Hop on Pop Hopscotch

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By Melissa Blough
Updated on Apr 14, 2014

If your child cant get enough of Dr. Seusss Hop on Pop, then we have the activity for you!
Just like inHop on Pop, your child will get to jump around and practice with -op words
by making her own hopscotch game. This activity combines reading and creative thinking,
all while keeping your child active!

What You Need:

Copy of Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss

Chalk

Sidewalk or driveway

Paper

Pencil

Bean bag or a small rock

What You Do:

1.

After you read Hop on Pop with your child, make a list of all the -op words you
both can think of using your book for some help. Review the words with your child,
sounding out each one as you go through your list.

2.

Use chalk to draw a traditional 10-square hopscotch board on the sidewalk. The
squares should alternate: one square, followed by twoside-by-side squares, and then one
square etc. You and your child can do this part together!

3.

In each square, have your child write one or two of the -op words from your list
using the chalk.

4.

Now it's time to hop! Play this hopscotch just like the traditional game only with
one important difference: when your child tosses the bean bag onto a square and begins to
hop through, before she skips over the square with the bean bag, she must make up a
sentence using the word (or words) in the square. For example, if her bean bag lands on a
square that says, "drop," her sentence could be something like, "I hope I don't drop these
cookies on Pop!" Be creative with your sentences!

5.

On her way back through the hopscotch board, she must make up a new sentence
using the same word or words to finish her turn.

6.

If your child hesitates or loses her balance while trying to think of sentence, then
she is out and her turn is over. Time to try again!

7.

Play along with your child to encourage her and reinforce the sound and meaning of
the words as you go.

This game can be played solo or with many children. Have a blast celebrating the poetic
prose of Dr. Seuss as you hop your way to better vocabulary and reading skills!
This activity was inspired by the book "Hop on Pop" by Dr. Seuss. Random House, Inc.
New York. 1963.