The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-06-25
Receiving and First Grade Equipment

(By Mrs. Pearl Engle, Teacher, Wal
luku School, Waikiki, Maui.)
Equipment for the receiving room
and first grade covers a very large
held-for to the Primary teacher
everything speaks in the terms Of
equipment.
Each and every magazine one picks
up these days spells equipment in
huge letters. Look at the advertise
ments with me, if you will, of say 1he
Ladies Home Journal, Woman's Home
Companion or Pictorial Review and
others equally as good. Coun. the
number Of excellent pictures tc aid
you in your work. You will find count
ess numbers of very attractive pic
ures to illustrate your hygiene-haiT
advertisements Cunning ones from
The child's point of view too), nails
ana their care, bathing, tight shoes,
buniuns, corns, clean clothes, health
ful toods-such as little kiddies eating
mush, bread and butter, etc.
You will find excellent pictures to
mount in groups to aid in number
work-animals, industries, etc, for
your geography. Carry these pic
lures right over to your language
work-you will find your class eager
to tell you all the things they observe
in the pictures.
Many of these advertisements are
very attractively colored and a great
majority of them have an interesting
little child in the picture, which, OF
course, appeals to the child. 1t is
well to select pictures showing action,
for of course the small child is all
action and imitation.
l find these pictures aid wonderful
ly in helping the child to use the
proper tense. Tack a picture on the
wall and let each child tell some
thing about the picture. Then ask
questions, such as-What is the little
girl doing? Take the picture away
l. doh, " hdl was lut lllllG Slll uO
ing? What did she do? What do you
think she is going to do? etc. Let
them make up stories about the pic
ture|and oh, there are just endless
things one can do with just n in
teresting picture. Try it and see!
Such imagination and response at it
does bring forth! This helps more in
spontaneous expression than any meth
cd I've tried.
A doll house for the primary grades
is most interesting and aids in langu-
age, hygiene, geography, and yes, even
spelling. They love to spell the names
of the things in the house when you
hold them up. They love to clean the
house and tell you what different in
dustries were involved in each article
in the house.
In Detroit, at Kresige's Ten Cent
for living room, dining room, bedroom
n kitchen for ten cents each-even
to the mats for the floor, they are
most attractive and well worth send
ing for. Kerosene boxes make Won
derful doll houses. The children en-
joy cutting this furniture and FASTING
it and arranging it in the various
rooms. My babies have become quite
prUncient in the art of arranging a
room.
A sand table is no end of joy to the
small child and calls forth a wonder
III amount OF self expression. 1t can
% used IN geography to a great ad-
ranLuge, also in story work and
language.
D..op books and other books put on
~ Lilo IA Lue vi Tor every enid 10
az - a wOnuerIuI sumuiant 10 the
O.DIu . interest Iii ms own room.
in geography this term We have
WORKED out posters for the board such
as freight trains, passenger trains
running on a track with mountains
ana palm trees behind, sugar cane
cars, dump carts, boats, trucks, auto
mobiles with real fendeTs) and num-
erous other things that pertain TO
transportation. We have worked out
domestic animals and fowls in posters
and books and each child takes one
home. We have made interesting
animals in card board with movable
feet and legs. Besides these, we have
made wild animals in card board and
also posters for the windows.
While at the Coast last summer, it
was my good fortune to secure per
fectly wonderful bill posters from sew
eral of the big circuses which visited
town. The minute l saw them
thought of the kiddies and as
a consequence we have a circus
border above our boards, including
elephants in all OF gay regalia,