Showing posts with label Electives: Girl's Crafts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Electives: Girl's Crafts. Show all posts

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Three Hundred Things a Bright Girl Can Do /Google Books

Three hundred things a bright girl can do
Author Lilla Elizabeth Kelley
Publisher D. Estes & company, 1903
Length 630 pages
Overview

Monday, November 23, 2009

Handicraft for Handy Girls: Practical Plans for Work and Play/Google Books

Handicraft for handy girls: practical plans for work and play
Authors Albert Neely Hall, Dorothy Perkins
Publisher Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1916
Length 413 pages

Overview

Thursday, November 12, 2009

When Mother Lets Us Cut Out Pictures


When mother lets us cut out pictures
Author Ida Estelle Boyd
Publisher Moffat, Yard and Company, 1912
Length 94 pages
Overview

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Friday, January 23, 2009

Hand-loom Weaving/Google Books

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Hand-loom Weaving: A Manual for School and Home
By Mattie Phipps Todd
Published by Rand, McNally & company, 1902
160 pages

Thursday, February 14, 2008

When Mother Lets Us Cut Out Pictures/Google Books


Very cute blacklines for children to cut, color and paste. Each picture has a didactic read-aloud. Some are quite simple, others are quite detailed like the intricate Scherenschnitte.

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Paper Sloyd(Paper Crafts): A Handbook for Primary Grades


Organized by grade. Picture is of first grade projects. Click here.

Constructive Work: Its Relation to Number, Literature, History, and Nature Work

Interesting assortment of DIY crafts and projects. I couldn't find link to literature while browsing through this book. It looked like mostly science and math hands-on learning. Click here.

Friday, January 4, 2008

How to Amuse Yourself and Others: The American Girl's Handy Book


"These descriptions of leisure-time activities for Victorian girls were designed to cultivate their curiosity and inventiveness, and to help them gain self-confidence regarding their competence and talents." Click here. Read contents first, some activities are not wholesome by conservative Christian or other conservative religious standards.