Modeling: moldings and forms, learning to manipulate soft material; making beads, nests, dishes, furniture, dolls, animals
Carpentry: hammering, sawing, planing; making simple dolls’ tables, chairs, furniture; making dolls’ houses, children’s furniture, wagons, toys
Tools.
Hammer, light weight
Wooden mallet
Small size, sharp saw
Coping saw
Small size, sharp plane
House-painter’s brush
Vise
Gimlet
Screwdriver
File
Small, blunt scissors
Weaving frame
Materials. Whatever the habitat and environment provides.
The country child is the more blessed of the gods, for he has
Twigs, branches
Corncobs, silk
Acorn cups
Straw, hay
Milkweed pods
The city child can more readily find
Spools
Pasteboard boxes
Wooden boxes
Wooden buttons
Every child has at hand