What to do with this activity?

Get some chalk and draw a hopscotch design outside on the ground. Copy the picture above. The squares need to be big enough for one foot and to hop between. Here's how to play:

1. Take turns to throw a small stone onto a numbered square. Start with number one. If the stone doesn’t land in the square you lose your turn. If you get the stone into the right square, hop to number 10 (hopping over the square with the stone in it) then turn round and hop back to near where the stone is.

2. Lean down (still on one foot) and pick up the stone. Then hop back to the start. You then throw the stone onto the next highest number and continue.

3. If you step on a line, hop on the wrong square, or step out of the square, you lose your turn.

4. Your goal is to complete the course having thrown the stone onto each number in turn. The first person to do this wins the game!

If your find it easier, watch this youtube video explaining how to play hopscotch. On a rainy day, you can stay inside and mark out the floor using masking tape that lifts easily.