[Sidenote: Busy Work]
For busy work, a teacher drew circles and divided each circle into
fourths. One fourth was left white, one colored red, one blue and one
yellow. To prepare for this exercise she drew a similar circle the day
before giving this work, and explained what “one fourth” meant.
Just preceding the exercise she tested the class by use of colored
papers to be sure that each child knew the colors: red, yellow and blue.
She gave her commands very definitely and clearly. The result was a set
of papers, on no one of which had a serious mistake been made. Every
such satisfactory result in obedience strengthens the bond between pupil
and teacher.