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HANDICRAFT FOR GIRLS
A TENTATIVE COURSE
IN
NEEDLEWORK, BASKETRY, DESIGNING, PAPER AND CARD-BOARD
CONSTRUCTION, TEXTILE FIBERS AND FABRICS
AND HOME DECORATION AND CARE
DESIGNED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND HOMES
_Prepared by_
IDABELLE MCGLAUFLIN
_Supervisor of the Girls' Handwork in the Denver Public Schools_
[Illustration]
Published by
THE MANUAL ARTS PRESS
PEORIA, ILLINOIS
COPYRIGHT
IDABELLE MCGLAUFLIN
1910
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
The exercises in this five-year course are based upon an estimated time
of one hour per week in the first two years, and one and one-half hours
in the last three, the school year consisting of thirty-eight weeks.
All materials, with the exception of that used for the full-sized
garments and some of the Christmas gifts, are supposed to be furnished
by the Board of Education. In many instances the pupils are allowed the
privilege of supplying themselves with a better grade of material if
they wish. In every case a substitute is given for the full-sized
garment if the home cannot furnish the material. All supplies can be
purchased by the class collectively or individually, if the Board of
Education so desires.
Every exercise in handicraft should embody an educational principle,
making sure the training of the judgment, the eye, or the memory, and
tending to develop skill, patience, accuracy, perseverance, dexterity or
artistic appreciation.