SLJ (W4/A30): Kick Start Whai String Games

 LI: To follow the instructions and create a cup and saucer with a string.

The above screencastify is the second task for this week of the Summer Learning Journey that I have completed today. This activity showcases the instructions to create a cup and saucer with a string. This game is called "Ayatori" and is a Japanese game in which the children make different designs using a string. "Ayatori" is commonly known as Cat's cradle in foreign countries and is one of the oldest games recorded in human history. For this activity, I first started by reading a story called "Whai String games" in which two siblings named Hani and Mahi learn how to play a game with string, and end up making various designs like the fish and saucer, which we would be making in this activity.

I was really excited from the start to do this activity because I have seen characters in many animes playing this game but I never tried it myself. Before doing this activity, I thought it would be very easy but when I kept on moving to the next step, I realised that it requires a lot of control and concentration as the thread kept on falling down. Watching the video clip provided in the introduction presentation was very helpful because I got an idea of what to do. After several tries of making the fish and saucer, I asked my mother to click the pictures of each step of what I did. I then made a screencastify of the pictures and added arrows to make the instructions more clear. I loved doing this activity and I am looking forward to do other Summer Learning Journey Tasks as well.