. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . d class?comprises three pupils—eleven, twelve, and thirteen years ofage, the last two congenitally deaf—who have been in schoolsix and seven years. They have lessons in arithmetic,geography, history, physiology, and word-analysis. Theirperfect understanding by sjjeech-reading and their unusualability to express their thoughts without hesitancy in eitherspoken or written language confirm the conviction that hasl)een growing upon us for the past nine years, namely, thatinfant kindergarten schools are a necessity for the best de-velopment
. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . d class?comprises three pupils—eleven, twelve, and thirteen years ofage, the last two congenitally deaf—who have been in schoolsix and seven years. They have lessons in arithmetic,geography, history, physiology, and word-analysis. Theirperfect understanding by sjjeech-reading and their unusualability to express their thoughts without hesitancy in eitherspoken or written language confirm the conviction that hasl)een growing upon us for the past nine years, namely, thatinfant kindergarten schools are a necessity for the best de-velopment of the deaf. Summary. 1. Teach the deaf child in infancy the things a hearing childunconsciously learns during that period. 2. Use kindergarten methods; give the child something to•do, then supply the word to express the awakened thought. 3. Surround the child with black-boards ; teach drawing andwriting fiom the beginning—the first for the sake of freedomof expression, and the latter for accuracy—and insist iiponaccuracy from the The McCoimn Oral Schovl. 17 4. Encourage the child to ask questions, and cultivate inhim a desire personally to investigate everything that comeswithin his observation. 5. Place books suited to his comprehension within hisreach, encourage him to read aloud, take the time to talkfreely and frequently with him. By using this natural method from early infancy, a deafchild will acquire a knowledge and use of language which willenable him to take up the regular school room curriculum atmuch less disadvantage than is possible where, as under existingcircumstances, a large per cent, of deaf children from ten tofifteen years of age are still struggling .with the a, b, c oflaneuaoe. o o Ten years ago, in 1883, our School opened as the only one,so far as known, to solicit very young deaf children as pupils,and from that time there has been a steady growth of publicopinion favoring the earlier education of the deaf. In 1888,five years later
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