Hopscotch Play Guide
Guides and activities for clinicians working with kids and teens.
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Token Quest
A customizable digital token tool to help clients earn tokens and rewards
Behavior
Schedule Builder
A tool that helps clients build routines, increase independence, and stay on track throughout their day
AnxietyBehaviorFamily relationships
Hopscotch Play Group Plans
Learn about the benefits of signing up for a group plan with Hopscotch Play!
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Calm Coloring
Calm Coloring is a creative, open space for your clients to express themselves, find calm, and use art as a grounding coping skill.
RelaxationSocial skillsExpressive ArtAngerAnxietyEmotional Regulation
Triangle Shift
An interactive CBT tool helps kids and teens practice reframing negative thoughts
AnxietyBehaviorFamily relationships
Traps & Hacks
An interactive activity designed to help older kids and teens explore common thinking traps
AnxietyBehaviorFamily relationships
Explore Updated In-Game Menu
Toolbar options have transitioned to a new in-game menu location
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Checkers
A classic game to practice strategy, problem solving, and planning ahead.
AnxietyBehaviorFamily relationships
Discussion Decks
An interactive tool designed to help you spark meaningful conversations
AggressionAngerAnxietyBehaviorCoping skillsFamily relationships
Face Flip
An interactive game that helps clients explore anger feelings and reactions.
AggressionAnger
Lucia's Day Dash
A fun, fast-paced game that helps clients work on routines and sequencing.
ADHDExecutive Functioning
Social Life
An engaging board game that helps clients practice social problem-solving and self-reflection.
Social skills
Value Sorter
A value-ranking activity to help clients explore what matters most to them
Executive Functioning
Using Hopscotch Play Through the School Year
Hopscotch Play is built to support you in navigating school-year challenges with interactive tools, games, and activities that fit right into your sessions.
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Interactive PDF Editor
The Interactive PDF Editor lets you and your client bring worksheets and activities to life with drawings, text, stickers, and more—all within the platform.
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Uploading PDFs to Hopscotch Play
Hopscotch Play has a feature that allows you to bring your own resources into the platform—so you can expand the content you use with clients.
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My Body Today
An interactive body check-in game helps kids and teens tune into how their body feels in the moment.
The Client Dashboard
Explore all the exciting features in the Hopscotch Play client dashboard
Everyday Feelings
Everyday Feelings is an activity designed to help kids learn about different feelings and how to recognize them in themselves and others.
Emotional Regulation
Ladder
Ladder is a powerful tool for helping kids and teens set goals and create exposure hierarchies or fear ladders.
Goal-SettingGrowth MindsetExecutive Functioning
SUDS
This simple but powerful tool helps kids and teens rate how big a feeling is in the moment.
Emotional Regulation
Climber
Climber is a game that helps clients break down big goals into smaller, manageable steps. Clients choose a theme for their climb and create a step-by-step path toward reaching their goal.
Goal-SettingGrowth MindsetExecutive FunctioningExecutive Functioning
Using Hopscotch Play on Tablets
Explore tips for using Hopscotch Play on a tablet during telehealth sessions.
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Exploring with Ella Series
The Exploring with Ella series offers an engaging way to explore topics such as anger, self-esteem, anxiety, conflict resolution, and more.
AnxietyAngerGriefSocial skillsPeer DynamicsCoping skillsTraumaEmotional Regulation
Hopscotch Connect
A simple but fun fast paced game where the players take turns to see who can drop in a row of four coins first.
Executive FunctioningAttention
Magic Worry Jar
A magical game where kids meet Leona, the worry wizard, and use a worry jar (and a little bit of magic) to contain or make their worries disappear.
AnxietyEmotional RegulationCoping skills
Rowan's Sounds
Rowan's Sounds offers a variety of soundboards, each representing a unique environment containing multiple sounds.
Coping skillsAttention
Being a Food Explorer
Leila encourages children to become brave Food Explorers by trying new foods with a positive mindset.
