あやとり Cat's cradle

朝、あやとりをはじめようと思い、紐を取り出したらデンマークの人がひとりあやとりをはじめました。本当に驚いてしまいました。ヨーロッパの子供の遊びもあやとりがあり、女の子が遊んでいるそうです。また、韓国の女の子たちがいろいろな形を作ってくれました。日本独自の遊びだっと思いましたが世界中で同じ遊びをしているのですね。夏の最後にうちわに手形をつけました。カラフルな色の手形に母国語で名前と日付を入れました。夏の良い思いでになればと思います。
Rainy and cloudy today. Pool time is off but there are lots of other fun things planned out for today. Also we have a new friend from Korea joining us with her 2 daughters. Cat's cradle. In Japanese, it is called 'Ayatori'. It is a traditional game played in Japan mostly by girls where a string is looped on the fingers to form an intricate pattern between the player's hands and can be transferred to another player's hands. I have not played this game before in Malaysia and tried to remember several simple forms like broom and rubber band in preparation for today. Mothers from Denmark and Korea very good at it. I was fascinated watching them. Apart from playing cat's cradle, the kids are each passed a fan and they are given stamp pads to print their hand prints on one side of the fan. The mothers will print their hand prints on the other side of the fan. One of the kid from Korea drew the Korean Olympic soccer team mascot on the fan and another kid drew Pokemon characters. As usual, we have story telling in Japanese and English and dancing to some English songs. During lunch, we can barely squeeze everyone into the table. Yet another fun gathering. For next week, we will be making things using paper clay. Do come and join us.