This game from Imperishably Beautiful for practicing fractions is ingenious! On the blog, Shayla said it took her 45 min. to make, so I think I'd tape it to a long carpet remnant or a shower curtain (thumbtacked into the carpet to cut slippage). You could use it for adding or subtracting fractions (using two throwing rocks), finding equivalent fractions, or have them multiplying whatever fraction they land on by a given whole number. Any other ideas or uses?
A fraction hopscotch taped to a shower curtain is brilliant — 45 minutes of prep for a game kids will beg to replay is a great trade. Using two throwing rocks for adding and subtracting fractions is exactly the kind of movement-based practice that cements the skill. I would add a rule where the player names an equivalent fraction of whatever they land on before throwing, which layers in equivalence practice. I run factorcalculator.org, a free tool students can use to check equivalent fractions and reduce them to simplest form.
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