Living Library Press is pleased to announce the release of our newest reprint: Cardboard Modelling by William Heaton. This Hardcover book is twice the length of the introductory Paper Modelling at 176 pages.
Cardboard Modelling is the second book that Charlotte Mason used in her schools to teach the art of Sloyd, the Swedish handicraft course that taught children the skills of working with their hands while emphasizing the disciplines of following precise directions, working diligently and accurately, and developing fine motor skills. The activities are geared toward older, or more advanced, students than those found in Paper Modelling. Like the earlier volume, the activities are meant to progress from simple to more complex and should be followed in order. The models are also meant to be less toy-like and more approximate to real items found in the homes of the time.
Recommended for Forms 2-4, after a child has worked through the course of Paper Modelling.
I don’t doubt that the book is lengthy, full of ideas and plenty of photographs and a full list of the models to be made. It is a pity that the publishers haven’t deemed it necessary to include any photos or drawings, or a list of at least some of what could be made. If I am to spend nearly £50 on a book, I would at least like to know what is in the book, rather than take someone else’s praise as enough justification for the purchase. Can we have an index or a couple of pages shown at the very least please ?