Age-Graded Activities For Children

Ages 4-8 | 9-12 | 12+

AGES 4-8

Dolls Kachina Dolls Information
Make from spools of thread. Ages 4-8.

Interactive Paper Dolls
If the cornhusk dolls are too hard, this will work for ages 4-8.

Masks  Masks and other Crafts
Ages 4-8.

NW Masks & Totems
Ages 4-8.

Explanation of Totems
Ages 4-8.

Buffalo Story Robes
Ages 4-8 4 stars

Wampum Maze
Help students remember what a wampum belt looks like by having them follow the maze. Ages 4-8.

Names of things in a Native dwelling
Hidden names. Ages 4-8.

Animals and their Tracks
A good matching game for the younger ones. Ages 4-8.

Matching Game
An ingenious gin rummy version by a 5th grade teacher. 4 stars

Lessons on Navajo
Grade 2

Five Western Tribes
Materials for Ages 4-8. 4 stars

FOOD

Dried Meat (Pemmican)
We don't go on long hunts, just long plane rides with no food. Ages 5-8. 4 stars

Native Food Quiz
We owe tomatoes to the Aztecs and chocolate to the Aztecs and Maya! Ages 6-9 4 stars

Native Recipes
How to make Pemmican (a ground jerky) Ages 6-9

 

PHYSICAL GAMES

Bowl Game
A basic version of the game that young children could play. Ages. 4-8.

Aboriginal Dance
A video explaining a Koori (NSW/Victoria) creation dance and a celebration dance. Je Be Weng dance group. Ages 4-8

Salish games with music
Ages 4-8 3 stars

AGES 9-12

Lessons on Pueblos
Ages 9-12

Pueblo Peoples (through a watercolor at the Smithsonian)
Ages 10-14 5 stars

Navajo Silver
(comes with a story & questions about the art & culture). Ages 9-12 5 stars

Inuit Bones
For the aspiring veterinarian, a game in which you race to put the seal's flipper bones together. Plastic models or paper will work just as well. Information

Make Cornhusk Dolls
Ages 7+ 4 stars

Lessons on Pueblos
Ages 9-12

FOOD

Paper Bread (piki)
Pueblo. Can be made in blue, pink, or yellow. Ages 9-12.Information

Prickly Pear Syrup
Jarabe de nopalitos. One way to get your vegetables. Ages 9-12. Information

Jellied Snake
Blackfoot recipe. You don't eat the insides. Ages 9-12. Information

PHYSICAL GAMES


Doubleball
Scroll past the moccasin story to see a Northwest coast girls game. Ages 9-12.Information

Lakota Quillwork
(comes with a story & questions about the art & culture). Ages 9-12. School 5 stars

Games invented by Native Americans Ages 9+ 4 stars

Native American Games
scroll down and play their interactive games Ages 9+ 5 stars

AGES 12 & Older

Stick Games
A widespread but complicated game. Ages 12+

Assinboin Bear Stew
The recipe calls for bear but beef will do. Ages 12+. 4 starsInformation

Hogan Construction
Ages 12+5 stars

The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction, and Use
Gladys Laubin (Contributor), Stanley Vestal, Reginald Laubin. The classic.You can survive a winter. Ages 12+5 stars

 


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