The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-03-16
The Globe Helps
Mrs. Winn
EDITH BRANDS

"What helped you most toward max
ing world citizens of your children? Z"
questioned a young mother of our
hostess, Mrs. Winn. We were hold
ing our club meeting, and we all
knew Mrs. Winn's five interesting
children-the eldest boy of fifteen
and the youngest, girl of six.
81 must think" she answered.
"When the children began to ask Ques-
tions about the world as they saw it,
we went hand in hand, as you might
say, and made observations together.
When we could, we went directly to
nature Then we looked at pictures
and from books, of course, / gained
knowledge which | passed on to them.
But-yes, now know what helped me
most! 1t is something rarely found in
any home-at least, it is not often
used for the benefit of little children"
"What it is ?" wechorused.
"a globe"
"Ohv'
Glow did you come to use it,"
"What gave you the idea?"
"If you don't mind story" she
began.
We assured her we should enjoy a
story.
"When Bobby was about four, |
used to read short poems to him. OF
course you all read to your children.
He loved it, and learned some of the
selections very readily; he often re-
,.{,ir
himself
zone day his grandfather heard him
reciting:
Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful
world,
With the wonderful water around
YOU curled.'
FINALLY he looked up at his grand
father, 1T is wide, isn't % he asked.
"'We'll take Il walk and see how
wide some of it is,' answered my
father. SO he took the boy half mile
up the lane to the boulevard, answer
ing-he told me neutrality-suspicious.
about the world all the way In the
village they went to book store, and
there my father bought good sized
school globe which they brought home
and showed to me.
"Father asked where he could put
it. Something told me right then that
all Of US were going to use that globe
a great deal, so ! showed him to the
corner, in the living room where the
book table and shelves are, and ask
ed him to place it where we could get
at it most easily. He suspended it
from the ceiling and counter-balanced
it with IA weight so that it could be
pushed up when not in use.
"When it was hung, he and Bobby
pulled it down, sat in chairs facing
each other and a conversation fol
lowed, some of which ] remember tC
this day:
"Is the world like this?'
"'Yes.'
"'Where is the "wonderful water
around YOU curIed ?"'
"'Right here, and Grandfather
pointed out the blue on the globe.
"'All that is watcr?"
"All of it.
"'At the beach, the ocean is blue
] saw it. 1t curls up at the edges
"'Ycs,' said Grandfather.
"'It curIs all around the world
ait does
"'Wherc is the land?'
"'AIl the rest of the cover to the
globe
Bobby turned the globe round and
round in its brass frame. He counted
the pieces of land and noted the col
ors were different.
"'Five lands he commented. Are
they all land like out-of- doors?'
"'Yes,' his grandfather told him.
Just like that we walked on going
down the lane
"And the conversation went on from
there until every question Bob could
think Of was answered.
"As / continued to read to Bob, and
later to his younger brothers and sis
ters, we began to relate our reading
to the globe; presently we found we
needed a map or two, and in the choice
Of these | was guided by the questions
asked by the children.
"To sum up, during those years we
laid thinking foundation for Social
Science as it is now being taught in
the modern school, and since all Of Us
loved to look at and to study the
globe, we had a good time doing it,"