New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-16

OF the city. with morning classes in the practical
work mentioned above.
Superintendent Stewart expresses the theory and
what will be the practice Of these schools tersely
and plainly in these words: The play side
and the practical side emphasized this year.
Books avoided. and the work is all expression
work. What do / mean by expression work?
Why. simply this The general powers Of expires.
sion that are usually latent in the child are not
cultivated in our schools generally; Long before
child can learn to es IN Me csn
TO draw. he can learn TO make Httie arucies. oy
Srine out what IS in himself That is the mean
ing Of the courses in our vacation schools Ihey
and our aim is to have ali this expression work
turned to practical end. Under our present sys-
cIerkships instead OF Industrial life Again. these
play school studies stimulate the inventive
The vacation school courses are built up. on a
very clever and complete theory that has ALREADY
between four and six years old there are the Kin,
thus The h rst second Ts
70 the seashore.: succeeding weeks a A,O VISIT 70
outline of the teachers talk and the childrens play
is interesting:
FOURTH WEEK.
The City-Our Street; trade and work games.
return OF children from country to city, building
from and to m sy ssfsn
Tuesday-First day home, city different from
country, dramatzed story or now mix comes 10
city milk from grocer to table make milk wagon.
milk cans.
Wednesday-stores and shops. play store. make
fruit vendors carts and store.
Thursday-The street, paving cleaning. wagons
In street. the horses horse shoeing. make flags OF
different kinds build houses. school
FridayIThe street continued poIcenmen hrenen.
der, carpenters tools, etc
The children from six ten, the primary grades.
are taught modelling drawing and the making OF
dolls house furniture out OF pasteboard which Is
folded This is a section of the schedule for chill
Design on Tuesday and Thursday. First Ave
lessons in design leading up to and completing
tablecloth. with border and centre. Second Ave
lessons in design to completing fringed spread for
a baby carriage. with border and central rosette.
Design to be done IN eolored crayon or paint:
fruits second week leaves: third week. birds:
fourth week. animals; fifth week illustrations OF
simple stories The third period to constructive
Constructive work-Monday Wednesday and FRI
tSd c Prst lesson basket second wall pocket;
sofa seventh. cradle: eighth cradle completed:
ninth, washstand; tenth. washstand completed:
tenth, baby carriage: dfteenth cab. "''N '0N'
Between ten and twelve years Of age the classes
deal with affairs OF the outside world. and
the taipiece, pottery FORM, a lock escateheon.
more difficult forms Of dolls house furniture OF
pasteboard There is modelling In clay vegetables.
nuts, shells sometimes wild animals. and painting.
The children over twelve set directly indus
trial work, the boys being allowed TO choose be-
tween toy making, cabinet making, bent iron work,
cane work new. making little toy furniture with
board construction. chip carving clay modelling,
knife work. The branches for the older girls are
knitting and crocheting cooking, dressmaking en-
brodery. flower making sewing.
Central Park. one for boys. the second for girls,
have been established.