School; a magazine devoted to elementary and secondary education . lind also interests them. Point letters arepunched upon manilla paper from right to left, and for reading, the paperis turned over and read from left to right. The punching raises thepoints upon the under side and the blind read these by touch. Half acell is left I between letters and a whole cell between love the novelty of writing their own names or something fromthe reader in point. Of course they just make the dots with pencils ontheir work-books. a. • • m 9 00 -c. cL. • 9% » # • ? • « 0• • * • • f 0 0 0 « •


School; a magazine devoted to elementary and secondary education . lind also interests them. Point letters arepunched upon manilla paper from right to left, and for reading, the paperis turned over and read from left to right. The punching raises thepoints upon the under side and the blind read these by touch. Half acell is left I between letters and a whole cell between love the novelty of writing their own names or something fromthe reader in point. Of course they just make the dots with pencils ontheir work-books. a. • • m 9 00 -c. cL. • 9% » # • ? • « 0• • * • • f 0 0 0 « • # • .1 * » 9 0 • 0 # 0 ,1- * • * •• • 0 0 t • • • • 0 •• *0 ? 0 00 > • • 0 • 0 • • « «• # The Alph abet in poi nt for reading- Home Work Willie, why couldnt you find the result of these examples you tookhome? inquired the teacher, in a sharp voice. Please, maam, replied the shaking boy, me father says theywuz too hard for him, an would you mind giving me a few easier onesto do? —K. A. The Making of an Aquarium L. P. MENZIES, TO instruct a child in the workings of nature through the medium ofbooks is a very uninteresting and unprofitable task to teacher andpupil alike; but, who has not watched with pleasure a crayfishdig out the sand from under a stone to make a home for itself, come outin search of food, and dart rapidly back on the appearance of an enemy?We have often seen a fish travel through the water, but how many of usknow that the tail is the chief organ propelling the animal? or how manyof us have watched a tad-pole develop into a full-grown frog? If wehave not seen such common things as these, how can we expect our pupilsto observe details far more minute. Hence the problem that arises in themind of the teacher of nature study is how can he place his pupils in aposition to make definite observations. If he had a sufficient numberof aquaria to give each pupil the care of one, the difficulty


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