Hopscotch
Cindy Michelle Barahona Z. & Arnaldo Ochoa
Mr. G. Córdova, Jr
Geometry
November, 25, 2013
Hopscotch
Hopscotch is a children's game that can be played with several players or alone. Hopscotch is a popular playground game in which players toss a small object into numbered spaces of a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces to retrieve the object.
It is attested that an ancient form of hopscotch was played by Roman children, but the first recorded references to the game in English-speaking world date back to the late 17th century, usually under the name "scotch-hop" or "scotch-hopper(s)". They play with a piece of tile or a little flat piece of lead, upon a boarded floore, or anie area divided into oblong figures like boards'. In Poor Robin’s Almanack for 1677, the game is referred to as "Scotch-hoppers". The entry states, "The time when schoolboys should play at Scotch-hoppers.
There are many other forms of hopscotch played across the globe. in Spain and some Latin American countries, it's rayuela, although it may also be known as golosa. In Russian it is known as классики (diminutive for the word meaning classes). In Israel it is called "klahss." In Poland, it is called klasy, meaning classes. In Italy it is called campana (meaning bell), or mondo (meaning world). In the Netherlands and Flanders, Hinkelen. In Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia it is called školica, meaning little school. In Malaysia the most popular variant is called tengteng. In Mexico, it is called bebeleche (mamaleche) meaning drink milk or avioncito meaning little plane ("probably because of the shape"). In Cuba and in Puerto Rico it is called "La Peregrina" (meaning "Pilgrim Girl") and the squares represents the 9 rings the pilgrim traveler has to pass in order to reach Heaven from Purgatory according to Dante's Inferno. In Romania the game is called șotron and is widely played by children all over the country. In Brazil it is called amarelinha.
Mr. G. Córdova, Jr
Geometry
November, 25, 2013
Hopscotch
Hopscotch is a children's game that can be played with several players or alone. Hopscotch is a popular playground game in which players toss a small object into numbered spaces of a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces to retrieve the object.
It is attested that an ancient form of hopscotch was played by Roman children, but the first recorded references to the game in English-speaking world date back to the late 17th century, usually under the name "scotch-hop" or "scotch-hopper(s)". They play with a piece of tile or a little flat piece of lead, upon a boarded floore, or anie area divided into oblong figures like boards'. In Poor Robin’s Almanack for 1677, the game is referred to as "Scotch-hoppers". The entry states, "The time when schoolboys should play at Scotch-hoppers.
There are many other forms of hopscotch played across the globe. in Spain and some Latin American countries, it's rayuela, although it may also be known as golosa. In Russian it is known as классики (diminutive for the word meaning classes). In Israel it is called "klahss." In Poland, it is called klasy, meaning classes. In Italy it is called campana (meaning bell), or mondo (meaning world). In the Netherlands and Flanders, Hinkelen. In Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia it is called školica, meaning little school. In Malaysia the most popular variant is called tengteng. In Mexico, it is called bebeleche (mamaleche) meaning drink milk or avioncito meaning little plane ("probably because of the shape"). In Cuba and in Puerto Rico it is called "La Peregrina" (meaning "Pilgrim Girl") and the squares represents the 9 rings the pilgrim traveler has to pass in order to reach Heaven from Purgatory according to Dante's Inferno. In Romania the game is called șotron and is widely played by children all over the country. In Brazil it is called amarelinha.