Play, Toys and Games: Then and Now

Today we visited Toitū Otago Settlers Museum and the Dunedin Chinese Garden with Kindle 1. We left school on the bus at 9.45am. Sara and Petra met us at the door opposite Queen's Gardens and we walked through the museum keeping our eyes open for toys in the display cases. We sat down in front of the settlers cottage and Petra talked to us about the kinds of games and toys that children played with in the early days of Dunedin. We did a toy treasure hunt in our groups, then we got to play with some toys and dress ups in the old bus station part of the museum. Next we went into the classroom and Sara showed us some toys we could make.....dragon shadow puppet, peg doll, thaumatrope (spinning disc with a different picture on each side), and a bilboquet (ball and cup game). Each group made a bilboquet. After that we visited the Chinese Garden and made a kind of Chinese hacky with feathers and had a try at kicking it. What a beautiful place to visit..... Then it was time to catch the bus back to school, just in time for lunch. Thanks to the parents that came to help on the trip, it was much appreciated.