Prepare thought-provoking questions. Be sure that these are not beyond the ages and attainments of your students. Make your presentations as attractive as possible, using illustrations and all legitimate devices. Do not, however, let these devices be so prominent that they become sources of distraction. Maintain and exhibit in yourself the closest attention to and most genuine interest in the lesson.
True enthusiasm is contagious.
Study the best use of the eye and the hand. Your students will respond to your earnest gaze and your lifted hand. The violations of the Law of the Learner are many, and they constitute the most fatal class of errors committed by the ordinary teacher. Recitations are commenced before the attention of the students has been gained. Students are urged to listen after their power of attention has been exhausted and when fatigue has set in.