Author: Richard Darsie
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402727870
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Provides directions, illustrated with photographs, for making many different string figures-- from the fairly simple Jacob's Ladder to more complex Mt. Fuji-- along with information about their history and meaning.
String Games
Author: Richard Darsie
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402727870
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Provides directions, illustrated with photographs, for making many different string figures-- from the fairly simple Jacob's Ladder to more complex Mt. Fuji-- along with information about their history and meaning.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402727870
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Provides directions, illustrated with photographs, for making many different string figures-- from the fairly simple Jacob's Ladder to more complex Mt. Fuji-- along with information about their history and meaning.
Cat's Cradle, Owl's Eyes
Author: Camilla Gryski
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590254861
Category : String figures
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Play 40 terrific games with only one piece of string!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590254861
Category : String figures
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Play 40 terrific games with only one piece of string!
String Games from Around the World
Author: Anne Akers Johnson
Publisher: Klutz
ISBN: 9781570540400
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Complete, super clear instructions and all you need to bring is ten fingers.
Publisher: Klutz
ISBN: 9781570540400
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Complete, super clear instructions and all you need to bring is ten fingers.
String Figures and how to Make Them
Author: Caroline F. Jayne
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486201528
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Diagrams and text illustrate the steps involved in creating over one hundred string figures while providing information on their origin and cultural background
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486201528
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Diagrams and text illustrate the steps involved in creating over one hundred string figures while providing information on their origin and cultural background
Fascinating String Figures
Author: International String Figure Association
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486404004
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
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"
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486404004
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
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"
Finger Strings
Author: Michael Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780863156656
Category : String figures
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780863156656
Category : String figures
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Many Stars & More String Games
Author: Camilla Gryski
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780919954663
Category : String figures
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
More information on making string figures with step-by-step instructions for specific figures, games, and stories in string.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780919954663
Category : String figures
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
More information on making string figures with step-by-step instructions for specific figures, games, and stories in string.
Cat's Cradle & Other Fantastic String Figures
Author: Elizabeth Encarnacion
Publisher: Applesauce Press
ISBN: 9781604331059
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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
Publisher: Applesauce Press
ISBN: 9781604331059
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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
String Games for Beginners
Author: Kathleen Haddon
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1446546489
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Originally published in the early 1900s, this short but informative book provides detailed instructions on how to form string figures, accompanied by clear illustrations. Not only does it instruct how to form these, but also gives an idea of the origins of each figure. Apart from this being a simple and entertaining pastime for young and old, providing exercise for the fingers and the mind, these games also reflect a little of the history and social habits of the people where they originated. Contents Include: Instructions The Fish Spear An Outrigger Canoe The Bed Carrying Wood An Eel The Caribou A Grass Hut A Siberian House The Tern A Man Climbing A Tree The Well An Apache Door The Baboon's Mouth A Scrub-Hen The Fighting Men The Island of Moa Lightning Shooting the Fish Spear A Bird A Melon Shell A Canoe A Waterspout Barbed Spears The Breastbone and Ribs The Laia Flower The Flying Fox The Looper Caterpillar Porker
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1446546489
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Originally published in the early 1900s, this short but informative book provides detailed instructions on how to form string figures, accompanied by clear illustrations. Not only does it instruct how to form these, but also gives an idea of the origins of each figure. Apart from this being a simple and entertaining pastime for young and old, providing exercise for the fingers and the mind, these games also reflect a little of the history and social habits of the people where they originated. Contents Include: Instructions The Fish Spear An Outrigger Canoe The Bed Carrying Wood An Eel The Caribou A Grass Hut A Siberian House The Tern A Man Climbing A Tree The Well An Apache Door The Baboon's Mouth A Scrub-Hen The Fighting Men The Island of Moa Lightning Shooting the Fish Spear A Bird A Melon Shell A Canoe A Waterspout Barbed Spears The Breastbone and Ribs The Laia Flower The Flying Fox The Looper Caterpillar Porker
Camilla Gryski's Cat's Cradle
Author: Camilla Gryski
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439779388
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439779388
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description