The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-11-28
COURSE OF STUDY FOR ELE-
MENTARY SCHOOLS.

The branches studied in the Elemen-
taHy Schools should be as follows:
1. Reading in the school-room and
outside.
2. Writing, including spelling in
all branches, and so much Of grammar
as will insure correct expression Of
thought.
3. Geography, indicating the posi-
bilities of the United States in refer
ence to commercial relations with the
world.
4. Arithmetic, including business
forms and ability to keep accounts.
5. History and Constitution OF the
United State
6. Ability to express form so as to
render thought ineligible.
7. DisceTnment and discrimination
of sound, cultiVating the ear and Civ
ing power to expression.
s. Miscellaneous subjects, nclud-
ing Biography, Physics, Zoology, Ply
5iology, and Botany-the exercises in
which shall not exceed q half hour
each day.
IN order to secure the attainment OF
this essential knowledge, some specific
means are necessary:
First. The proper orderly presenta-
ton of the matter to the mind of the
learner
/. Objective and concrete methods.
2. Subjective, giving definition and
showing its application by example.
Second. Systematic and harmOni-
Gus development not only Of the study,
but also OF the amount suited to the
capacity of the learner.
The child's school life can be ranged
under three forms, q form being u
limit Of attainment, rather than time
spent in acquisition of knowledge.
FIRST FORM. This includes 0rdi-
narily beginners from SIX to nine years
of age, and is confined to the following
studies
/. Number
CD Intelligent counting up to 100,
and the reading and writing of such
numbers.
(2) A knowledge of the elementary
combinations OF the numbers repre-
scented by the single digits.
(3) A knowledge of the Specification
of such simple fractions as are repre-
senJed by a single digit in each term.
a. An intelligent, practical knoWl-
edge of the table of denominate num-
bers in familiar use.
2. Reading
() Train the eye to distinguish and
retain the words.
(2) Teach the pupil to gather the
sounds of the letters.
Gp 1aoI will, Al "a vXnyClc no i1Ooc
shall be brought up in the mind.
O. Allow some facts suggested to
the pupils mind to be mentioned.
(5) Obtain mental picture Of the
object.
(G) BY the manner and spirit of the
teacher, as we'll as by the mental exer-
else, make the lesson pleasurable.
Thus the eye, the ear, and the organs
Of speech are exercised; and we have
perception, conception, memory, judg-
ment, imagination, and pleasurable
emotion, when another method would
have produced nothing but pain.
3. Writing
G) Make letters, small and capital,
with pencil, and on the black board.
(2) From copy, make stright line
figures.
4. Geography, oral, on common
things which pupils have seen; also,
On distances and directions.
(l) Land-hIll, wood, and prairie.
~ Water-brook, pond, and lake.
(3) Soils-grayel, loan, sandy, and
clay.
az Rocks-slate, lime, sand, and
granite.
% Trees-kind of wood.
Coy PIants-Wild AMI tame.
% Animals wild and tame.
90 Birds-Wild and tame.
90 Color of men.
(l0) Occupations-the tools and pro
ducts.
(11) Houses.
Second, MIDDLE Form.
Including the ages from ten to
twelve years.
l. Number
Processes. What has to be done and
hoW-should be clear. ~ by correct
illustration, and (2) mental practice so
as to secure intelligence, accuracy, and
Tapidity; then educe the rule. Pupils
should not be required to set forth
every step in all their working, except
when the aim is to show the reason of
the rule. Work IL Decimal and Com
mon Fractions, and Compound Mum
bers.
2. Reading Sd and half Of 4th
Readers.
Object: 1) Mastery Of words. Black
board to be used in cases OF difficulty.
(2) Lay the foundation Of distinct
and significant reading.
81 10 form the habit Of observing
the correct spelling Of words.
Lesson in Reading: q) Giving heed