Coping skillsSelf-awareness
Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt is a feelings memory game teaching kids about 16 different feelings words. The goal is to find correct matches and unlock the treasure chest.
Emotional RegulationSocial skills
Morgan's Marvelous Summer
Morgan transforms a potentially boring summer into an exciting and creative adventure, discovering joy in art, play, and friendship.
TransitionsCoping skills
Ambient Sounds
Listening to ambient sounds can significantly reduce stress and anxiety, improve focus and concentration, and promote relaxation and mindfulness.
RelaxationAttention
Benchwarmer
Sammie learns to cope with not being a starter on her basketball team, discovering the value of being a supportive teammate.
Coping skillsAttention
Guided Meditations
These guided meditations help reduce stress, improve concentration, and enhance emotional regulation.
Emotional RegulationMindfulnessRelaxationAnxietyCoping skills
Kids Jokes Library
Discover the Kids Joke Library's benefits for children's emotional well-being and learn how therapists can use humor to support clients.
Emotional RegulationPeer Dynamics
Relaxation Music
Listening to relaxation music has numerous therapeutic benefits, including reducing anxiety, lowering stress levels, and improving emotional regulation.
RelaxationEmotional Regulation
The Joke
Grant navigates his feelings of hurt after friends joke about his glasses, learning to communicate his boundaries and reaffirm friendships.
Social skillsPeer DynamicsCoping skills
Back to School Butterflies
Leila feels nervous about her first day of school, but learns to manage her anxiety with the help of her sister and a kind teacher.
AnxietyTransitions
Celebrating Differences
Grant encourages kids to embrace and celebrate what makes everyone unique.
DiversityPeer DynamicsSocial skills
Feelings with Captain Francis
In this activity, kids learn 16 different feelings words as well as definitions and theme-inspired examples for each.
Emotional RegulationCoping skills
Francis Faces His Fears
Francis overcomes his stage fright by practicing his clarinet daily and gradually building confidence.
AnxietyCoping skillsSelf-esteemEmotional Regulation
Fright Night
Francis overcomes his fear of Halloween by expressing his feelings to his friends.
AnxietyCoping skillsPeer DynamicsEmotional Regulation
Grant's Goodbye
Grant learns to cope with his best friend Kofi moving away and finds happiness again.
Peer DynamicsEmotional RegulationCoping skillsTransitionsGrief
Making New Friends
Grant shares tips on how to make new friends and enjoy their company.
Social skillsPeer Dynamics
My Bubble, Your Bubble
Rowan teaches kids about respecting personal space.
Social skillsPeer Dynamics
Sammie's Breathing Videos
Sammie, a scout, guides kids through 12 different breathing activities.
MindfulnessAnxietyAngerCoping skillsEmotional RegulationRelaxation
Skateboard Buddies
Rowan learns about friendship and promises after being disappointed by her friend Grant.
Peer DynamicsEmotional RegulationCoping skills
Trying New Things
Rowan encourages kids to embrace new experiences with a positive attitude.
Self-esteemGrowth MindsetSelf-awareness
When I Feel Angry
Sammie shares effective strategies for managing anger in a healthy way.
AngerCoping skillsEmotional Regulation
When I Feel Worried
Francis shares strategies to manage worries and build bravery.
AnxietyCoping skillsEmotional Regulation
Yoga with Dakota
Yoga has many physical, mental, and emotional benefits. This activity teaches kid-friendly yoga poses to encourage relaxation and mindfulness.
RelaxationEmotional RegulationMindfulness
The Playground
The Playground is a space where kids can select characters, objects, and backgrounds to craft their own unique scenes.
Expressive ArtRole-playingSelf-awareness
My Feelings Face
Create your own feelings face! My Feelings Face is an activity that encourages kids to use the tools provided to draw or create a face that matches how they are feeling.
Emotional RegulationExpressive ArtSocial skillsGames
Sammie's Sen5es
Sammie's Sen5es is a playful take on the 5-Senses grounding technique, aiding kids in managing anxiety by focusing on their surroundings.
AttentionAnxietyMindfulnessGames