Notes for Recess Pieces
recess:: landlord game; lulu; shoutouts on walkthroughs and fan art with game mags like n power; looks book; recess and movable; walkthroughs as gaming culture; revise punch and judy and card games
(Cathlena) I don't know how yet, but we need to work this guy into a gaming piece for Recess. Children's games become art - or something like that.
http://www.mosaicguy.com/
"What distinguishes my work from other mosaic artists? My passion is creating unusually-shaped mosaic collage mirror frames with inspiring messages using Scrabble, Anagrams and other childhood game tiles." http://www.mosaicguy.com/instock.html
Jump Rope Rhymes
General intro . why once boys games and now for girls Boys still jump rope, but for boys jumping rope is generally more for athletic/workout purposes, while for girls it's a more communal activity for play with rhymes and skill tests within that community "many games are used for divinging husbands, marriage dates, and so on, and often these rhyemes have been adapted from earlier divination devices like button-counting rhymes." (xix) -------------------------------------------- examples Bubble gum, bubble gum in the dish, How many pieces do you wish? 1-2-3-4-5-6 Bumblebee, bumblebee, stung Jack Fry. How many feet did it make him fly? 1-2-3-4-5 Christopher Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue In fourteen hundred and ninety-two. Cinderella, dressed in yellow, Went upstairs to kiss her fellow, How many kisses did she get? 1-2-3-4 Does he love me? Yes, no, yes, no, yes. Where will we get married? Church, synagogue, house, barn. How many children will we have? 1-2-3-4 He took her in the garden and set her on his knee, And said, "Baby, please, Won't you marry me?" Yes, no, maybe so, Yes, no, maybe so. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candle stick. How many times did he jump? 1-2-3-4 Knife and fork! Bottle and cork! That's the way to Spell New York! Lady, lady, at the gate Eating cherries from a plate. How many cherries did she eat? 1,2,3,4 My mother and your mother were hanging out clothes. My mother gave your mother a punch in the nose. Did it hurt her? Yes, no, yes, no
Sources:
Abrahams, Roger, ed. Jump-Rope Rhymes: A Dictionary. Austin: U of Texas Press, 1969.
Digital Libraries Stuff
I have found some really cool children and digital stuff (http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/kiddesign/introduction.shtml). My Mom's secretary told her that NPR ran a story on digital children and I looked it up and this is what they were talking about - awesome. It ties into the International Children's Digital library.
Kid's and Digital Images
http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_9/garner/
We should do this as a recess piece:)