. First years in handicraft . ke thiswork up at the middle or end. In progressing step by stepfrom the beginning the whole work is readily performed andnothing is obscure nor difficult, for either teacher or child. There will arise the question: My class is not in frac-tions. How shall I handle parts of an inch ? I taught these things first in a school where the childrenknew eighths as soon as they knew eight. I dont see how itcan be otherwise. I dont see how a child can readily knoweight without knowing the parts of eight. Hence the absurdityof setting apart any certain grade for the teaching
. First years in handicraft . ke thiswork up at the middle or end. In progressing step by stepfrom the beginning the whole work is readily performed andnothing is obscure nor difficult, for either teacher or child. There will arise the question: My class is not in frac-tions. How shall I handle parts of an inch ? I taught these things first in a school where the childrenknew eighths as soon as they knew eight. I dont see how itcan be otherwise. I dont see how a child can readily knoweight without knowing the parts of eight. Hence the absurdityof setting apart any certain grade for the teaching of , however, it is in any case impracticable to deal with fourthand eighth inches as fractions, teach the child temporarily torecognize, on his ruler, the desired space, as an arbitrarymeasure, for the present emergency. FIRST YEARS IN HANDICRAFT 37 Model 1-t PORTFOLIO, NO. 1Material: (i) Heavy wrapping. (2) Four feet of tape. Ifpossible have tape harmonize in color with 16 shows this model F& /L Draw Fig. 1 Cut all heavy lines. The short heavydashes are cut through with a knife-point to receive tapes. Fold on the centre line, but not sharply. Better, in fact,not fold at all, but bend around a pencil. Draw Fig. 17. The slanting ends may be ruled without measuring. Cut on heavy lines,along the center line. Bend around a pencil, 38 FIRST YEARS IN HANDICRAFT Draw another Fig. 17, and repeat. You need two piecesalike. Of course an experienced worker will draw both pieces
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