Alphabet Hopscotch: Idea #45

When I was a kid, I loved hopscotch. So, I have come up with a way to play hopscotch and practice letter sounds. I call it Alphabet Hopscotch. Here's what you do:

1. Get some sidewalk chalk and draw a hopscotch design on the ground. Make sure there are ten boxes, similar to this:

2. Instead of writing the numbers 1-10 in the boxes, choose ten letter sounds that your student needs to practice and put them randomly in the boxes, similar to this:

3. Give your student a rock or something small to throw on the squares.

4. Starting with the first letter on your hopscotch design, your student throws a rock to land on the first square. Before going, the student must tell you what sound it makes. If my student was using the hopscotch design above, he/she might say, "E makes the e sound" before jumping. The student is to skip the square that has the rock in it.

5. Once the student has finished hopping, they are to throw their rock on the second square. They are to look at the letter, say the sound, and then hop, skipping the box that has a rock in it. If my student was using the hopscotch design above, he/she might say, "J makes the j sound" before jumping.

6. If the student doesn't know a letter sound, allow another student to have a turn, or even the teacher.

Have fun practicing at recess!