The teachers college quarterly [serial] . valuable lessons in geog-raphy. After studying the various wild animals of that time, discussingand writing about them in the language and spelling periods, they werethen modeled in clay by the children, and added much to the reality ofthe scene represented on the sand-table. Much reproduction, both oral and written, has grown out of the read-ing of the story, and the children, as independent seat-work, have drawnsome interesting pictures illustrating parts of the story which haveappealed most strongly to them. We are also planning to make bookletsin w


The teachers college quarterly [serial] . valuable lessons in geog-raphy. After studying the various wild animals of that time, discussingand writing about them in the language and spelling periods, they werethen modeled in clay by the children, and added much to the reality ofthe scene represented on the sand-table. Much reproduction, both oral and written, has grown out of the read-ing of the story, and the children, as independent seat-work, have drawnsome interesting pictures illustrating parts of the story which haveappealed most strongly to them. We are also planning to make bookletsin which to mount some free-hand paper cuttings. Aside from its other values, the sheer enjoyment which the child getsfrom the hearing of the story should commend it very highly to anyteacher. The Story of Columbus Before I began the teaching of the story of Columbus three weekswere spent in gathering all the material possible. Books, text-books, andreference books I studied and toiled over until I became thoroughlysaturated with the


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