Book Description
Complete, super clear instructions and all you need to bring is ten fingers.
Author : Anne Akers Johnson
Publisher : Klutz
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,49 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Games
ISBN : 9781570540400
Complete, super clear instructions and all you need to bring is ten fingers.
Author : Joseph Leeming
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 26,2 MB
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486230635
Over 150 tricks, escapes, dissolving loops; 3- and 4-strand braiding; string figures from around the world. 140 illustrations.
Author : Michael Taylor
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,12 MB
Release : 2008
Category : String figures
ISBN : 9780863156656
Finger string games are a wonderful opportunity for today's children to practice meaningful movement, explore space, interact with others, and exercise their creative spirits. They are also great fun String games can be especially useful to children who struggle at school or are dyslexic, and for those who are learning the concepts of "left and right" and "up and down." Finger Strings contains games that will delight all children, from the very young to those with greater dexterity. Michael Taylor has many years of experience working with children and has shared his string figures at schools and camps throughout the world. Finger Strings contains more than eighty inventive, imaginative string games and stories, all clearly illustrated with step-by-step, color diagrams. This book is designed especially to require minimal page-turning while making string shapes. Ringbound to lie flat. Includes two brightly colored strings to get you started.
Author : Caroline F. Jayne
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 49,50 MB
Release : 1962-01-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486201528
Diagrams and text illustrate the steps involved in creating over one hundred string figures while providing information on their origin and cultural background
Author : Elizabeth Encarnacion
Publisher : Applesauce Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,45 MB
Release : 2010-02-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781604331059
Kids and adults around the world have been playing cat’s cradle and other string games for hundreds of years. Now, instructions to make many of the most popular string pictures are collected in this exciting package that includes a colorful loop of string and a DVD that explains how to form these images from string. The informative book includes: • A brief, entertaining history of string figures • Basic information about how to get started, including how to make your own loop of string, how to use the instructions, and some common starting positions and moves • A progression of popular string figures, from easiest to more difficult, including Cup and Saucer, the Eiffel Tower, a Fishing Spear, Jacob’s Ladder, Lightning, the full Cat’s Cradle series, and several simple but impressive tricks & catches • Step-by-step illustrations
Author : Chronicle Books
Publisher :
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 27,90 MB
Release : 2020-03-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781452179681
Relax and find your calm. Move your hands to still your mind. In this meditative take on the traditional game of cat's cradle, players use a looped string to inspire mental calm. The boxed set includes an instruction booklet with dreamy illustrations for 15 string games to play alone or with a friend. - Fans of adult coloring books, desktop Japanese Zen sand gardens, knitting, and other handwork/craft activities that have mindfulness or calming benefits will love this product. It's also a great way to start a meditation practice if traditional meditation hasn't worked for you. - The elegant packaging also makes this a lovely gift for anyone who has nostalgic childhood memories of playing cat's cradle. Includes: - Sturdy looped nylon cord - 88-page instruction booklet with 75+ illustrations, relaxation techniques, and step-by-step instructional text for 15 games, like the Celtic Knot, the Butterfly, the Lizard, the Well, and Three Diamonds
Author : Anne Akers Johnson
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : pages
File Size : 36,24 MB
Release : 1996-04-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780613790338
Rather than a cookie-cutter sequel to s Cradle, this full-color, wire-bound book uses photos in combination with a brief description of the culture--all as a means for introducing the instructions to the games themselves. Packaged with one multicolored string loop.
Author : International String Figure Association
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,57 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486404004
Collects instructions drawn from the pages of String Figure Magazine explaining how to create such string "sculptures" as "Twinkling star," "Polar Bear," "Erupting volcano," and "Andromeda galaxy"
Author : Caroline F. Jayne
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 13,9 MB
Release : 1962
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486201528
At some time in your youth, no doubt, you took a loop of string and made a "cat's-cradle," a "Jacob's ladder," or some other type of figure by looping and crossing the string between the fingers. But perhaps you were not aware that this is actually an ancient form of amusement, that it is practiced in all parts of the globe, and is especially popular among primitive tribes. And you probably didn't realize what a great variety of figures can be formed by a single loop of string. This book describes, in a simple and easy-to-follow manner, how to make no less than 107 different string figures, just as they are made in their land of origin. It is the only book on the subject in English that gives a thorough and readily understandable treatment, so that a beginner can follow the steps and make the figures without the help of a teacher. The figures offer an excellent means for developing manual dexterity and coordination between brain and hand, and present challenge to personal inventiveness, too, since they are capable of infinite variations. These games are fun for people of all ages: intelligent children can do them easily, and adults find great enjoyment in them. Two people can play the string games together, one using his left and the other his right; and many of the games even require four hands. The description of each figure and the process of making it is accompanied by several simply drawn sketches that show each distinct step as it would be viewed by the person making the figure. The illustrator has taken great care to show in each sketch all the loops, all the intertwinings as they should appear at each stage in the process, so that there is no reason for anyone to have undue difficulty in making any of the figures. Besides those who simply want to use the book as a source of amusement, the book will be of great interest to anthropologists and collectors of string figures, since it greatly increases the knowledge of string games and their distribution around the world.
Author : Arlette N. Braman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0471235083
Play games from all around the globe! Learn to play Mexican kickball. Practice throwing jackstones the way kids do in Kenya. Discover how to construct a galimoto (wire toy from Malawi) with pipe cleaners. With Kids Around the World Play!, you'll have a great time exploring the traditions of other cultures while you sharpen your wits with the memory game from South Africa called dithwai, or challenge your racing skills in the South Korean flower relay, or make your own cool bilboquet, a toy from France. Filled with games and activities from places near and far, including China, Japan, india, Mexico, Bolivia, italy, and Russia, among many others, this exciting collection also gives you plenty of fascinating facts about the history and culture of each country. All the toys and games can be made or played with just a few simple materials easily found around the house. So get ready for tons of fun and excitement while you discover just how much you have in common with kids around the world!