GATE
Workshop for Students in Grades 3rd to 7th
Olive View, West Street and Woodson Elementary Schools
Maywood Middle School
Also Presented to the SERRF After-School Program Students
Corning Union Elementary School District
2002 - 2007
Location:
Maywood Middle School Library
1666 Marguerite Avenue, Corning, CA
Children participating in this workshop will
learn how to make various string figures and perform various tricks and catches with a loop of string.
They will be introduced to the use of string figures
in storytelling in cultures all around the world.
They will prepare performance cards with artwork
and notes. They will learn to
read and follow written instructions for making string figures, and
learn how to teach others to make string figures.
They will be introduced to print and on-line
resources for learning more about string figures and creative art projects
using string and yarn.
They will perform short string figure skits for others. They will learn about how
language and expectations affect what we see.
Students from the Olive View School will gather at Olive View after school and
then will be escorted across the street to the Maywood Middle School Library by the GATE teacher.
Students from the West Street and Woodson Schools will be bused to the Maywood
Middle School. Parents are asked
to pick up their children at the Maywood
Middle School at 4:30 p.m.
Many of
the books used in this String Figures GATE Class
are available from the
Olive View, West Street, Maywood Middle, and Woodson School Libraries:
Cat's Cradle; A Book of String Figures. By Anne Akers Johnson. Palo Alto, California, Klutz Press, 1993. 36 pages. ISBN: 1878257536.
Fascinating String Figures Edited by the International String Figure Association. Dover Publications, 1996, 1999. 78 pages. ISBN: 0486404005.
String Figures and How to Make
Them: A Study of Cat’s-Cradle in Many Lands. By Caroline Furness Jayne.
String Games from Around the World. By Anne Akers Johnson. Palo Alto, California, Klutz Press, 1995. 70 pages. ISBN: 1570540403.
Good Books to Buy for Children or Adults as Gifts for
Birthdays, Holidays, Christmas, or Just for Fun
Click on the book cover photographs for more ordering information.
Website Resources:
Strings on Your
Fingers.
By Michael P. Garofalo. This website includes an extensive annotated index to string figure websites, a
bibliography of string figure books, notes on recommended books for children, quotes about
string figures, and photos of the instructor. URL
Address:
http://www.gardendigest.com/string/index.htm
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