Give the child scissors and paper and let him place the scissors on the paper and draw the outline around them. Then tell him to cut out this outline. Make several such and play at keeping cutlery store. Draw scissors open at different angles and tell names of angles; right, acute, obtuse.
Guessing Distances (Ruler or tape measure)
Let the children guess the height and length of various objects in the room. Verify by measuring with the tape-measure. Tell them of Oliver Wendell Holmes, the great poet, who, whenever he drove into the country, carried a tape-measure with which to determine the girth of any large tree he saw.
Let children measure the size of the panes of glass, window-frames, etc.; have them tell how many feet it would take to carpet the floor.
Tell them to put father's hat on the floor, near the wall, and guess its height.
Such little exercises develop the powers of accurate observation in a way that may prove very helpful in an emergency.
CHAPTER V
THE PAINT BOX
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