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a. | Clay-modelling | 129 | |||||
b. | Construction of objects | 129 | |||||
4. | The instinct of artistic expression | 130 | |||||
a. | Cutting of free silhouette pictures. Illustrated | 130 | |||||
b. | Drawing and crayon-sketching. Illustrated | 132 | |||||
c. | Painting. Illustrated | 132 | |||||
d. | Song. Illustrated | 133 | |||||
e. | Dance, rhythm plays. Illustrated | 134 | |||||
f. | Game. Illustrated | 135 | |||||
g. | Representation of the fairy tale. Illustrated by The Steadfast Tin Soldier | 135 | |||||
h. | Free play and dramatization | 138 | |||||
1) | Virtues of dramatization | 138 | |||||
a) | It develops voice | 138 | |||||
b) | It gives grace of movement | 138 | |||||
c) | It develops control and poise | 138 | |||||
d) | It strengthens attention and power of visualization | 138 | |||||
e) | It combines intellectual, emotional, artistic, and physical action | 138 | |||||
f) | It impresses many pieces of literature effectively | 138 | |||||
g) | It is the true Direct Moral Method and may establish a habit | 143 | |||||
2) | Dangers of dramatization | 139 | |||||
a) | Dramatization often is in very poor form | 139 | |||||
b) | Dramatization may develop boldness in a child | 141 | |||||
c) | Dramatization may spoil some literature | 142 | |||||
d) | Dramatization has lacked sequence in tales used from year to year | 142 | |||||
i. | Illustrations of creative return | 144 | |||||
1) | The Country Mouse and the City Mouse as expression in language, dramatization, drawing, and crayon-sketching | 144 | |||||
2) | The Elves and the Shoemaker as expression in the dramatic game | 145 | |||||
3) | Little Two-Eyes as expression in dramatization. A fairy-play outline. (See Appendix) | 145 |