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Games Suitable for the
Classroom
Moccasin Game
Guessing game where an opponent has to guess which in
moccasin an object is hidden. Beans or markers are used to
keep score.
Hand Game
Guessing game where an opponent has to guess in which
hand the object is hidden.
Web Weaving (Cat's Cradle)
Played by children and adults using a long string
tied in a loop to finger weave patterns of animals, tipi doors, and
other designs like "fish spear", "bird's foot",
and "crow's nest." http://www.ifyoulovetoread.com
Little Sticks (Jack Straws or
Pick-Up Sticks)
Drop form you hand a bundle of thin sticks, two
players try in turn to remove sticks from the tangled heap without
moving any of the others. A basket splint, or another stick,
is sometimes used t pick up the sticks.
Top Spinning
A disk of bone, stone, or wood with a peg through it,
sometimes painted or decorated on the upper surface. Used for
"predicting" the future when asked a personal question
such as "who will marry first," etc. by spinning the top
and seeing who it points to when it stops.
Marbles
Made from fir balsam pitch or stones. These
items were either rolled down a board to see whose would go the
farthest, or they may have been rolled into a series of holes about
the size of the marbles.
Outdoor Games
Lacrosse
Ball game played on a field between goal posts with a
ball and a racket or a three-foot sapling, the end of the sapling
was bent into a circular hoop and filled with a leather network in
order to catch and pass the ball.
Double Ball
Played only by women and resembling lacrosse. A
leather string connected two balls or sticks, and each woman was
equipped with a stick.
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