. First years in handicraft . less supervision. It is a good plan to draw the model—the working draw-ing—on the blackboard, before the lesson. Teach thechildren to refer to these drawings. They very soon learn todo so, thus mastering a valuable knowledge and immenselylessening the teachers further labors. One correspondentwrites me that she has drawn the diagrams much enlarged, onsheets of stout Manilla paper. She finds that this permanentform pays well for the trouble of making. Of course the teacher will attend to vocabulary. Whenthe class must learn to draw lines at right angles, give the i


. First years in handicraft . less supervision. It is a good plan to draw the model—the working draw-ing—on the blackboard, before the lesson. Teach thechildren to refer to these drawings. They very soon learn todo so, thus mastering a valuable knowledge and immenselylessening the teachers further labors. One correspondentwrites me that she has drawn the diagrams much enlarged, onsheets of stout Manilla paper. She finds that this permanentform pays well for the trouble of making. Of course the teacher will attend to vocabulary. Whenthe class must learn to draw lines at right angles, give the i5 16 FIRST YEARS IN HANDICRAFT term riglit angle. Teach them to draw it (approximately)around the end of the ruler. In using the awl for scor-ing, teach class to dent the paper—not cut it part waythrough. In referring to measurements the mark are used toindicate inches. THE MODELS Model 1 BOUND BOOK NO. 1 Take four sheets of any writing-paper, about j a square of 70-lb. cover-paper, Y\ larger, each way, than. the other sheets. Fold each of these sheets along one 01 icsdiameters. Place these folded sheets one within the next, 17 18 FIRST YEARS IN HANDICRAFT forming a book of eight leaves and cover. Sew, as shown inFig. I, with strong thread. This book may be used by the pupil, in connection withhis language and number, or he may take it home. Itsappearance is improved by smoothing with a hot iron, orpressing under a geography. Model 2TAGOn bristol-board or heavy Manilla, draw a rectangle 3 X 13/ Cut this into three parts, each, \ X These will make three tags as shown in Fig. 2. Clip two corners freefirstyearsinhand00keny


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