After several weeks of hard work and preparation, our annual Kindergarten Pow Wow was held on Friday, October 19. In order to be ready for the Pow Wow, our students studied the Nez Perce Tribe and compared them to the other tribes representated at CCE (Inuit, Iroquois, Sioux, Lenape, Nootka, Hopi, and Seminole). We studied their clothing, shelter, food, and many other interesting facts.
On the day of the Pow Wow, we performed three dances: "The Hunt of the Buffalo," "The Dance of the Skunk," and "Sunset." Afterwards, we visited eight different stations. We tried Native American food, played musical instruments, learned about hunting, wrote Native American symbols, listened to the story of Thanksgiving in a teepee, played tribal games, painted with food dye, and made clay medallions.
Our Favorite Moment of Pow Wow? During Tribal Games, Coach told the kids that a bear was hiding in the trees. As they were playing, Jaslyn said, "I'm scared of the bear." Mia comforted her by saying, "Don't worry. The bear thinks we're real Indians!"
Please enjoy the following Pow Wow pictures!
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| Painting with food! Yum! |
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| Lunch |
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| Playing Native American music. |
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| Writing Native American symbols. |
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| Chets Creek's beautiful tepee! |
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| Our class tepee |
