The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1877-01-09
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regular habits of industry teach and require do
thing.
As soon old enough it the manual alphabet,
and make yourself familiar with use. Teach write
fair and legbe hand first slate and then Pre-
the objects around and teach their
slate and spell them the hand they fixed in the
thing the sounds of the letters alphabet of the
words taught There mystery difficulty in
beginning the education deaf commonly sup
posed the difficulty lies in the after The first steps
simple and easy enough and within the ability of
who will attempt it, to master them.
There is difficulty mystery in deaf mute learn
small letters first capitals they will learn of hemselves
positions the hand, made for these
speaking child to learn to distinguish them
names sounds The child readily learns that
written letters hat hat represent
of the object hat when the object is shown to him in con
with the written name, ordinary child
the spoken with the object cases
are precisely analogous the mystery or difficulty is no
greater the Repeat the presentation of
the object necessary until the association becomes
object recalls to the mute the written
the written recalls the object That is all the
spoken does neither less. So of any other
object Get picture books and extend the chds knowledge
of words by them from year to year.
The of sensible actions also easily taught
make movement with the hand initiating the
feet This of the hand becomes significant
permanent for the word All similar may as
readily taught SWIM eat stand le Sleep awake
Sensible qualities may be communicated in manner
hard for example by striking the knucks cenched fist
the back of the left hand, with suitable
preston of countenance accompanying the action SOFT by
pressing the fingers Of the right hand into feshy palm
the left. And 50 of many Others which person
watch the signs of the child may learn AS his age
and intelligence increase he will invent gesculations
press his IDEAS rather such prompts Observe
and adopt these by which instruct him they precisely
those used in all Institutions The language signs
language of nature in Institutions for and dumb
is extended and systemazed upon philosophical
principles.
Enlarge his vocabulary of words year to year. Your
ability to teach will increase with the made Make
business to teach and develop the your child
Moral and religious ideas may be within linn
ed but very useful degree Express of
doing by appropriate own of the gestcuation
the hands, and turning with disappobaton and
cipne if necessary Good expressed by kissing the hand
with an expression Of pleasure and appobaton bad by throw
ing the hand thus laid the mouth it, the palm
downward with expression in the the gestcua
lation and the face of dsapprobaon Right expressed
by moving the lower edge the right hand erected and poin
ing forward over the extended palm of the left in straight
or right ne accompanied by the for good APPROX
ing expression of counenance Wrong by crooked and zig
gag course of the hand with the sign for bad added
expression OF dsappova The sign for God simply pointing
and looking upward in reverena manner His attributes
of goodness wisdom and taught bv point
ing upward for God with the signs good wise and
signs which the child by this time will himself have acquired
made in connection
Some IDEA OF future rewards and punishments the ingenious
and dgen mother who perhaps will alone have patience
would easily enough teach by the the child has reached
the stage of progress and age now contemplated.
AT ten years of age a deamute child thus taught and
Wouo ehter the Institution with an immense advantage
over those neglected children brought ignorant
stupid ana BAD as they commonly every
ent into whose hands these directions may fall if his or her
cn under ten years of age to commence following
immediately But II he has arrived at the send
nm Tor her at once to the Institution The longer you
whether he shall continue make knoweoe
and the of language will depend very greatly upon the
ms friends pursue toward him He should be supplied
with suitable BOOKS simple and easy stye illustrated
with PICTURES the better and encouraged them His
friends should communicate with him chiefly by writing by
using the alphabet on the hand His should be cor
ected and would often be easy by sign or definitions to
make HIM understand words phrases with which he NAV
not be acquainted If such patiently pursued his
further progress in few years. be considerable In
mun,caung with mues by writing, it be remembered that
WORDS enormously spelled the eve the same
however identical in sounds For words no and
@o are the same in sound while sight there is no
similarity whatever They often fail understand commn
ncaton on this account The fault ignorance and
bad spelling of their friends. ""