. The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine . o drawing and variation of same, it is or fifteen pounds of c)ay will Le sufficient for an ordi-nary schoolroom, Cay modeling is an incentive to cleanli-ness. Set apart some j articular day for clay modeling if youare troubled truants in your first giade. Nothing willinduce them to miss the modeling. Franks hands will beclean lest his modeling will not look as pretty as hands always bring a clean face in a short time. Clay modeling can be correlated with the geography lessonmost satisfactorilj. Each pupil is supplied with t
. The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine . o drawing and variation of same, it is or fifteen pounds of c)ay will Le sufficient for an ordi-nary schoolroom, Cay modeling is an incentive to cleanli-ness. Set apart some j articular day for clay modeling if youare troubled truants in your first giade. Nothing willinduce them to miss the modeling. Franks hands will beclean lest his modeling will not look as pretty as hands always bring a clean face in a short time. Clay modeling can be correlated with the geography lessonmost satisfactorilj. Each pupil is supplied with the neces-sary material and from memory models the outline of thedesired continent. The clay is pinched into heaps to repre-sent mountains, and with the modeling knife they make in-dentures to represent rivers. This takes no more time thanan ordinary recitation, is very interesting, and makes a morepermanent impression upon the minds of the children ofthe outline and surface of the modeled continent than canbe gained in any other It has been noticed that one of the first things the child-ren do with the clay is to roll long pieces; worms, they callthem. Who hasnt rolled worms in those days gone by fromthe putty left by some glazier? If we believe this to be true,let the children roll worms and worms and worms. Theseshould be utilized, however. Press one end and twist a little and you have a snake. Join the ends and make a ring. Work a little at the joint and have a seal ring. A large worm makes a good bracelet. A number of worms linked together is a chain. Two worms and you have a cross. Three worms crossed form a star. A bracelet around a star is a wheel. One bracelet on top of another makes a basket. Anotherworm will do for the handle. Worms on worms, long ones and short ones, make a box. And so on indefinitely. As sure as the children love to make worms just as sure dothey make balls. Little ones mostly. These must be utilizedand the children gradually led to make objec
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