The little boys didn't have a toy, but they didn't care because they would be learning how to hunt. The little boys would also watch the men and learn to make the arrows and tools. The Native Americans of the Plains had no written language. They used hand sign language. They also used pictographs .
Pictographs are picture writing.
If you meant day you might draw a picture of a sun. If you meant battle, you might draw arrows. An important ceremony was the Sun Gaze Dance. This dance was dedicated to the Buffalo Spirit. The men would do it for everyone.