Friday

Jamaican game - hop scotch

Just today I was talking to a youngster and the little one reminded me of games that I have long forgotten. I never played but always loved watching the little girls play. They are the games of  Hop Scotch and Chinese Skip. I will only mention Hopscotch in this post.

Hop Scotch - play





As seen in the video there are several ways in which this can be drawn, but the rules are relatively the same.

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