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Still, children had time to play – boys shot arrows from bows girls made baskets and clay pots. Children worked alongside the adults, learning skills needed for everyday life.

Childrearing was shared though much of the burden fell to women. Men hunted wild game, fought in wars, and assisted in building and maintaining the villages. Women did most of the farming, gathering of food, and food preparation. Most work was assigned by gender and custom. In fact, the word Tallahassee is derived from the Muskogean language's word for "old fields."

These farmers built groups of palm-thatched huts close to agricultural fields where men, women, and children tended crops. The people who lived in the area around present-day Tallahassee, were among the most advanced and powerful of the Florida tribes that were met by early explorers. Before contact with Europeans, the Apalachee Indians planted corn (maize), beans, and squash, adding to this diet wild game, fish, wild fruits, berries, and nuts.