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-Fun and Games From Long Ago
Colonial Pastimes
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Put a check if you ever do any of these Colonial things.
Have you
ever blown
soap bubbles
or played
hopscotch?
Did you
know that
these games and
many others have
been around for
hundreds of
years?
This page is full of
Colonial pastimes, or ways kids had fun
back when the English colonists first
settled our country.
Nobody had much spare
time back then. To survive,
every family member had to
work most of the time.
Boys learned to hunt and
fish to put food on the table.
Girls learned to sew, spin thread, cook,
and make a home for their families.
The things Colonial kids did in their
spare time were so much fun that we are
still doing most of them today.
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Play London Bridge
Play shuttlecocks (very much
like badminton)
Play hopscotch
Sing a song
Sew a stitch
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Spin a top
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Fling a ball tied
to a string
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Dance around a maypole
Jump rope
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Roll a hoop
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Blow a bubble
Play blindman's bluff
Toss a horseshoe
Whittle wood
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Job search in Colonial times
Answer block:
A. valet
B. groom
C. scullery maid
D. laundry maid
E. footman
F. lady's maid
Can you match the job title with the person who might have worked in a wellto-do household? Fill in the letter,
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washed the clothes.
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men
dress.
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Candlemaking
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women
dress.
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waited tables.
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Peter Penguin's Puzzle
Each of the names of Colonial craftspeople that Peter
Penguin is holding is hidden in a sentence below. We have
found the first one for you.
1. Is Jim ill, Ernest?
2. Where is the chicken coop, Erica?
3. I spot terrible storms.
4. Mary and Laura weave rugs.
5. Let's print Eric's letter.
6. Is Jim ill, I nervously asked.
7. Does a twig make real fires?
8. Does the candle make rooms light?
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Mini Spy is having her horse shod at the farrier's.
See if you can find:
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brush
caterpillar
tooth
sailboat
ladder
pencil
fish
heart
toothbrush
question
mark
letter D
pumpkin
word MINI
letter A
Candlemakers made candles by
dipping wicks into a pot of tallow.
Tallow was made by boiling the fat of
animals. The tallow that rose to the
top was scraped off and boiled again
and again until it became clear.
Most candles were made at home.
Professionals who made candles were
mostly men. They were called
chandlers.
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weaver
miller
potter
printer
candlemaker
cooper
milliner
wigmaker
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PASTIMES
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Words that remind us of Colonial pastimes are hidden in the block
below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally. See if you
can find: COLONIAL, CRAFTS, GAMES, SPIN, FISH, SEW,
HOPSCOTCH, FUN, COLONISTS, TIME, HUNT, COOK,
KITE, TOP, ROPE, WHITTLE, BALL, HOOP, SING, BUILD,
SHUTTLECOCK.
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L A I N 0 L 0 C W A 0 0 B J L
HUN T C K U C H B F 0 0 E 0
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This is a recipe from Tryon Palace in North Carolina.
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Meet Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx stars in his own show,
"The Jamie Foxx Show." He plays
Jamie King.
Jamie grew up in Terrell, Texas.
As a child he sang in the church
choir and played the piano. He
studied music at a college in San
Diego, Calif.
On his 21st birthday, he went to a
comedy club in Los Angeles and
performed on stage when a friend
dared him to. The crowd loved him.
Soon after that, he got a part in
the comedy show "In Living Color."
He also had a part in the show "Roc."
In 1994 he released an album of his own songs.
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A: It peels!
Q: What actor was named after a
vacation?
A: Tom Cruise!
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Colonial Crafts
Suppose someone had to handmake everything you needed: a
loaf of bread, a drinking cup, a
piece of cloth, your bed, your
clothes.
Colonial craftspeople did just
that. They made things that early
settlers depended upon.
Young boys, or apprentices,
learned their craft by working for
someone who was really good at
his chosen trade. After several
years, these apprentices would
hope to gain enough skills to open
up a shop of their own.
Young women usually learned
their homemaking crafts at home.
Craftspeople built things, and
also helped build our country.
Towns grew up where they
opened their shops.
Printers
used
letters
made of
lead to set
type. They
had to
carefully
set each
letter.
Women spun
thread from
wool, cotton and
flax. Linen is
made from flax.
Flax was an
important plant ~ \
used in making
clothing until
cotton took its
place.
Professional
weavers were
usually men.
They sat at
looms and
turned thread
into cloth.
Quilters made quilts.
Women also did
embroidery and
made beautiful lace.
Wigmakers made
wigs for adults and
even some children.
Wigs were very
popular.
Bootmakers made
shoes and
saddles. Both
shoes were made
alike. There was
no difference
between the left
and right foot.
Farriers were blacksmiths who specialized
in making horseshoes and shoeing horses.
~hey also often doctored the animals.
Potters
made jugs
and dishes
of clay.
Gunsmiths
made and
repaired guns.
Look through your newepaper and
eee if you eee the modern~day
vereione of the iteme theee
craftepeople made.
Blacksmiths often repaired things
rather than making them. Many items
made of iron were made in England
and brought to this country.
The Mini Page thanks Hilarie Hicks, curator
of interpretation for Tryon Palace, New Bern,
N.C., for help with this issue.
Silversmiths made
teapots,
coffeepots, bowls
and serving pieces
for the tables.
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women's hats and
clothes.
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Teacher's
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For use by teachers and parents at home and at school.
For use with issue: Colonial Pastimes
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Supersport: Ilia Kulik
Height: 5-11
Main idea: This issue is about Colonial pastimes. The following is a list of activities
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to be used with this issue. They are listed in order of difficulty, with the easier, pre·
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reader assignments listed first. Ask the children to do the following:
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1. Find the following pictures in this issue: a boy flying a kite, a blacksmith shoeing ~ j
1998 Olympics.
a horse, a boy riding a horse, a potter making something, a boy playing with a hoop, a I ~
He grew up in Moscow: Russia where his
woman making a quilt, a girl blowing bubbles.
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other pastimes we have today.
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his mother worked as a translator. Iha began
3. Draw a picture of yourself as a Colonial child participating in one of the
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pastimes mentioned in this .issue.
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5. Discuss the following: What would it have been like to live in Colonial times?
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He has been living and training in Marlborough, Mass., since
What would you have liked and disliked about it? Which of the pastimes described in ];
1996. He goes back to Moscow several times a year to visit his
this issue have you ever done? What do you think people in Colonial times would
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Besides skating, Ilia does kickboxing to stay in shape.
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