1. Odelia
Reuven
Avi
Andrew
Zachary
Danny
Rachel
Mia
Ely
Games and
Entertainment
Fourth grade colonial day
2. Handmade Games
The kids in colonial
times made handmade
games for fun.
Some of the games
were Whirligigs,
Ninepins, Boot toss,
Blockade and many
more.
3. Recreational Games:
Kids would play recreational
games like boot toss, 9 pins,
and rolling the hoop. They
would play to entertain
themselves.
4. Theater
Theater was very
entertaining for
everyone. They did
theater when they had
free time. They didn't
get to put on shows a
lot because they
needed to work all day
and when they had
free time this is what
they did.
5. Recreational Games
Colonial people played
with wooden stilts to
get better
balance.They played it
whenever they had
time. Kids and adults
loved this game
6. Chores and Riddles
The kids in colonial times
would play games during their
chores because they wanted
their chores to be more fun.
Some of the games they would
play during their chores were
riddles. They would have
contests about who would
finish their jobs first and who
could card the most wool.
7. Skill
A lot of colonial
children made their
own games that taught
them skills. Some
examples are puzzles
and boot toss.
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10. Handmade games
Kids in colonial times
didn't have Wiis,
iPads, iPods, or
Mancala. Instead they
made their own
games, like whirligigs,
nine pin, cup ball and
much more.
11. Chores and riddles
In colonial times,
children made up
games to make doing
chores more fun.
Children also told lots
of riddles and sang
nursery rhymes.
12. Theatre and music
In colonial times the
children would play music
to entertain themselves.
They sang church music,
army music and put on
plays in the town.