This section is from the book "A Sewing Course For Teachers", by Mary Schenck Woolman. Also available from Amazon: A sewing course for teachers.
Boys and girls work together.
Aim and various activities as in first grade.
I. As related to home. The play spirit of childhood utilized.
Bedroom: the bed, made of wood and cord; mattress; cover-ings; sheets; blankets.
Kitchen: kettle holder; wash cloth (crochetted).
Wash day: clothespins bags; iron holders; reel of wood.
Dining room: the table; the pad; napkins; rings; cloth - fringed and overcast.
II. As related to industrial life.
The flax: planted, grown, harvested.
Cotton and flax compared. Cloth bleached and dyed.
III. As related to community life.
Village making on a sand tray; home industries and life represented. American Indian, Eskimo, African.
 
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