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PLAYGROUND OBSERVATION OBSERVATION OF CHILDREN AT PLAY Day-1 HOPSCOTCH A group was observed. The group had both girls and boys. The size if the group was small. There were 8 children in the group. The duration of the game was 30 minutes. Before the game to be started, the rules and regulation were discussed. The leader announced the rules of the whole game. The rules were Props: Chalk, taw (stone, stick, woodchip), The students describe the patterns they use and eventually the variations of taw they used although they were not familiar with the expression 'taw'. They explained that they might throw the stone or beanbag into a square and then hop all the way to the other end and pick up the object on their way back. Other informants mentioned throwing a dice and hopping to the square shown on the dice. Hopscotch was a game where the children utilise a configuration of squares painted onto the asphalt (usually drawn by the children, or scraped/gouged in...