Author: Arvind Gupta
Illustrator: Avinash Deshpande
Publisher: National Book Trust
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 50
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788123738598
Description
String Games provides step-by-step instructions with illustrations for making diverse and interesting string figures. The fun-filled figures created by using strings of all sorts not only augment memory and imagination of young children but also enrich their eye-hand co-ordination.
String games are great fun. They exercise your memory and your imagination. They are great for hand and eye coordination. So learn these string figures and share them with your friends. They probably will show you some new ones. If you keep experimenting, who knows you might invent some wonderful string figures of your own. This is probably how most of the 750 documented string games were invented.
String is used for a number of things – from tying parcels to making bags and nets. Everyone needs string or something to tie with. This something is different in different parts of the world. The Eskimo uses thin strips of sealskin to lash together his sledges or to fasten an axe-head to its shaft. Vegetable fibers are a very common form of string among natives – we ourselves use raffia in a number of ways. Sutli is very commonly used in India for tying things together. Some native Australians use human hair – the women grow it for their men folk to use – while others use the great sinews from the Kangaroo’s legs.
Contents
Introduction
String Start
Length of String
Bases
Thumb Trap
The Great Escape
A Magical Trick
Handcuffs
String in a Ring
Hand Trap
Hand Cut
The Winking Eye
Cup and Saucer
Owl’s Eyes
The Saw
Mosquito or Fly
The String Story
Man Climbing a Tree
Single Diamond
Double Diamond
Triple Diamond
Jacob’s Ladder
Earthquake House
Palm tree
Butterfly
Indian Cot
Parachute or a Bunch of Keys
Bunch of Bananas
Flying Bird
Candle Sticks
Cat’s Cradle
References