School; a magazine devoted to elementary and secondary education . aconstructive power over the tool of thought? For this reason whenthey have had sufficient practice in recognising the words standing forcertain objects and actions, they readily learn to take the words apart,and see the individuality of each part without elaborate devices. Similarlythey learn to build up a whole, and later new wholes—the indefinitebecomes definite. The use of nursery rhymes is important. They aid in proper word-recognition, because in this w^ay words in a sentence perform their truefunction; also the childs mi
School; a magazine devoted to elementary and secondary education . aconstructive power over the tool of thought? For this reason whenthey have had sufficient practice in recognising the words standing forcertain objects and actions, they readily learn to take the words apart,and see the individuality of each part without elaborate devices. Similarlythey learn to build up a whole, and later new wholes—the indefinitebecomes definite. The use of nursery rhymes is important. They aid in proper word-recognition, because in this w^ay words in a sentence perform their truefunction; also the childs mind is being developed by the opportunity ofholding larger elements of thought than that contained in the short, one-line sentence. Thus the theory governing the practice outlined is to glean from everyfield where there has been a rich harvest in conscientious experiment sothat the seed we may sow in the soil—the plastic minds of children—maynot be blighted by rust, but may be embryonic of a richer harvest. Thisis the combination method in primary Class room Devicesfor June MARGARET D. MOFFAT, Bolton Avenue School, Toronto
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