Courses of Exercises for Young Children in Sorting, Ravelling, Paper Tearing and Laying, Paper Folding, Reed Threading and Paper Cutting Skills

By Clara Grant

This classic book contains courses of exercises for young children in sorting, ravelling, paper tearing and laying, paper folding, reed threading and paper cutting. This book will prove an interesting read for anyone with an interest in the history of education. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
• Release date: Oct 12, 2011
• ISBN: 9781447490418

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A COURSE OF EXERCISES IN SORTING

General Note.—Sorting in various forms is a useful and attractive occupation for small children, whether taken as class exercises or in the Individual Occupations. For the sake of the former we append suggestions for easy courses in various materials, which can quite easily be applied to the Individual Games.

I.—Sorting of Wools

The material often used for sorting is wool, e.g., that bought in bright skeins from the L.C.C. Requisition List. These are cut in lengths of four or five inches, and each baby has a set to sort into the various colours. This is quite a simple exercise, but one or two points need emphasis.

(a) Children should be trained to lay the threads straight, neatly, not all crumpled up.

(b) They will, of course, lay each colour separately, and children should be carefully taught their various names.

(c) Little practical questions can be asked bearing on the colours, e.g.:—

1. Tommy has a red sock. Who can find me some wool to mend it with?

2. This baby has a blue scarf with a hole in it. What colour wool shall we want to mend it with? Who can fine me some?

3. Harry’s white cap wants mending. Who can find me the right wool?

4. Show me some wool like this rose, daffodil, leaves, and so on.

(d) Wool Laying.—If thought desirable, children can lay their wool in various patterns, e.g., make a red box, a blue box, a ladder, a stool, a chair,