1. Choose a word in Inuktut that you learned today. This could be the name of a game, or a bone with a specific name. Introduce the word and explain its meaning.

2. Briefly explain how you could share a bone game in a daycare setting. Why is this an important activity to share with young children?

Nipiraq- it's a string that catches bones. String can be made from any material.

Seal bone game can be played by 4 people with 3 whole seals. Seal bones that are caught by players are theirs. Try to make “Iglu” has dogs,grandparents with chairs, qimuksi. It was bored games back then. They tried to finish first “to make an iglu” it was not a daily game, they played it once a year. It is an important game because we could pass on what our grandparents used to play. Not wasted everything in a seal is useful! Skins, bones and meat.

-Debbie

It is important to learn children these bone games cause it is our culture and tradition. They can learn to play these games and pass down to their future children.

Deanna

Inugaq. Inugaq is a traditional game played with bones from seal flipper. I Don’t really understand the Inuktitut language as we all have different Inuktitut languages but from my understanding Inugaq is bones from seal flipper. The bones are in a mitt and or a bag, and you put the string inside the bag or mitt. You try to get as much bones from the bag with the string. A bone game or Inugaq is an important activity because it is passed down from generation to generations. It is an Inuit traditional game that is played for many years, It is important to show the children what Inuit games are and there tools.

How would you introduce an activity of seal bone game to children in child care setting?

I would hold the bag with the seal bone flippers, place them on the floor and show them. Kindly ask them not to grab them.

-Annie

Bone game can be played by 2 or more people by older kids. They are made from seal flippers boil them and clean them good, put them in a mitt or a bag, use string to try pull bones from the mitt. They played it more during winter time in the evenings, after kids played out during the day. They are trying to make a qammaq with dog sledding. For younger kids you can just show how you play with them, without little kids touching them.

-Joan

1. Ittungua is the part of the hip

2. Cause its a traditional Inuit games

-ooloota

1. I’ve learned today that seal flippers were being played on evenings most times not all the time

2. Why is it important, cuz it’s Inuit games as traditional

-Aileen

The circles on the back of a ringed seal.

Sharing a bone game in daycares can be simply explained to children, by telling them which bones is called what, where they were placed in the seal and how they were played. One example is the small bones from the flipper can be played as a dog sled team, or putting the string inside the mitt and try and catch as many bones as you can when pulling the string out. This can be explained to children that these were the toys from back then, and tell them how there weren’t that many materials and resources to make the toys we have today, we could also tell them our imagination can be big and no boundaries. We are resilient.

-Jean