primary
grades, followed by special study of handwork as a factor in elementary
education. It is written with three objects in view:

First, to gather into a single volume various methods already in use in
the more progressive schools, and for which the best suggestions are
scattered through current periodicals:

Second, to organize these methods and present them in a simple form for
the use of teachers who have had no special training in handwork
processes:

Third, accepting conditions as they exist in the small town school and the
one-room country school, as a basis of organization, to offer suggestions
which may be easily adapted to the conditions of any school with a view to
bringing present practice into closer harmony with the best educational
ideals.

No claim is laid to originality, beyond the small details in which one
person's interpretation of a large problem will differ from that of
another.

The projects here outlined have been tested in the Public Schools of
Columbia, Missouri, under conditions which are common to towns of about
the same size.

The point of view has been influenced chiefly by the educational
philosophy of Prof. John Dewey, especially as expressed in his essay "The
Child and the Curriculum." The author wishes here to make grateful
acknowledgement to Dr. Dewey, not only for the helpfulness of his
writings, but also for the inspiration of his teaching.

Thanks are also due to Dr. Naomi Norsworthy of Teachers College, and to
Dean W. W. Charters of Missouri University, for encouragement in planning
the book and for criticism of the manuscript. Especial acknowledgment is
here made to Prof. R. W. Selvidge of Peabody College for Teachers,
formerly of this University, for hearty cooperation and helpful
suggestions in working out the problems described in this book, and to the
teachers of the Columbia Schools for their most efficient services in
testing these problems in their classrooms.

E. V. D.

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI,

February, 1914.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. INTRODUCTION 1

II. PAPER CUTTING AND POSTER MAKING 6

III. BOOKLETS 17

IV. CRITICISM AND STANDARDS OF WORKMANSHIP 24

V. THE HOUSE PROBLEM 27

VI. THE VILLAGE STREET 65

VII. SAND TABLES AND WHAT TO