The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-12-12
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them, and her pictures are soon firmly
impressed on every mind.
Practically the same object lesson
method is employed in all the primary
grades-seven or eight of them there
are-and even in the grammar grades
In the second primary gradk the
children hear the words spelled as they
are written on the board and the cor
relative work begins.
you saw the sun this morning"
says the teacher, now what does the
sun do?"
ut Shines" child may answer.
"Sun" and "shines" are at once writ
ten on the board. So is morning" and
all are spelled aloud as they are be-
ing written.
Glad" goes down.. too, because an
other child in answer to further ques-
tioning, says that to see the sun shin
ing makes him glad. Or, perhaps,
happy" will be the word.
Just at this stage phonetics, which
are one of the strongest features of
primary work Just now, come into play
and are tremendous help in teaching
how to pronounce. And the way chill
dren take to phonetics is a marvel and
is declared to be proof positive, If one
were needed. of their value in primary
work
In this class, or in the earlier one,
no particular care is taken to.keep to
words of one syllable or of two or
three letters. AS a result at the end
of the second term, which completes
the first year of school life, the aver
age child reads with more or less pro-
ficiency, has begun to write and to
spell and has conquered arithmetic up
to the number of 20 or more.
Nature studies and composition are
correlative with reading and spelling
and writing on Grade No. 3, For in
stance, starting with lion" or tiger
written on the board, the children be-
fore they know it are informing the
teacher that those animals are wild,
live in forest and are dangerous
sometimes to meet.
wild" and forest" meet" and 9TH
er words suggested by the talk are put
on the board along with those first
mentioned, and are then rubbed out
one by one and replaced from MEM
DRY by one or another of the children
who unconsciously are having a SPELL
ing drill. During this exercise they
are also called upon to make up sem
fences which include one or more of
the words on the board.
One grade higher the pupils are bid
den to look we'll at a word written
on the board, afterward to look away
for moment, then to write the word
on a piece of paper before them while
the picture is fresh In their minds
Those who fail correct their mistakes
later on.
The old copy book plan of writing, it
is scarcely necessary to say. has dis
appeared along with printing and pot
hooks, and in consequence children, it
is declared, learn to write much more
quickly II not more accurately than
ever they ever did under the old sys-
tenn.
Up to a certain point arithmetic Is
taught by the same system of recogui-
ton. In the course of time a child
learns that there are two fiyes in ten or
five twos, three fours or four threes,
two skies or six twos in twelve. but
he is not asked TO learn the two. three
four or five table to find IL out-and
here is one of the objection some
times raised 10 the new method of
teaching.
President Hunter of Normal College,
who h perhaps as well fitted as any
instructor In the city 10 compare the
new and the old methods of teaching,
has much 20 say IN favor OF both.
Il heartily approve Of the newer
methods" said he. employed in the
public schools and IN this COLLEGE. IN
connection with primary work / con-
slider them Invaluable.
At the same time ! am great
stlckier Tor the multiplication table.
which n fhs foundation 81 81 mHtha-
MATES, and o. not PERHAPS 80 con
spiruous a feature ID school work To-
day nr % was fseniY - thirty years
ago ~ ny oNH esff, not satisfied