Poi Rakau

Today for the summer learning journey I had to play Poi Rakau. Poi Rakau is a game where you use a one meter long stick, call out words and do actions that follow, if you drop your stick, you are out! More about the game in the slides! My brother wanted to join halfway through, so we let him do some of them at the end. Did you know, maori warriors used to play Poi Rakau as training because it helps build hand-eye coordination? I learnt that kanikani is the maori word for dance. I enjoyed learning about the game because there was lots of really interesting facts about it. I found it tricky to do the hurihuri because it was very hard to catch. Next time I would add some more words and moves so it is more interesting and even harder!

Here is a how to play and how we played: