The Kindergarten magazine . which are to be made by their syste-matic use are very convincing that Froebel found the rightpath. The Second Gift may be used in the simplest way in object-lesson work, in which the teacher presents the forms to thechildren, in order to increase their powers of observation,language and knowledge of facts. She may herself havelittle or no appreciation of the inner force of these forms,which none the less appeal to the childs natural sense of the Practice Work. 347 concrete. The language lesson secured through the cube ofthe Second Gift, may deal entirely with the f
The Kindergarten magazine . which are to be made by their syste-matic use are very convincing that Froebel found the rightpath. The Second Gift may be used in the simplest way in object-lesson work, in which the teacher presents the forms to thechildren, in order to increase their powers of observation,language and knowledge of facts. She may herself havelittle or no appreciation of the inner force of these forms,which none the less appeal to the childs natural sense of the Practice Work. 347 concrete. The language lesson secured through the cube ofthe Second Gift, may deal entirely with the facts of its outerappearance, still the child is becc^minj^ acfjuainted with itsform in a degree. But the Kindergartner who has studied into the center ofFroebels form-lessons, follows a more inclusive method thanthe above. While the sphere, cube and cylinder present toher lessons on the common properties of things, the facts of t natural objects, she also sees hiddenmeanings which ap-peal to and throughthe imagination. She. ..^^^^ plans her work with the Second Gift in such a way as toutilize all these facts and bring the child home to this innerknowledge as well. She has learned to appreciate the full-ness, roundness, comjileteness of the little wooecausethey are wholes. There is frecjuent questioning among Kindergartners asto how this wholeness should be presented, for they acceptFroebels rule to present all things lo ihechili
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