The Public Paperfolding History Project
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Moral Culture of Infancy and Kindergarten Guide by Mrs Horace Mann and Elizabeth P Peabody, 1863 | |||||||
'Moral Culture of Infancy and Kindergarten Guide' by Mrs Horace Mann (Mary Tyler Peabody) and Elizabeth P Peabody was published by T O H P Burnham in Boston in 1863. It contains information onthe use of paperfolding to facilitate the cutting of symmetrical shapes and as a way of teaching mathematical ideas. A full copy of the work can be accessed here. ********** ********** Analysis There are two sections relating to paperfolding in the work 1. From Chapter VI: Manipulations This section is a description of the occupation of Ausschneiden und Aufkleben (Cutting Out and Mounting) plus a description of how to make much simpler one fold and cut symmetrical designs. ********** 2. From Chapter IX: Geometry This section is mostly a description of how to use simple Folds of Knowledge to teach mathematics but one passage includes a brief mention of some Folds of Life including 'fly-boxes' - see Paper Prisons for Insects. ********** ********** |
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