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A valuable and well-organized system for home education(homeschooling) 3 to 12 years.

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	488	IDEAL HOME LIFE
			Exercise 3 Stand with toes just touching the door sill, as in illustration, hands grasping sides of door at level of the shoulders. Throw the body for­ward as far as possible, rising on the toes and bending the back inward at the loins (Fig. 3). Return to the starting position, and continue until tired. Exercise 4 Assume the position of the figure
	Lesson V—Fig. 3. /		in the illustration (Fig. 4) with the
	body rigid, toes and hands only touch­ing the floor; then straighten the arms, lifting the upper part of the body until you are in the position shown in Figure 5. Allow the arms to bend, and lower the body until it is at the
	Lesson V—Fig. 4.			Lesson V—Fig. 5.
	starting position, without letting any part of it, except the hands and toes, touch the floor. Repeat the movement eight to fifteen times, or until you become tired.
	Exercise 5 Support the weight of body, ex­tended at full length, on hands and toes, arms straight and rigid as in illustration (Fig. 6). Bending body upward at waist, raise the hips as high as possible without
	shifting the position of the hands or feet,				Lesson V—Fig. 6.