CHAPTER IV 



HOW THE GARDEN WORK TRAINS FOR OCCUPATIONS 

 OTHER THAN GARDENING 



The garden work teaches the child to think about 

 what he is doing, and the manner of doing it. 



It teaches, observation of how others work, and 

 leads to the application of better methods to his own 

 work; the value of orderliness and system for general 

 economy and effectiveness; how to direct his strength 

 by education and thus to direct others, and the value 

 of planning a series of actions to obtain a desired re- 

 sult. 



The child must be guided to find out things through 

 his own efforts and experiments, and given that kind 

 and amount of assistance which will open the way, 

 keep up interest, and avoid discouragement. 



The pedagogy of the spade. Applied physics and 

 economy of effort; development of reason and its ap- 

 plication, as taught through the use of the spade. 



To teach: 



1. The three laws of the lever; 



2. That a small point will enter more easily than a 

 large one; 



