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Fantastical Fans in Storytelling

4/7/2014

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The artifact for the day is Fantastical Fans. Not fanatical fans at a rock concert, but the beautiful handheld fans created to cool one's body. you can visit Wikipedia to discover the earliest archaeological finds of fans dating back to Greece at or before the 4th century B.C. and East Asia by the 2nd Century B.C.

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I lived in Japan for four years while my dad served in the U.S. Air Force. Everyone had fans - beautifully painted fans. I didn't know of stories that included these fans until I was an adult.  One of my favorite stories that I tell to young children is from the book Twice Upon a Time by Judy Sierra and Robert Kaminski titled "The Tengu's Magic Nose Fan." I've included a youtube telling of this tale below.
Another wonderful story is The Magic Fan by Keith Baker. I love every book Keith writes and illustrates! In this book Yoshi is a young inventor who discovers this fantastical fan that illustrates imagination. This fan inspires Yoshi to build a kite. He loses the kite but only then realizes it's his imagination that will continue his journeys in life!

Activities: Wouldn't it be fun for the kids to create their own fans after listening to your stories? They would love it! You could use the traditional accordian folding of paper once they have drawn or painted a scene - no sticks needed. Or you could pass out popcicle sticks to be glued onto the back of the fan created. Here's some website ideas to springboard from:
1. Japanese Fans
2. The Crafty Classroom Blog - several different types of fans

3. Japanese fan making for older kids
4. Pinterest - fun fans!
I leave you today with a wonderful storytelling one man/woman comedy show called Rakugo. These storytellers are only allowed to use a paper fan and a small cloth. It was only because of this A to Z Challenge that I learned about this type of storytelling! I LOVE IT!!! I can't wait to share it with my students. Please check out this blog and youtube: Derivejapan Blog
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Jeri Burns link
4/7/2014 02:08:03 am

Fun blog theme! As I read it I wondered if you have ever seen/heard Charlie Chin perform? He does Chinese stories with fans... fyi! http://chinastorytelling.com/about/

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Sue Kuentz link
4/7/2014 02:55:33 am

Thank you Jeri for your comment. I'm looking forward to hearing Charlie Chin!

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Beth link
4/7/2014 06:09:16 am

Interesting research

Beth Lapin
http://bethlapinsatozblog.wordpress.com/

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dreaminofobx link
4/7/2014 12:36:47 pm

Isn't it interesting how many learning opportunities are provided during the A to Z challenge? Good luck to you and happy blogging during the month of April! :-)

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Diane Riggins link
4/7/2014 02:20:14 pm

Very interesting post. Enjoyed reading it.

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Pam Faro link
4/7/2014 02:22:07 pm

Another place where fans are very much a part of the culture: Seville, Spain! ( - and other parts of Spain, as well, but especially Seville!) I purchased the most beautiful dark green hand fan in Seville, and it practically saved my life in the very, very steamy (in all ways!) flamenco performance we attended that hot summer night in 2010! I am so, so sorry to say I lost it somewhere along the way... :-( Thanks for this blog today - fun!

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I'm always very interested in reading your articles because you write about interesting and fantastic things that you can rarely meet.

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