12. SCROLL OF LAW Take white paper about 3 by 10 inches and write ten commandments and other scripture verses. Roll from both ends on a lead pencil. Read from this as the people did in Bible times. 13. TABLES OF STONE Take heavy cardboard, size about 20 by 20 inches. Fold double, forming two tables. Round the top to represent two tables of stone. Print on these the ten commandments. The first four on one and the last six on the other. 14. MENDING BIBLES AND HYMN BOOKS Material. Transparent adhesive paper, passe partout, eraser and glue. Method. Take a worn Bible or hymn book and erase all pencil marks. Arrange the loose leaves in order. If some pages are missing use one badly worn book to supply the missing pages. Use narrow strip of adhesive paper to mend torn leaves. For mending covers use passe partout to cover worn places. Securely glue the loose covers and allow sufficient time to dry before handling. 15. MAKING BANDAGES Motivation. To be used for "First Aid" in local communities or sent to hospitals. Used also at Foreign Mission stations. Method. Secure clean worn sheets and other white cotton goods. Tear in strips of varied widths from 1 to 4 inches and lengths of 4 to 6 feet. Roll firmly and wrap with paper. A red cross pasted on the covered roll is very suggestive. Pack in boxes. 16. GATHERING MATERIAL Material will be needed much of which can be secured by the children. The following are suggestive Sources: From Homes. Children will be able to secure pictures and magazines for booklets and mottoes. Sunday School papers and cards for scrap bags, worn sheets for bandages, worn towels for wash cloths, worn socks for making dolls, wall paper for picture frames. Souvenir post cards for sewing baskets, colored strings for tying booklets, colored paper for mottoes and construction work, remnants of cloth for quilt squares. From Stores. Cardboard boxes for puzzles, thin wooden boxes for scroll saw work. Sample clothing books for quilt squares, colored twine and strings for binding booklets. From Printing Houses. Tinted paper scraps for construction work, decoration work and paper weaving and scrap books. Cardboard scraps for booklet covers. From Field and Woods. Material for baskets, such as willows, rushes, grass. BOOKS FOR REFERENCE Johnson-Coping Saw Work Littlefield-Handwork in the Sunday School Sanford-The Art Crafts for Beginners CHAPTER VI EXPRESSION THROUGH PLAY 1. Educational Values. "The world of play is the real world of the child." Play and play companions give him nearly all his experience, and in his play he has formed nearly all his habits. The training the child gets in the Sunday School is largely in learning what is right and what is wrong, but making these truths live in their activities is quite another thing. The play life of the child is the thing that rivets these principles into the child's life, to become later basic principles upon which he will make his destiny. It must not be forgotten that the early environments and activities of the child form habits which are repeated unconsciously in later years of life. The president of one of our largest State normal schools confessed his inability to correct grammatical errors which were formed in his early years in play and association with untrained parents and children of his companionship. The child in the school room, or in the home, is constantly under the dictatorship of some one. On the playground he has a chance for self-direction; he is a free agent and asserts himself in leadership. If his social conduct is guarded by his teacher, these qualities of leadership on the playground are the same that we 194 will see in him as a successful manager of a big business or in church activities in his mature life. Perhaps the greatest value supervised play has, is that it may be used to establish principles of honesty in the child. In other words, to see that "he plays the game fair." Have you ever seen a boy in a game of croquet, while his companions in the game were not observing, roll the ball for a better position? We might be inclined to look lightly upon this at first thought, but when we remember that he is forming a fixed habit of dishonesty, to go with him all through life, it becomes more serious. Many a time, when a boy is ambitious to win the game, this temptation of cheating comes over him. This is when he needs some one to insist on playing the game fair. Many times the disputes on the playground are real misunderstandings, and as such we must reckon with the boys and insist on what is morally right and fair. 2. Work Does not Give Sufficient Recreation. It may be thought that our country boys and girls, who have plenty of exercise in their daily work, do not need a recreation period. This fact makes it the more essential. The children are used to vigorous experiences in the home and on the farm, or on the streets running errands, and to hold them through several hours would produce a restlessness that would hinder the most effective work. A short period during the morning session will invigorate their minds and make them much more receptive. It matters not how much one is interested in his work, a short period of |