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Show i 1 THE REVIEW. s V ' On Saturday morning next the club women are all expected to be on hand at the Rio Grande Western depot to go to Castilla Springs. The Provo and Springville clubs have made preparations to entertain all who come, which will surely not be less than ioo. There is no set program for the day, and this will allow time for the club women to meet and become better acquainted one with another. . , ' . ' LITERATURE IN PRIMARY GRADES. Concluded. In - - . r s ' three ways literature may strengthen the child in oral expressions. He gains strength from the mere using of language, from the learning of new words, and from memorizing the most beautiful passages of the story. If children should be taught to talk they should be given something about which to talk; and where can better subjects be found than in literature ? Again, all depends on how deeply the 1 i 1 1 ? i I t ! story enters into the child's life. If the story has merely been told to him, he may repeat it next day . It is, however, largely a memory exercise; he is only giving the words of another; the story never really belonged to him. But when he tries to set forth pictures he has formed in his own mind, or to describe circumstances and places that he has seen, similar to the ones given, then his is an original expression; or when he argues as to the right thing for the hero to do under given circumstances, his command over language is astonishing. Thus he gained strength by the use of the language. A mistake is often made by primary teachers is the avoiding of the correct, or best word for an idea, because it is too long. They have the erroneous idea that children can only command short words. Children can use any word, however long, if they need the word and know its proper meaning. The teacher should, whenever she sees the need of a word, teach it as to idea and oral expression. While becoming familiar with their meaning, the children should memorize the most beautiful passages. Little children memorize readily and everything learned at this age takes fast hold on the mind. These passages unconsciously become standards after-readinis judged, by which their g thus helping to develop in the children a sense of the beautiful in expression. The result of literature is three-fold- ; the teacher should wish that the child be enabled to choose more correctly because of the ideal life he has lived with heroes; to idealize all the common things about him, thus living in a world of beautiful thoughts, to gain a command over beautiful as well as exact language; and to appreciate beautiful expression wherever found. The power to idealize gained by her children through this work is often brought under the observation of the primary teacher and also, to a limited extent, their gain in a command over language but she is seldom permitted to see the growth toward right choices. For this result her faith must be great her faith in the fact that earnest work is not lost. Tickets to be on sale for trains of June 19th and 20th only, with final limit to July 10th. Transit limit of one day in each direction to be inserted in contract of ticket and ticket also to be marked for continuous passage. Rate from branch line points will be one single fare to nearest main line junction added to above specified rate. A party is being arranged for the delegates and club women who are going to Denver, and any who contemplate going will please send for particulars to The Review. IT MTS TO ADVERTISE IN Inland Educator . $ates to Dsmei? in June, via Rio Grande W a stem. For 7 the Biennial Meeting, General The Review. Federation of Women's Clubs at Denver, June 21st to 29th, an open rate of $20.00 is hereby authorized from all main line points, (including Park City, Bingham and Spanish Fork) to Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo and return. Scenic in ee World DENVER RIO GRANDE RAI LROAD. THE POPULAR THROUGH CAR LINE FROM THE NORTHWEST .TO ALL POINTS B. F. NEVINS, General Agent SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, East S. K. HOOPER, G. P. & DENVER. COLO. T. A. |