Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-04-26
THE State TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
FOURTH DAY, APRIL 25-MoRSING SESSION.

The Institute was called to order by the
President at the kindergarten. At precisely
10 o'clock the announcement of the pro
gramme was made and the little wifets,
twenty five in number, marched out fell into
line and sang their opening song, which IN
PRODUCES the morning duties from getting up
until their arrival at the kindergarten, Then
followed promptly the march to school, and
the greeting there, which was so perfectly
charming that adjectives are inadequate and
Webster is weak The motion song that fol-
lowed with the lady bird chorus, introducing
gesture and motion in a perfect manner. The
little ones were well drilled and not one failed
in motion or position; which in such very
small children was more than remarkable.
The lesson from the feast gift composed an
exercise with worsted balls, which brought
out the shape of the spheres and the different
colors of the rainbow, the children rapidly
and correctly designating them when called
upon. The advanced class expressed a clear
understanding of the primary and secondary
colors The lesson from the second gift COM
posed instruction from the sphere, cube and
cylinder, showing the difference between shape
and solidity One boy on being asked how he
know sphere was round said, eff it wasn't
round it wouldn't be a ball Thon the dis
tinction between ball and cylinder was
clearly shown. The faces, sides and angles of
cubes were exhibited. The third gift by the
the youngest class introduced, boxes and
cubes divided into eight smaller ones whereby
the principles Of fractions we're shown in
manner which threw the blackboard into the
shade. This was a very successful exercise
and should be adoptedin every primary school.
1t was intorspersed with singing. Next fol
lowed the fourth gift contracted with the third
exercise, with the fifth gift, boxes of twenty
cubes were used, three of them divided INFO
halves and three of them twice diagonally d-
vided into quarters, by the advanced class.
This exercise evolved the
FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
OF mathematics, developing length, breadth
and thickness by actual measurement
on tho tables which are divided into inch |
blocks. The division of fractions was here |
clearly demonstrated, The amount of instruc
ton given, while the children are playing is |
very great and not in the least wearing to the !
pupil While one class is occupied the other !
under the charge of one Of the teachers is |
Furnished with paper, pencils, sticks, blocks, |
colors, weaving strings and worsted and thus
the interest is kept up continually. In a |
question in division the teacher asked if she
divided an orange into nine pieces, how many
children could she divide it among Answer
mine" There were ten little ones at the
table, so she asked how many would receive
none Answer Zone. (Which onel"
Answer, "Thc one who gave away the orange"
This exercise was so plain and practical that
the blocks in their arrangement and re
arrangement seemed to almost speak to the
minds of the little fellows. To the great
credit of their teachers be it said they showed
they understood everything perfectly. Dur
ing the lessons at the tables Miss Benton, by
request, gave Il recitation entitled Hey
Giddle diddle ugh UNI The lessons con
oluded, the marching song, called TIE school
was TeEOGISu AAOho thSS ~
Sin two ranks form company and
brake into one rank" in better shape than
drafted SQUAD. Then followed the occupation
song, introducing the farmer, miller, baker
and cooper and other gentlemen engaged III
like laudable and profitable occupations.
When asked what was done with grain they
cried ''grind it in the mills and use it for
feed, and one little chap added, sometimes
we give some to turkeys \ full
explanation as to the process of
labor in the above occupations was given,
The motion song was very funny and al about
Leap Frog John who talked thCou5 IN his red
pug-nose and was generally merry turning on
lis heel and toe on the sly, was good in
church and kept his eye on the parSon and
finally went back to his seat with hit over
his eve. Stick laying and drawing was the
next exercise and consisted of laying sticks in
groves on the tables in horizontal and per
pendicular positions. Here an excellent les
son on different lines and angles was given,
going forward by an easy and natural process
Of laying sticks in grooves on tables Ill hor-
;zontal and perpendicular positions Here an
excellent lesson on different lines and angles
was given, going forward by easy and natural
process to plane figures, This was an EN-
inently valuable method of instruction and :