10 May 2006 - FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE!

Hopscotch Rules

Hopscotch was a popular street game in Victorian times. The game has many different names depending on where you live. In Scotland it was known as ‘peever’ or ‘beds’. There are also variations on the rules and the layout of the hopscotch board. Here is one way of playing hopscotch.



You can either play alone or with a group of friends.

We have used a hopscotch board with 8 squares.

Draw the hopscotch board onto the ground with piece of chalk (ask permission). You can also use masking tape to do this.

The marker for the game was traditionally a flat stone or a flat tin.

The first player throws the marker onto the first square.

They then hop over the square and land on two feet.

If there are two squares side by side, they have a foot in each square.

If it is a single square, they hop onto the square.

They then hopscotch up to the top, turn and hopscotch back down.

When they come to the square with the marker on it, they pick it up, then hop or jump onto that square.

Then the next player has their turn and does the same thing.

The first player then moves onto the next number….and so on.

If you throw your marker onto a square and it misses…the other person gets a shot.

If you stand on a line or put both feet down, when you are meant to be hopping, the other person gets a shot….and you have to repeat that number.

The winner is the first player to complete the game.