Physical: fine motor skill, reaction time, hand-eye coordination

Cognitive: selective attention, visual processing

1 or more

• Stick
• rubber or metal ring
• string (connect the rubber ring with the stick with the string; string length is as long as the stick)

1. child is given a stick or bone tied to a rubber ring
2. with the stick in their hand and the ring on the floor, the child flicks up the ring and tries to catch it with the stick

This Indigenous game was played by many different Indigenous groups. It is a game that was used to resolve conflicts in a tie.

Yes

Change the environment: play the activity in quiet room with less people to decrease cognitive demand

Change the equipment:

• use a larger (diameter) ring to decrease physical and cognitive demand 
• use a shorter string to decrease physical and cognitive demand
• use a shorter stick to decrease physical and cognitive demand

Change the environment: use the activity as part of a relay or tag game to increase cognitive demand

Change the equipment:

• use a smaller (diameter) ring to increase physical and cognitive demand
• use a longer stick to increase physical and cognitive demand 
• use a longer string to increase physical and cognitive demand

• the child will be able to demonstrate readiness to catch the ring (e.g., moving body and/or stick toward the ring, following ring with eyes), 4 out of 5 times, in two-weeks’ time
• I can catch the ring on my stick when it is thrown up in the air for me

• use different objects (e.g., metal washers, chopsticks, etc.) or create the objects from raw materials (e.g., ring made from willow branch): https://www.beyondthechalkboard.org/activity/ring-and-pin/