. Map modeling in geography : including the use of sand, clay putty, paper pulp, plaster of Paris, and other materials : also chalk modeling in its adaptation to purposes of illustration. edge from which abstract ideas are drawn. Amid naturethe child learns to knov/ the country in all its various conditions,and learns to recognize it even on the flat-surfaced representation,the map. When this genuine elementary instruction is given, alldifficulties of subsequent instruction in geography are removed. MATERIALS IN SAND-MODELING. In many respects the sand-heap of the playground is the idealform f
. Map modeling in geography : including the use of sand, clay putty, paper pulp, plaster of Paris, and other materials : also chalk modeling in its adaptation to purposes of illustration. edge from which abstract ideas are drawn. Amid naturethe child learns to knov/ the country in all its various conditions,and learns to recognize it even on the flat-surfaced representation,the map. When this genuine elementary instruction is given, alldifficulties of subsequent instruction in geography are removed. MATERIALS IN SAND-MODELING. In many respects the sand-heap of the playground is the idealform for the presentation of this medium of symbolizing, and itsintroduction into the kindergarten in this primitive form is fre- 12 Map Modeling in Geography. quently seen. The needs of the ordinary public school demanda more convenient form, however, and this need, is met by theuse of the molding-table, the molding-board, and the modeling-pan. In order that good work may be done in the classroom, it isnecessary that provision be made for at least one large modeling-board. A small table, with strips of board t^Mee inches \videnailed around the edges, will make a very good molding-board. Fig. I. for use in a school. The top of the table should have its widthand length in the proportion of four to five (Fig. i). A very ser-viceable movable molding-table is shown in the frontispiece. Anycarpenter can make one readily from the details shown in theillustrations. The board shown in Fig. 2 is 32 inches wide and 40inches long. In order to use the following plans in molding the conti-nents, the space within which the modeling is to be done may bemarked off upon the board when the dimensions of the molding- Map Modeling in Geography. 13 table are not as four to five. If the board permits, mark an ob-long rectangle 32 X 40, and divide the sides according to thedirections given in the m^odeling of the several continents. The individual molding-board found most serviceable in gen-
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