Each step in the game of hopscotch is a step we take on our journey growing in life. We grow and over come challenges every day! Every one has their own journey and create their own individualized hopscotch path! 

The Hopscotch Journey 

Barlow standing at the start of a beautifully drawn, twisting hopscotch path on the sidewalk, eyes wide with excitement.

Barlow was excited. Today, he was going to play hopscotch for the first time. His friend, Mia, had drawn a beautiful hopscotch path on the sidewalk. It twisted and turned in ways Barlow had never seen before. 'Each square is a step in our journey,' Mia explained.

The New Game

Barlow in mid-hop on a sharp turn of the hopscotch path, a look of concentration and slight surprise on his face.

Barlow started hopping. The first few squares were easy, but then the path took a sharp turn. Barlow stumbled, but he didn't fall. 'It's like in life, sometimes you stumble, but you have to keep going,' Mia encouraged. Barlow nodded, determined to finish.

The Challenge

Barlow pausing to look down at the variously sized and shaped squares of the hopscotch, reflecting thoughtfully.

As Barlow reached the halfway point, he realized that each square was different. Some were big, some were small, and some were a bit crooked. 'Just like us,' he thought. 'We're all on different paths, but we're playing the same game.'

The Lesson

Barlow and Mia, kneeling on the sidewalk, drawing a new hopscotch path together with chalk, surrounded by sketches of dreams and challenges.

Barlow finished the game, out of breath but smiling. 'Let's draw our own hopscotch,' he suggested to Mia. Together, they created a new path, each square representing a dream or a challenge. 'Our journey is what we make it,' Barlow realized.

The Hopscotch Journey

THE END