The Kindergarten magazine . n which eachblade was fastened to one rim of the wheel. The other wasattached in like manner to the little folded edges of theblades. These blades projected beyond the rims aboutthree-fourths of an inch, and appear as continuations of thespokes. Next we took a strip of paper, as wide as the spoolslength and twenty inches long. This was fitted betweenthe rims, just inside theblades; and after findingthe right size, we pinnedit fast. Now the wheelwas finished. For the mill race wetook another strip of pa-per, 4^x10, which wasfolded as shown by thedotted lines in Fig.
The Kindergarten magazine . n which eachblade was fastened to one rim of the wheel. The other wasattached in like manner to the little folded edges of theblades. These blades projected beyond the rims aboutthree-fourths of an inch, and appear as continuations of thespokes. Next we took a strip of paper, as wide as the spoolslength and twenty inches long. This was fitted betweenthe rims, just inside theblades; and after findingthe right size, we pinnedit fast. Now the wheelwas finished. For the mill race wetook another strip of pa-per, 4^x10, which wasfolded as shown by thedotted lines in Fig. 5. A wooden frame wasnext made to support thewheel (see Fig. 6). Nowthe parts were ready; andholding the little papergutter above the wheel, in-clined toward the insideof the blades (as in theovershot wheel), when allwas ready we poured astream of sand throughthe mill race upon thewheel. And hurrying through the gateway, The dashing waters foundA mighty mill wheel waiting,And turned it swiftly round. — Virginia B. Practice Work. 827 FKOEIJKI- DAY IN AN INDIANAPOLIS KINDERGARTEN. The exercises in commemoration t)f I-rocbcls birthday,at the Arabella C. Pceic Kindcrjjjartcn, In(liana|>oIi>, thechiltlrcn will not soon forget. l*!arl\ in the morning a va-riety of plants and Spring blossoms had been tastefully ar-ranj^ed about Froebels j)()rtrait. Directly underneathstood a rose bowl filled with his much-lovetl daisies. Asusual, the teachers greeted the chiUlren as they came in^and the pro^naiu. in chartje of the principal. Mrs. I^auraHarney Nash, j)r()inised j^reat pleasure. Soft music tirewthe children to ft)rm a ring. As the tones died away, handswere folded, heads howeil, and the pra\er was (juietl> andreverent 1\ repeated. Then came songs of morning greet-ing. When the children and teachers were seated, the storywas tokl b\ the leader. The children took an imaginarytrain to New \ork, where the steamship was taken to crossthe ocean to Germany, where the train
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