor
How to Play:
Have child begin at one end of the room and see if he/she can jump from shape to shape (square
to square, circle to circle).
Before the child jumps on the next shape have him/her identify the letter or number he/she is
planning to jump to.
Variation:
Teacher or parent does the jumping while child is the letter/number caller.
Activity can be done with colors, animals, etc.
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