BA Library Online: Philippine Weaves and the Ayala Museum Learning Packets

In the Academy, we continue our library advisory for readers with this list of books and resources from our library and the Ayala Museum.

Ayala Museum has a collection of resources for asynchronous learning or for activities that children, young people and the young at heart can do offline. Have a look at these photos of the learning packet on Philippine traditional weaving and the companion module on Geometry, Symmetry and Design. Furthermore, it complements the museum's virtual tours, videos and podcasts. Take for example this video on indigenous weaves and garments that blends art, history, a bit of development economics and the role of women as keepers of legacy and traditions.

If you are interested, here is the link to the PDF of the learning packets. You can download it for free - https://www.ayalamuseum.org/online-resources/#downloadables

The packets are also in BA Library Online so you can go here -

https://drive.google.com/.../1kSFgFEprpDaGUsFW23rVTsAU8WF...

For books and resources on weaving, Philippine textiles and indigenous culture and art, here are recommended reads. These books are available in the BA Library.

• HABI : The Allure of Philippine Weaves : National Muse / by National Museum. Manila Philippines.

Location/call number: 699.09599 HAB

• Journey of a thousand shuttles : The Philippine Weave / by Respicio, Norma Absing. Intramuros Manila Philippines : National Commission for Culture and Arts, 2016

Location/call number: 677.028242 RES

• Habi: A journey through Philippine handwoven textiles : A journey through Philippine handwoven textiles : A journey through Philippine handwoven textiles : A journey through Philippine handwoven textiles Manila Philippines : Vibal Publishing, 2013

Location/call number: 699.09539 JOU

• Palaspas : Nocheseda, Elmer I. / by Nocheseda, Elmer I.
  Quezon City Philippines : Ateneo De Manila University Press, 2009

Location/call number: 746.41 NOC

• Rara : Art and tradition of mat weaving in the Philippines / by Nocheseda, Elmer I. Manila Philippines : Museum Foundation of the Philippines, 2016

Location/call number: 746.96 NOC

Bonus book recommendation: The Anvil Baby Learning Series.

These pictures books are partly illustrated using varied designs of woven textiles by indigenous groups in the Philippines. The stories are fun to read and humorous. The drawings are simple and very accessible. This makes for a delightful read aloud with beginning readers.

• Anvil baby 3 learning, Kokak Kokak / by Araneta, Ana De Borja
  Mandaluyong Philippines : Anvil Publishing, 2014

Location/call number: ARA

• Anvil baby 3 learning, Prrrrrt...Utot! / by Araneta, Ana De Borja
  Mandaluyong City Philippines : Anvil Publishing, 2014

Location/call number: ARA

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Becoming A Reading Companion

Thank you very much MUNPARLAS Library Association Inc. (MLAI) and the Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) for taking me in as a workshop facilitator during the week when the country celebrated National Children’s Book Day (NCBD). The workshop at National Bookstore Cubao with MLAI and the Baguio Central School with PBBY were well attended by young librarians and teachers eager to know and learn about Bibliotherapy. I learned a lot too! When one teachers, one learns.

I learned that good stories, well told and carefully crafted will stand the tests of time. In both workshops, participants recognize Augie Rivera’s book, Alamat ng Ampalaya as an endearing story of fairness and justice. But with the books I brought and the ones available in the store and on sale at the workshop venue, participants were exposed to more books with stories written for the young and the young at heart.

Teachers and librarians in Baguio Central School read and talked about books.

Teachers and librarians love to read children’s books. We kept saying in the children’s book industry that the books we create and distribute are for children and yet, I often see many adults in bookish events for kids. When can we put kids and adults together to enjoy books, stories and play? I can only think of the Komikon and the Komiket where the divide in ages and stages do not exist. 

Children’s literature is the literature of childhood as much as it is the literature for young people. It is hope and all the dreams we wish to fulfill. I will always keep this in mind.

Librarians making their mood boards, an exercise on creativity and spontaneity.

For my future workshops on Bibliotherapy, I will begin with the self and yes, I will do activities on creativity, play and wonder. I will also introduce and re-introduce children’s books to teachers, librarians and adults who work with and for children. We can get information from books and stories. Reading them also fills the emptiness in our souls. Be it a child or a grown-up, either will need a reading companion.

Teachers and librarians, let’s be reading companions! Let’s do Bibliotherapy!