Maori sticks game

This is a great game that requires you to work with a friend to not drop the sticks while keeping the rhythm. Challenge yourself and develop more flexibility in your risks by learning different stances with a rakau long stick. Traditionally ti rakau were used to practice hand-eye coordination by toa warriors. Have a go at some Maori hand games like hei tama tu tama, tahi-rua-tahi and pukana. These games involve memorising actions, sequences, numbers and calls in te reo Maori.

Some of these games can be played in pairs and others in larger groups. Want to find out about other games? This book has lots of other games you can play with Girl Scouts. It's a great resource. I own one! Young Maori girl in traditional dress dancing a poi. Wikimedia Commons. As people get more into the game, they learn intricate tossing and flipping maneuvers using two sticks.

They toss a stick across to their partner, who tosses their sticks across too. You can flip the sticks next to you, and in front of you. Then, during the refrain, everyone sings and taps the sticks up into the air. The most complicated part of the Maori Stick Game that I learned involves tossing the sticks outside and inside to your partner. It's a fun part of the Maori Stick Game that takes real skill! Notice how everyone is holding their sticks in front of them or by their side. They are getting ready to play the Maori Stick game, which is a game with many different skill levels.

The photo here is by Darryl Mitchell on Flickr. This photo of a Maori woman with long sticks is by Hillaryp1 on Flickr. The women in the photos are standing up. In the Girl Scout Maori Sticks game, everyone sits or kneels on the floor. Check out the man on the right, who does the fun Maori facial expressions!

Check out when he sticks out his tongue. That is also part of some traditional Maori men's dances. I read somewhere that making this face, which looks fierce, is part of showing bravery and power. SusannaDuffy: That is so interesting! Technical Services Org Chart.

Social Studies - Kindergarten Standard 1 Objective 1. Students should have an understanding of what culture means and what it represents. Culture is a way of living. Each culture has certain traditions and cultural activities that we may learn and participate in as we live in that culture.

This particular activity comes from the Maori culture. The Maori people live in the New Zealand area and make up about 15 percent of the population.

This activity is a traditional game played by children and adults in the Maori culture called Maori Stick Game. It has been said that in olden times, stick games such as this helped train young men in spear fishing and handling a spear.

This game has changed and been adapted by many other cultures throughout the world. Students will play an adapted, simplified version of the Maori Stick game. Develop social skills and ethical responsibility.

Communicate clearly in oral, artistic, written, and nonverbal form. Display a picture of a Maori warrior and the rhythm sticks. Ask the students to think of ways that you could use the rhythm sticks. Students will be using the sticks to play an old traditional Maori game that the Maori warriors played to practice their spear handling skills.