His favorite tribe is the Sioux Indians because they were very creative with their buffalo hunts. They would find a herd on top of a cliff and run towards them on horses while making lots of noise to scare them into running over the edge of a cliff. Other tribe members would be down below the cliff to collect the food and hide from their hunt.
Nicolas really enjoyed acting out a little skit where he portrayed several Indian scenarios. Of course, we have checked out a lot of great books about Indians from our local library as well (because you know I'm a book addict).
We've also done several great hands-on projects such as this one below where Nicholas made a model tepee.
He started with learning about Indian picture writing. He selected several pictures and decorated a small strip of brown paper bag.
Then he wet the strip of paper, crumpled it up, then let it dry to give it a weathered look.
Next he used tape to attach popsicle sticks to a small lid of a food storage container. This is the foundation for the tepee.
Finally, he wrapped the strip of paper around the structure to complete his tepee.
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