Taught the neighborhood kids how to play hopscotch - of course they caught on right away!
We didnt get as far as how to throw your small stone onto a particular number. They just followed me on the 1, 2-3, 4, 5-6, 7, 8-9 10 with great glee. I left them streaming across the colored chalk grid.
They were so enchanted I didnt have the heart to explain to them they were "supposed" to turn around and go backwards also and they "should" use small stones.
We all won this game.
*****
photo by lincolnblues
5 comments:
I grew up with a different version:
1 - 2 - 3 - 4/5 - 6 - 7/8 - 9 - 10
I try to adapt to the new things.
One of my great disadvantages was growing up in a neighborhood with very few children my own age - I never learned how to play hop-scotch. Question: Are children's traditional games dying out due to tv/video/cd/internet? Has anyone established The Committee For The Preservation of Traditional Children's Games?
Toby!
I had no idea you had such a deprived childhood. So sorry.
I loved hopscotch.
tee hee
I bet that they are dying out, which is too bad. I certainly loved hopscotch as a kid... actually i still do :)
This post made me really happy. I'll still play when I see a board, and I'm 28. Toby, it's never to late.
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