Hopscotch Carpet (Proprioception)

When I first saw this hopscotch carpet at my son’s preschool, I thought these were brilliant! It’s a terrific way to bring activity indoors for rainy or winter days.

Hopscotch Play Carpets

Everybody knows kids get into manias, where they have to play the same game over and over, be it jacks, marbles, or… hopscotch. The only problem with hopscotch is that it’s subject to the whims of the weather gods. But with this indoor/outdoor hopscotch mat, kids can hop from 1 to 10 any time they please.

At 83 by 25 inches, the thing is as generously sized as one you’d draw on the sidewalk, and with its red, blue, orange, and green squares of washable polyester, it’s twice as colorful. The set even includes a couple of stuffed markers, for equal opportunity hopping: one’s a boy and one’s a girl.