Seven Spools of Thread A Kwanzaa Story（7捆线宽扎节的故事）.pdf

Seven Spools of Thread A Kwanzaa Story (Sources shelf) (BP) By Angela Shelf Medearis Materials Needed: half-moon piece of orange felt, pictures from book: sons with father, Chief, sons in hut holding hands, sons on way to market with baskets on head, bag of gold; felt pieces to indicate fields, felt pieces to indicate market; 7 baskets, 7 strips of Kente cloth folded into baskets, 4 pieces of sticks held together with string at corners to make a loom, 7 spools of thread made by winding embroidery floss around a small stick in blue, green, red, orange, yellow, white, and black; Kinara with candles. Presentation: Now, watch carefully where I go to get the lesson. Go to the Sources shelf and remove lesson basket. Ah, here it is. Hmm, I wonder what this could be. Take out orange underlay and unroll then flatten. It’s a orange color. It could be a smile. It could be….. Wait for responses from children. Look in basket. Take out garden pieces and lay out to your right on underlay, midway down the edge so there is room for the picture above. Hmm. This is green. It could be grass. It could be……. Wait for responses from children. Look in basket. Take out market piece and lay out to your left on underlay, midway down the edge. That’s all there is to get ready. In a small African village in the country of Ghana there lived an old man and his seven sons. Lay out picture with old man and sons to your right at top of underlay nearest you. After the death of his wife, the old man became both father and mother to the boys. The seven brothers were handsome young men. Their skin was as smooth and dark as the finest mahogany wood. Their limbs were as straight and strong as warriors’ spears. But they were a disappointment to their father. From morning until night, the family’s small home was filled with the sound of the brothers’ quarreling. Seven Spools of Threa