Hopscotch Play Guide

Guides and activities for clinicians working with kids and teens.

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Getting started with Hopscotch Play!

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!

Resource

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

Resource

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.

Resource

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.

Resource

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.

Resource

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