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How
to keep
your children
from becoming bored ...
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Busy mothers and
teachers are
constantly asking, "What
can I do with my children? They want something to do."
A child's
natural activity should
be utilized, and turned into channels which will lead to their gradual
development: physical, moral, and intellectual. The craft work
contained in this book satisfies the early craving of the child for
play and the practical, and the gifts and occupations become playthings
in his hands, but, unknown to him, things of educational value.
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It has been found that children are
most
interested in an activity when it is associated with function or color;
that children are interested in things in connection with people,
animals, and plants, and when they can construct something in which
they can feel the sense of self, as the cause of that construction, the
joy of expression brings great happiness.
Constructive
craft work
offers many opportunities for the development of design,
and
often a detail of design lends an atmosphere of greater reality to an
object, especially when the object made is of miniature size and is for
play-use, as a doll's table-cover, cushion, chair, hat, etc. Children
feel many things in their imagination, and a little touch of reality in
design furthers that imaginative thought.
The writers have
realized the
necessity for keeping the cost of the articles made at a minimum, so
that they can be enjoyed by all. Inside Activities
For Little Fingers you will find projects for
boys and
girls of all ages that are inexpensive, yet fulfilling.
Within this
eBook will be found
suggestions for the teachers of little people, and the book may be the
means later on in life of introducing them to much broader fields of
expression through which great joy may come to them and be given to the
world.
Order your copy
today for the
introductory price of only
$2.99
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Table of Contents:
- I. A TALK ABOUT THE MATERIALS USED ....
- II. SOME USES FOR CORD AND STRING ....
- III. A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR RAFFIA ....
- IV. COARSE SEWING ....
- V. PAPER CUTTING AND FOLDING ....
- VI. SOME STORIES IN CLAY ....
- VII. WEAVING ....
- VIII. BEAD-WORK ....
- IX. How TO FURNISH A DOLL'S HOUSE ....
- X. SIMPLE UPHOLSTERY FOR HOME USE ....
- XI. CROCHETING AND KNITTING ....
- XII. SOME SPECIAL WORK FOR BOYS ....
- XIII. How TO USE NATURE'S MATERIALS ....
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THE
child is naturally a
worker. He will destroy if he does not know
how to make. Destruction interests him as much as construction. He
likes to see "the wheels go around," and it matters little to him if the
gratifying of his desires is advantageous or not to the article in hand.
Mothers, who were the earliest and should be the
best
teachers, long
ago found that the
happiest child was the busy one. They discovered
also that to keep him at work he must be interested in the thing he is
doing.
To accomplish this they must provide that which he feels to be
worth
the effort. It must be something which he understands and
which he can finish in a short time. A stupid, difficult "stint" such as
poor Little Prudy had to finish daily is not calculated to increase a
love
for work.
The wise and patient mother has it in her power to
create
an
interest in the daily work of the household. Even such homely tasks as
sweeping, dusting, and sewing may be taught to the children and
prove pleasurable and profitable to them.
Handwork
has its place in education as well as in the daily life. It
should ever be a blessing, not a doom. It may give in both places rich
returns, which should affect the child in the development of his
thought, of his emotional life, and of his character.
The results of the work are the child's, but the
mother
and the teacher must study how best to give the full joy of work to the
children.
This
book considers the needs of both the mother and the teacher.
It
has been written by two teachers who know and love children and who
have practically worked out with them the things of which they write.
It tries to meet the child's constant cry, " What shall I do?"
with a
direct reply full of help and of interest. Mere formal models are not
mentioned, the book deals with attractive and useful articles. It sets
forth the best way of making such articles and it tells what they should
cost.
Simple crafts from many industrial fields are
chosen in
order that
variety in work may increase
the child's interest in the world about
him. The teacher who has the handwork in the early grades finds here
a series of valuable suggestions, while the mother is fortified with
delightful occupations for rainy days.
This little book should therefore increase the
helpfulness
and happiness of many little workers in the school, the settlement, and
the home.
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This
fabulous ebook
contains 152 pages, a wealth of information to help you
give
your children the head start that they need in life.
Order your copy
today for the
introductory price of only
$2.99
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Offered by:
Charlie Meyer
245 N Oak St
Reedsburg, WI, USA
www.charliehasit.com
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