This fun game adds a twist to the classic childhood hopscotch game (in Hebrew – klass). Kids get to share their favorite things while also practicing their alphabetical recall. It’s suitable for all ages since you can vary the prompt.
What You Will Need: A chalk or taped-off hopscotch board (try to create at least 1 hopscotch board for every 5-10 kids)
Set-Up: Once the hopscotch reaches the floor, mark a random letter in each square.
How to Play: Line up the kids in front of each hopscotch and tell them to hop ahead as far as they’d like. Whatever square they land on, they have to share one of their favorite things that begins with that letter. For example, if a kid hops forward and ends with each foot on an “A” square and a “Z” square, they can turn to the rest of the group and say, “A is for apples, my favorite fruit,” and “Z is for zebras, my favorite animal.”
Once a kid has completed the board, they can sit alongside the hopscotch to watch their peers hop over the board until everyone has had a chance to play. Because the sole purpose of this game is to get kids talking about their favorite things, there is no “winner” or “loser.”
For more advanced students, you can put two letters at each box, which means they have to come up with a word that either starts with these two or merely contains them.
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