* The subject matter for the mural will vary with age level and
interests. Big units of class work, field trips, playground and class-
room activities, home experiences, the circus, jungle life, special
occasions and industries are a few of the many ideas and subjects
that might be used.


* In the Primary Grades the method of working will be free, spon-
taneous and direct. For instance, each child is asked to express his
idea for some part of the mural on his own paper, making his objects
fill the space. If Dick's house is chosen he is asked to draw or paint
it directly on the mural. Mary adds her tree or man close to the house
and the work continues until all the space is well filled.


* With older children more planning and preliminary drawing may
be necessary.


* In choosing the color, remember that this is a work of art for a
wall decoration and not a photographic reproduction. Therefore, it
is important to limit the number of colors and see that they are re-
peated and interspersed throughout the composition. This will help
to unify the whole plan of the mural.


* Keep the objects large and close together. Nothing spoils the
effect like having a number of small isolated things with large
empty areas around them.


* The frieze is usually a long continuous horizontal structure, which
repeats variations of a theme. For example, each child might make a
drawing on iz x 18 inch paper of some phase of a unit of study and
when these are linked together, they form a frieze.