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Life in the making: 335 total pages.

Will handwork be of any help to a Beginner?2 Will a crude line to represent a tree, or a jumble of alleged circles to represent a flower mean any-thing to the casual observer? Suppose, however, See Stories and story-Telling, St. John; How to Tell Stories to Children, Bryant, Picture Work, Hervey. See Handwork in Religious Education, Wardle. 54 LIFE IN THE MAKING that to the child they mean the trees or flowers which the kind heavenly Father has given to us : Will draw­ing them then have any educational value? Should we try to improve the form of these crude drawings, or be content if the child at this age has expressed himself on paper the best he can? At what time in the program do you think handwork should come? Most kindergartners use it as a method of expres­sion for last Sunday's lesson and consider it a part of the retelling of the story. In the light of the foregoing discussion study the following program suggested by Miss Daniel-son in "Lessons for Teachers of Beginners" (page 96) : Quiet music and Greeting 5 minutes Birthday

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