Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-12-28
EDUCATIONAL COL UMN.
How to Avoid sameness.

sure 10 De Iodnd wanting. he Work
If teaching demands plain sense, depth,
enlarged views, clear sight and a
ong head. Bluster and selfconceit
never win in this walk OF life. A true
teacher likes variety and animation as
much as he abhors uproar and hubbub
IN the school room. Without a great
flourish of trumpets, his daily duties
arc performed in mild, gentle and
lenient manner. His school moves |
on from position to position until his
work is accomplished. He learns to
avoid drowsy, wearisome manner of
and flys from monotony as
he would fly from the pest.
There are many ways of cheering
and entertaining schools when they
begin to faint in the way. There is
no necessity which requires to de
scend to tomfoolery, or to turn your
school into q raree-show or masquer-
ade. You can combine recreation
D
golden plan is to take up an exercise
which will give every child in the
room something to do Sometime
when you see your pupils are cross,
and tired and sleepy, tell every pupil
to take his slate and pencil; then with
piece of colored chalk-a bright blue
or yellow, print on the blackboard the
word DOOR. Ifyou have any little
tads who are too small to write SEN
tences, tell them to print the word
DOOR ten times on their states they
like to do it. This exercise will keep
them busy during the fifteen minutes
you propose to occupy. Now call
out Peter and tell him to 90 to the
door and touch it with his fingers.
Scholars all write what Peter did
Peter takes his seat. Tell your pu
pills to write three short sentences on
their states, about the door. Thus
The door as cracked. Tt is dirty
door. Please open the door. After
this touch tie lock and say: "What
part of the door is this ?'' All will
say, "the lock" At once ask them
care you sure the lock is part of the
door" You will awaken thought in.
stantly in this manner. Tell them t,
write what they think. Then ask
'Of what is our door made?" Answer
"Of wood "How many pieces o
wood make up this door," Som'
cannot tell. Let them go to the doc
and count. Then ask: Chow are thes
pieces held together?' ?'' If they d.
not know, show them the nails ant
I wooden pins. Tell the scholars t,
write what they have learned.
Now, call up William and tell hin
to step outside the house, and thel
come in again. Ask him to tell tn
school how he came in, whether dow
the chimney or through the window
; He will be likely to say, 81 came i
through the door.'' Tell him to touc
the door. ''Now tell us, j Ohm, if 20
think William really came throug
the door," At this point doubt wi
be seen all over the house. John ma
say "He came through the door
way" You will not accept this e1
planation, but insist upon a bette
, one You will not wait long befor
the whole school is wide awake, an
eager to clear up the matter. If til
, true solution of the difficulty does nC
, come, you will have to explain by tel
5 ing them that the word has two meal
Y ings, which you may write on I'll
board with the coIored chalk, and hay
: them copy on their states. An Ell
G trance to a house we call q door tt
q frame of boards used to open and clos
n such an entranCe we also call a doc
e Hence, the word door sometim,
r means one thing and sometimes
# means something else. This don
: you will pass around the room al
f examine every ones work Correct {
n bad spelling. Praise what you ca
V Find fault with no one. Then reque
II each to copy on paper what he h
e written, and give out that the exc
l. cises will be read sometime next wee
An occasional exercise of this XII
Of banishes drowsiness. You have col
4 hined amusement with an exercise
IS composition You have trained the
s in reading, writing and spelling. a
D. better than all, you have quicken
BIT and awakened thought in your sch
to ars. Do not have too much of th
1t. or you will fail. Please don't all ii
it. about doors and then quit. Get
n old clock and take it before W
school, and show the use Of the pent
x lum. Borrow a hand corn plan
as and explain its action to the scho
he Anything will pay which arou
nd healthy and vigorous mental acti
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ant Merry Christmas!