Game: Pass the Stone (Aboriginal)

Guessing games were popular among Native children. 

Supplies:

  •  2 small clay balls, different colours.  We used green and pink play dough
How to Play
  1. Spread a blanket on the floor and invite children to sit with you in a circle on the blanket.
  2. Hold the two balls of clay in your closed hand.
  3. Pass one of the clay balls to the child to your right, without letting the child see which ball you have passed.
  4. Ask the child to guess which color ball you have passed.
  5. If the child guesses correctly, give her both balls. This child then passes one clay ball to the next child. That child will guess which color ball has been passed. If this child guesses correctly, both balls are passed to her and the game continues.
  6. If the child guesses incorrectly, she moves out of the circle and the game continues.
  7. Continue the game until one child is left in the circle.

Originally found at http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/ect/nativegames.htm