ether if desired. For
cooperative work and special problems larger sheets will be needed.

SUGGESTED PROBLEMS FOR PAPER WORK

=Cutting out Pictures.=--This serves well for first effort with scissors.
The interest in the picture furnishes a motive, while the outline serves
as a guide and allows the attention to be given wholly to the control of
the scissors.

_Free cutting of single objects_--such as animals, fruits, trees,
furniture, utensils, etc.--intensifies and clarifies mental pictures and
stimulates observation if the child is led to express his own ideas first
and then to compare his expression with the original and note his
deficiencies. As far as possible choose objects with strong bold outlines
for the first attempts. There should be some marked feature, such as
Bunny's long ears, which calls for emphasis. To cut a circular piece of
paper which might be an apple or a peach, a walnut or a tomato, will not
aid much in clarifying a mental picture, while Bunny's long ears, even
though crudely cut, will be more deeply impressed on the child's mind.

=Illustrations for Stories.=--_Single Illustration._--After a story has
been read aloud and the characters and events freely discussed by the
class, each child may be encouraged to represent the part which has
appealed to him--_i.e._ "cut what he wants to cut." After the cuttings are
mounted they will probably form a series which will tell the whole story.
When several children illustrate the same feature, it offers opportunity
for comparison and judgment as to which ones have told the story most
effectively. For example, in the story of the Three Bears, the cuttings
may show the three bears in three relative sizes, the three chairs, the
three beds, the table, and the three bowls of porridge. (See notes on
Criticism.)

[Illustration: FIG. 5.--Free cutting. Third grade. Columbia, Missouri.]

_Series._--Let each child select the two or three most important events in
a story and illustrate these in a single poster or series of posters.

_Community Poster._--A long story such as the "Old Woman and the Silver
Sixpence" may be illustrated by the class as a whole, each child cutting
some one feature. This requires attention to relative proportions so that
the parts may be in harmony when assembled. Such posters may be used for
wall decoration.

=Charts.=--Poster making may also include the making of charts containing
samples of manufactured articles in various st