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Show Mats and baskets may be made of willow or grssses for nea in the honseho1d;'as well as for presents at Christmss time. The fall thought-preparation for the winter-gives much inkmathg emplor-meut. Nuts mnst be thered for the children and the nirraln kept in cages ln the class room, and g i t a dried and preserved and p%ed for use in muter. Pupils mnst can corn, can tomatocs, dry corn, peas, fmita, berries, and peppers, and make pickles and p-es Potataes may be planted in the window box-. They grow d y , and nn~fnl lessons may be lmpreased before the season cornea for them to be planted in the gardens. The cotton plant may also be raised in the windows. Attaution must be given to clay modeling, making the h i t andvegetpbles the children deal with, and other th~pgsp osslble t o b ,made in clayt Dramngs of the toys,,dolls, tools, and other objects dealt wlth wlll be made dally and colored mth pencllls, crayons, or paints. The love of parents for childrel -aoresented b pupils and their dolle, as evidenced in spending so much care and u,ough~ anitime for theulr comfort and pleasure, leads to the thought of the Father's love for all. Give talks on the animals and what they do for uegiving us food and cloth-ing and the care we should gve them. When the weather becomes pl~a98nt and children can work out of doors, have them build a house the plan 6f which has been drawn to measurements in the schoolroom. They must lay off the ground, getting atones, if w h l e , or using bricks for the foundation. Construct a mortar box and mix mortar, fitting the stones accurately and making the foundation strong. The Fards for the house will be measured as needed m bulldlng the structure, sawed Into proper lmgth?, and the necessary joints cut and fitted. When shingled and otherwise fin~ahed,~t should be painted, papered, and furnished. There are many sense games that are helpful, also playing hall, jumping, hop ping, marching, running, and skipping. The teacher should keep a list of the words oomprieing the vocabulary of the children. This will be approximate, since some brighterchildren will easily learn more words than others, but the vocabulary of the average child will give the words that may be used as a foundation for the simple reading lessons and the first leasons in writing that will follow. The occupstions of card sewing, parquetry mat weaving, etc.. have been elimi-nated from the beat schwls and the more pr&tical work of the home is 'ven the child. Stories must be told daily, and the pupils given the freedom of afome, at the same time expecting each one to perform hie ?llotted taak. Visits to the stables a?d talks about the cows y l l lead up to lessons in the care of milk and butter. Wlth a few utens~ls,t he m~l ka nd cream can be cared for. The teacher will have a churn in the class room and let thechildren make butter frequently during the year. After chumin , each child must be given a tiny bit of butter, which he will work with his smai paddle, adding salt and putting by the small roll or prints for the doll's table. Each child mnst make a. scrapbook. The leaves may be made of wttou cloth. Pupils and teachers must take care of the fowl, oollecti the egga, marhng them, "setting" the hens, and watching for the little chicks to break the shell, then caring for them, having ready small coops for therr homes. In the sprlng the gardens are the farms on which each child will raise as many vegetables as possible. Lessons in geography and number will be learned in the school yard, stndying the lay of the land, mesanringoff and making the gardens, watching the awaken-ing of nature. Children must be made to feel individual responsibility. The true mother-teacher will strive to secnre, before all other thinga, the happiness of the children, for the sunshine of the schoolroom is to them what Runshine is to young plants. "The work of adult pupils in this grade win be based npon their ex er~enceo n the school grounds, in the shops, on the farm, etc. This mnst he woried out for them, first, npon the hard, and later, by chart made by the teacher, limited to the needs of the pupil. Great painsmust betaken to give him the power to wnverse correctly in English. Any books used shou!d be ad?pted to the age of the pupil. The pupil's needs will be the teacher's guulde uln plannulug and aelectlng lessons."' Second year.-Have real objects, where possible, brought into the aohoolmom; for example, if the subject of the lesson is a ball, the leaeon may he introduced by a game of hall. Let them toss and catch to the count. Have the c h i l e mold balls of many sizes, from clay, colormg them wulth chalk by way of vanety; after the game qnestioning the child 8s to what they did will very likely prodnoe the 1 Course of stndy Carwe Indostrial SohooL 8593-41-29 |