2.12.2 Kenyan Indigenous Games (Optional)

• Indigenous tagging games played in Kenya
• Kati, shisolia, chase/tag games, and ajua as a related indigenous game
• Safety in tagging
• Tagging skills with musical rhythm for coordination

• identify types of indigenous tagging games played in Kenya
• perform different indigenous tagging games for skill acquisition
• perform indigenous tagging games using musical rhythm for coordination
• appreciate the role played by indigenous tagging games for enjoyment

“How do indigenous tagging skills enhance physical fitness?”

“Why is tagging considered an indigenous game?”

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1. Why tagging is an indigenous game
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Define indigenous games and explain why Kenyan tagging, with local names, counts as community play.
2. Types of indigenous tagging games
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Identify chase tag, kati, shisolia and related yard games, and place ajua as indigenous but not tagging.
3. Safety in tagging games
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Agree house rules: marked space, flat-hand tags, soft kati ball, freeze on a fall, no wet-tile sprints.
4. Playing kati
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Play kati with two throwers, a soft ball, and middle dodgers, rotating roles under house rules.
5. Playing shisolia
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Play a hop-and-tag game, using local Luhya or school rules written on the wall, with ankle care.
6. Chase-tag skills
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Practise dodge, change of speed, flat-hand tag and freeze or base in a small chase game with a rotating tagger.
7. Ajua as indigenous play
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Play a simple local sowing of ajua or bao with counted pits and seeds, honouring it as Kenyan play that is not tagging.
8. Tagging to a musical rhythm
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Play freeze-tag or hop-tag on a clapped or drummed pulse so movement matches the beat.
9. How tagging games build fitness
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Link tagging actions to components of fitness, and measure your own improvement.
10. Indigenous games festival
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Rotate kati, shisolia, rhythm-tag and ajua stations, then say how these games give fitness and enjoyment.