. Among School Gardens . s, see Appendix A, Note 14. 198 AFTER PLANTING, WHAT? f. Miscellaneous records, of trips by the childrento other schools, parks, experiment sta-tions, and of any events worth registering. Summer work in the garden will include somecarpentry, such as repairing of tools and makingof apparatus. It should include some cooking.*Even though there beno opportunity forhouse-wifery, a fewsimple cooking lessonscan be given over anoil stove in an impro-vised and shelteredcorner kitchen; orbetter, the cookingcan be done with oneof the steam cookersthat range in pricefrom $ to
. Among School Gardens . s, see Appendix A, Note 14. 198 AFTER PLANTING, WHAT? f. Miscellaneous records, of trips by the childrento other schools, parks, experiment sta-tions, and of any events worth registering. Summer work in the garden will include somecarpentry, such as repairing of tools and makingof apparatus. It should include some cooking.*Even though there beno opportunity forhouse-wifery, a fewsimple cooking lessonscan be given over anoil stove in an impro-vised and shelteredcorner kitchen; orbetter, the cookingcan be done with oneof the steam cookersthat range in pricefrom $ to method demon-strates economy infuel, as would also a fireless cooker which is easily improvised. Thecook-ing could be done in connection with a guest day. Avegetable dinner, a salad supper, or a green teais a great drawing card to interest the childrensparents. In fact it is a good thing to have aparents day regularly and frequently witheither some such feature as just mentioned or * See Appendix A, Note 15199. Home-made Breeding Cage A large chimney standing in saucer orflower pot or fitted into a block of wood, ifits top is covered with netting, will serve. AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS an interesting talk upon some topic connectedwith the garden. The parents represent the tax-payers and pubHc opinion, and when they approvethe school garden sufficiently to demand it, theward politician will get in line with the best educa-tional leaders who are doing all they can to pushit. In order not to be swamped by guests, orembarrassed by financial problems, these socialoccasions can be apportioned among difierentgroups of children, who will entertain their par-ents or friends at stated times. From the first day that the garden is open tothe last, cultivate the good will of all in the neigh-borhood. It is much more creditable to elicitvoluntary help, or even successfully to beg as-sistance, than for a teacher to accomplish every-thing by herself or through her coteries of
Size: 1510px × 1655px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidamongschoolg, bookyear1911
