. Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . hasgiven this subject a realistic touch, which makesJacks adventure seem almost possible. Does the beanstalk look natural? Does it looklike the beanstalk which grows in your gardenAre the bean pods like those you have seen? Isthe color natural? Does the stalk look strongenough to bear Jacks weight? How high up doyou think he must go to reach the giants home?How is the impression of height given? Do yousee the landscape stretching away in the distance?Do the fields and the str
. Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children . hasgiven this subject a realistic touch, which makesJacks adventure seem almost possible. Does the beanstalk look natural? Does it looklike the beanstalk which grows in your gardenAre the bean pods like those you have seen? Isthe color natural? Does the stalk look strongenough to bear Jacks weight? How high up doyou think he must go to reach the giants home?How is the impression of height given? Do yousee the landscape stretching away in the distance?Do the fields and the stream look far away? Doyou think Jack became frightened or dizzy as hewent on—up and up? Doesnt the picture helpyou to understand his courage and determinationto carry out his purpose? Nurse helps me when I embark (Volume Onepage 127) is a fine picture for study. Ask ques-tions like the following: What toys do you see inthe picture? Do boys like toys which suggest ad-venture? Do you think he likes his small boat?Why? Did it suggest to his mind that he would callhis bed a boat, and sail away in it to dreamland? Is. Pictures and Their Use 53 he saying his prayer? Will the small candle givelight enough? Why does it smoke? What kind ofa bed is it? What is the canopy over the bed madeof? Interesting questions may be asked about thepoem: What is a prudent sailor? What do pru-dent sailors have to take on board? What is a pier?What is the pier beside which the boy finds his ves-sel fast? On page 262 of Volume One is printed Wynken,Blynken, and Nod, Eugene Fields musical lyric forlittle ones. The attractive picture may be lookedat before the poem is read. Questions help the chil-dren more than explanations and comments, par-ticularly vs^here they are logically asked. The nat-ural order is to ask about the prominent things first,and then about minor details, thus: How manychildren are there? Where are they? What doestheir boat look like? What is the child nearest thetoe of the shoes doin
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