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• What type of activities did you partake in for fun?

• What games/activities did you play inside?

• What games/activities did you play outside?

• Where did you learn how to play these games/activities?

• How did the weather influence the games/activities you played?

• Do you remember playing any games/activities that your parents/grandparents learned to play while they were living in Russia?

• What type of toys did you play with as a child? Were they store-bought or homemade? Do you still have any of your childhood toys? (If so, can we take a picture of them?)

• Who did you play with?

• Did your mother and father play with you?

• Where was your favorite place to play? Why?

• Did you ever play with the farm animals? How so?

• Did you go hunting as a child? If so, please tell us about it.

• Did you go trapping as a child? If so, please tell us about it.

• Did you go fishing as a child? If so, please tell us about it.

• Did you have any favorite rhymes or sayings? Can you please share them with us?

• Please tell me about any superstitions or scary stories you grew up with?

• What were your favorite songs as a child? Will you sing one of them?

• Did anyone in your family sing or play musical instruments? Please tell us more about this.

• Were you encouraged to play an instrument? Why?

• Did you take lessons or were you self-taught? Can you read music?

• Is there anything else you would like to share with us about your childhood pastimes?

"Me and My Tricycle" Rupert Kleingartner