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Speechmark introduce the Blobs, they are here to help initiate discussion and reflection about feelings and emotions.
What are the Blobs?
Blobs are neither male nor female, young or old, slave or free! They are open to interpretation.
Blobs are successful in almost every context, with every people group, in every age. They cross so many boundaries because they speak the universal languages of emotion and body gestures. The Blobs are beautiful humans who are full of imperfections. They display a whole range of qualities that we might admire or despise. They interact with all aspects of what it is to be fully human.
Each character could be you, your best friend or a personal enemy. What's true for you might be completely the opposite for someone else. Blobs are a way to discuss issues in a deep, meaningful way and yet they can be understood by adults and children alike. You might look at a sheet and say that you feel like one Blob today, but tomorrow be a completely different Blob. You might find that a friend sees you in a completely opposite way!
You could use each Blob picture in a groupwork situation to stimulate discussion about how a team feels about itself.
"The more you look at the materials the greater number of uses you can see for them. Anyone who buys these books will find them of enormous value in promoting pupils' emotional and physical well being and safety...worth every penny."
Carol Smart, SNIP
The Big Book of Blobs and The Big Book of Blob Feelings are both photocopiable resources that come with a free CD-ROM containing the whole book so that you can use the activities over and over again. You can buy both books at a saving!
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The Big Book of Blob Feelings
by Pip Wilson & Ian Long
A book of photocopiable Blob pictures focussing on feelings
A special selection of blob pictures designed for work on feelings. Arranged into four sections, the contents include:
- Blob Theory - Blob trees the id/ego/superego, needs, shadows
- Emotions - anger, anger cycle, calm, depression, disappointed, happy, hate, hyper, jealousy, lonely, mixed-up, numb, paranoia, rejection, sad, trauma, worry
- Developmental/issues - bridge, clouds, doors, feelings, holes, pit, pitch, stairs, families, home.
Each picture is accompanied by ideas and questions to kick start class, group or one-to-one discussion. Please click on the links below for sample Blob pages:
Blob Stairs (jpg): going up a staircase can feel like progress when there is a goal at the end. Are we heading somewhere? Are we stuck in the middle or falling off the edge?
Blob Jealousy (jpg): this little-spoken about feeling drives people to commit theft, slander, injury and even murder. It starts from infancy and grows into a monstrous appearance if it is not dealt with. What is the opposite end of jealousy?
Blob Home (jpg): in every home space is used differently. The picture portrays a busy home with lots of Blobs, probably more than would occur in a home. It can help to discuss as a picture, before relating it directly to individual situations.
Complete book is also included on the accompanying CD-ROM
The seceret of how to use the Blob pictures is in asking the question wisely! Open each session with broad questions before coming to the deeper issues which lie behind each image.
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The Big Book of Blobs
by Pip Wilson & Ian Long
These blob pictures offer a unique way to initiate discussion about all sorts of issues and subjects. They can be used both in the classroom and as a take home exsercise to involve parents. They are organised into themes and scenarios that include:
- Places - beach, cinema, cliff, concert, disco, homes, playground, staffroom, village
- Issues - bullying, death, disaster, divide, fame, families, feast, money, parents, protests, romance, sleep, talk, water safety, world
- Occasions - Christmas, Easter, football, lecture, nativity, Olympics, skateboarding
- Personal Development - body, caged, caring, doors, leaps, river, rock, shadows, valley, vertigo.
Each Picture is accompanied by ideas and questions to kick-start class, group or one-to-one discussion. Please click on the links below for sample pages:
Blob Playground (jpg) - Most children love to play. Most children find this their favorite part of the school. Can you find the danger points? Who is being bullied?
Complete book is included on the accompanying CD-ROM
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About the Authors
Pip Wilson & Ian Long
Pip Wilson is a trainer, author, group worker, gamester, husband and father of two daughters. He has also spent his life as a street gangs worker in East London, a residential care worker in Cheshire, a homeless charity CEO in London, a games show designer and host worldwide.
Ian Long has worked as an artist with children, youths and adults. He has been a youth and children's worker in Gloucestershire, an artist-in-residence in Lambeth and is currently a teacher in a school in Chichester. He is married to Jane and enjoys life with their two girls. Ian has illustrated many books for Pip and is currently preparing more no-reading tools for publication.
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Offer
Buy both books for £67.75
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Speechmark publications are designed by professionals for professionals. Award-winning and practical, our resources provide stimulating material for learning and rehabilitation with your students or client group, whether children, adolescents, adults or older people.
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This is a publication from Speechmark Publishing Limited
70 Alston Drive, Bradwell Abbey, Milton Keynes, MK13 9HG
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