The Delawarean., 1900-08-11


ures, and of business arithmetic
In the second year count numbers
up To twenty or thirty. Go ON with
the fractions, and go little deeper
into the weights and measures, and
hhe business arithmetic.
In the third and fourth years CON
tinue along the same line.
The child on first coming to school
has no knowledge of numbers.
1t is not well to go beyond the num-
ber ten the first year, as tina, is about
all he is able TO learn thoroughly
Have little sticks and let the child
rem arrange them i'm bundles of tens,
twenties, etc, Addition, subtraction
and multiplication can be easily
taught i'm this way.
In teaching fractions use objects
such as pieces of cardboard ito illus
traite them. The child can easily and
quickly understand them then.
Discuss what you consider the best
method pf teaching reading, noialng
lhe grades:
ANSWER.
The best method of teaching reading
will give the child the power ito know
the word or recognize ii at sight; TO
know the content of the word and its
use in the sentence.
An eclectic method, or one THAT bor-
rows from the old methods, is in my
opinion the bes;.
In the first lessons would bring the
object into the class, would have the
word written in script upon the board,
would have the written form repro
duced from The board AS soon as
possible would have the form without
the model produced
At first the words must be familiar
ones. Gradually | would lead the
child Ito give the sounds. An all i'm
portant point from the frs. is to see
that the child has the content of the
word.
1t is important tina, the child should
have some phIonic drill, and that his
taste for good literature be developed.
Thought getting must and will be
developed in a good method.
In THE higher grades the best
method will involve the study of the
subject matter ON the part of both
teacher and pupil.
The teacher will see that his pupils
are supplied with reference books and
dictionaries.
He will work with the Thought in
mind that he is forming or helping to
form life habits of reading.
Discuss the training a pupil should
have to prepare i'll for formal map
study:
ANSWER.
AS a preparation for map drawing
children might begin with The school
room. They have previously been
taught the different directions from
their school room. Going to THE north
side of THE room, have them see that
if we We're able to stand the floor up
right the north side would be ait the
top and south at the bottom, the east
toward the right and the west toward
the left.
Now have them see that when
measuring the sides of the room it is
too large to be reproduced upon the
paper. Then let an inch stand for
yard in length and yard in width,
and the other objects should be in the
same proportion.
When this class i'm geography comes
to such work they will have formed
the conception of scale and proportion
Should THEY be preparing for the study
of continent have Them note the
widest part, the narrowest and put in
position dots. Then carefully study
coast line, which is longest, which
shortest. Note peninsulas and islands.
The above answers were given by
teachers who attended Summer School,
and they are "a very great improve
menlt ON THE answers given ten years
ago.
lit is just such beautiful work as this
that lis raising the standard of ceruif-
Gates. Teachers desiring to be rated
in the first class should take pattern
from thaca fina cnppimqnS