The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1895-12-11

have in mind a careless little fellow
who had hastily laid his pegs without
attempting to fit his rounds to the
sides of the ladder. In glaneiog at
his work a. | passed, | said, 90 not
like your ladder, the rounds would fall
out a. soon as touched by the feet.
Can't you make ladder that cOuhl be
used IN safety?
The child had not thought Of that,
il seemed. lie at once began 10 work
with a will; when next | passed, a
bright face was turned up as the gues-
tion came. "Would you dare 10 stand
on that ladder? just see, every one of
them touches the sides"
All directions should be simple, def
inite and thoroughly understood be-
fore any attempt is made to work them
out in materials. OF course, copying
will at times be the work assigned, and
there will be periods when the chill
dren are allowed to use the given ma
terials in accordance with their own
choice.
The children will willingly do an
immense amount Of drudgery if skill
fully seasoned with the salt Of "make
believe" and in teaching spelling or
language have often taken advantage
of the fact.
II is always fun for the little people
to "play set the table" and when our
work bench is brought to the front,
and covered with cloth all are de
lighted. They at once begin to make
believe" wash their hands, put on
their white aprons and prepare % set
the table.
The child standing near the table
calls on one of her classmates to bring
the-she quickly spells "knives."
To another one she says you may bring
the-she seems To catch the idea and
spells FORKS" and - on. Then all the
children ''make believe" bring their
flvorite dishes, sauces etc, which they
have neatly written on little slips cf
paper, always provided they can spell
the names. As their favorite dishes
are brought they are written on the
board. Then for busy work they copy
them on their states, and mark all
known sounds. Then of course they
want To invite their friends 10 their
make believe dinner, and an invita-
ton having been written on the board,
they are asked to make one or more
exact copies Of it. The next day they
write q short story about our ''make
believe" dinner, telling wha. we had
for dinner etc., and what else we could
have had. Give children cards anil
leaves, also pencils let them draw the
outline Of the leaf upon the card then
prick it and then sew, with bright COL
ored twist, the outline of the LEAF. At
another time the teacher may draw de-
signs on paper and have pupils prick
holes in the paper, following the lines
YOU have drawn; give them bright coi-
ored worsted and blunt needles aud let
them sew in an1 oIt thrOIgi the holes
50 as to cover the lines. When done
neither the pencil marks nor the holes
show.
Sketch rapidly upon the board a
number of objects, a chairs, tables,
beds. pals, dolls, bir,is, animals etc,
and have pupils copy, writing the
name Of each object by the picture as
neatly as possible. When you have
time, pass down the aisle and look at
each slate. II there i a word mis-
spelled draw line through it, 20 TO the
board and write the correct form under
its picture and have pupils copy.
Have some pretty forms, as stars,
rings and animals, eJt out of paste
board or Thick manila paper. Let
pupils lay on states AMI draw around
them. At another time give the chill
dren handful of pegs and paste
board animal, tell them to take up the
picture without moving the pegs
Arrange the words OF the reading
lesson upon sla;eS, with reference to
the number of letters they contain
The first column u contain words of
three letters, the second four, and the
third five, AMI - on.
M1&e list o. al the words in the
lesson having a given sound.
Arrange the words Of the reading les
son in alphabetical order.
Let the children take their readers
and from the lesson write all the words
containing the letter - Place those in
which 49, has the sound of ''z'' in one
column and those having the natural
sound in another column. Soak peas
over night and give handful 10 each
child and some tooth-picks or wires,
and let him make different objects.
know too well how many things
have been left unS,tiJ i'm this talk on
seat WORK. My hope that enough
has been said to emphasize the need of
some definitely planned first steps
in the formation of working habits,
and the empioyments of oar seat work
to meet this need.