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Colonial Games and Toys. By: Steven Huang. Nine Pins Similar to bowling The pins were put in a diamond shape Dutch settlers brought this game with them when they moved to the Hudson River Valley
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Colonial Games and Toys By: Steven Huang
Nine Pins • Similar to bowling • The pins were put in a diamond shape • Dutch settlers brought this game with them when they moved to the Hudson River Valley • The point of the game was to hit all the surrounding pins of the five pin and then, you hit it again making a strike, which is 12 points in total
You need a stick and a hoop to play this game • This game is usually played in circles or around buildings • The point of this game is to run along the hoop while you try to keep the hoop up with the stick • The winner of the game is determined by who has there hoop up and running the longest Rolling the Hoop
Nine-Man Morris • Played on dirt or on paper • For this game you need rocks, acorns, pennies, and nickels • 2 players are needed for this game • The point of this game is to match up 3 pennies or nickels before your opponent does • When you match up 3 pieces you can take one of your opponents pieces • When your opponent has two or less pieces, they lose
This game must be played with 2 or more people • This game is played with kids kneeling behind each other. Then, the last person jumps pass the people in front of him by putting all their weight onto them during that jump. That person does this to all the people in front of him and when he gets to the front of the line this process goes on and on again. Hop Frog
Tops • 5 types of tops known in England during the 16th century • Some tops include the peg top, whip top, and hand spun tops • Many Indian tribes played their top games on the ice • The peg top is the shape of a turnip • When the whirl top turns at full speed it makes a “buzz “sound
Colonial Riddles What flies up, but is always down? 2.When is a boy most like a bear? 3.What kind of room is not in a house? 4.What has teeth but cannot eat? 5.What has a tongue but cannot talk? 6.What has 3 feet but cannot walk? 7.What has a mouth but cannot talk? 8.What falls down but never gets hurt?
Answers 1.Goose feathers 2.When he is barefoot 3.A mushroom 4.A comb 5.A shoe 6.A yardstick 7.A river 8.Snow
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/xtn01 • http://www.ehow.com/list_6856364_children_s-colony-games.html • http://www.historylives.com/toysandgames.htm • http://www.ssdsbergen.org/Colonial/games.htm • http://parentchildeducation.com/2010/12/02/colonial-america-riddles/ • Funs and Games in Colonial America • By: Mark Thomas
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