CHAPTER VII

THE LESSON FOR APPRECIATION

Education should enable one to enjoy life—Power of appreciation should be developed in our schools—Necessity for power of appreciation on the part of the teacher—The relation of command of technique involved in creation to power of appreciation—The necessity for a right emotional attitude on part of children at the beginning of such an exercise—Expression of feeling should not be forced—The teacher as interpreter—Creative work by children—Appreciation in fields other than those involving the æsthetic emotions 78-85