This book does seem slightly advanced for the 8 year old I purchased it for, but she's a good reader and I'm sure she can get some help with it if she needs it. I flipped thru some pages before wrapping it and tried my hand at Jacob's ladder, I'm a little rusty at string games, but I loved that it had colorful pic's and step by step instructions. This book is LOADED with different games and things to make.
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This is a wonderful book. My son got it when he was 7 and got hooked on making string figures, which is a very educational pastime. This book shows how to make figures in a pretty wide range of complexity, and the 3 colored strings it comes with are perfect: the color of each string varies along the string, which sometimes helps in figuring out the patterns. (My son has used the strings so much that they've come apart...
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My daughter (Age 9) received this book for Christmas and has already learned several things to do with the string. I recommend it. It brings back memories of all the things I couldn't remember to do.
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A great book and activity for kids who need something other than TV and movies. The history of string games makes youngsters understand a bit what it was like to play creatively before society decided to overstimulate them.
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Most of this book is for advanced but you can find alsobeginning figures (Scissors, Jacob's ladder, Walking Sticks)Then you will find figures a little less easy (Chest ornament, Fishing net and lightning).Next you will try figures a little more difficult(Hina's skipping rope, Teniako's bridge, Ten Men and Crayfish).I'm very found of series. In the book there are three : Mr Umake, Crabs and Mt. Fuji.With a good friend, you...
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