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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



December, 1910 



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A gill weaving a rug A hat in construction A boy carving in wood 



Constant change in occupation is necessary to keep the York city. The happiness that a child feels when it takes 



child happy and interested and he should never be allowed its first basket home to mother can only be appreciated by 



to work too long at a time at any one exercise, as he is apt those who have seen him at work. It is found that boys 



to get tired and lose his interest in the technique of his enjoy basketry even more than girls, although, perhaps, 



work. A good teacher finds 

 the best stimulus in work is 

 to be happy, and this happi- 

 ness comes with the actual 

 pleasure of doing the work 

 and in realizing what the 

 object will look like when 

 finished. The criticism of 

 objects done by children 

 should not be severe; the 

 fact of making things is 

 training the child, and, 

 naturally, the work of very 

 young fingers cannot be 

 perfect. The making of 

 perfect work is not the ob- 

 ject, but the development 

 of the child in the doing. 



raffia is best appreciated 

 by the gentler sex, as the 

 delight of making dollie a 

 new hat never wearies a lit- 

 tle girl. As basketry and 

 raffia call for infinite pa- 

 tience, it is most important 

 that the children be not 

 kept too long at a time at 

 this branch. 



Simple weaving with 

 raffia, or muslin, is an easy 

 and enjoyable employment. 

 The interlacing of material 

 or raffia is simply a contin- 

 uation of what has been 



taught in the Kindergarten 



A girl modeling in clay 1 • 1 v j .„ ,. „ 1 • ^ 



^ 5 J work m plaited mat makmg. 



After wood-carvi.ig and modeling, basketry is one of the The Todd loom is much used in public schools for teach- 

 many occupations which should find a place in the child's ing the fundamental laws of weaving. Not only can wash- 

 course of study. Our illustrations show some beautiful speci- rags be made from warp for the home, but all kinds of 

 mens of basketry and raffia, all of which were made by chil- rugs for the doll's house from wool or warp; dolls' jackets, 

 dren under six years of age at St. Agatha's School, New caps, and other small articles are also made. It has been 



Baskets and bags made by boys 



Todd easel loom used in the public schools 



