Show HOME EDUCATION The Ch Childs Child's ds d's First School i 13 the Froebel Family Family Froebel Issued b by the National Kindergarten Association West est Street New Nework fork ork City These arU articles les are appear appear- appearIng appearing appearing ing weekly in our columns CORRECT SPEECH HABITS HELE HELEN GREGG GREE GREEN GREE Everybody talks But Dut JIO HOW do they talk Are their voices melodious and pleasing Do they speak correctly Mothers and fathers lathers have much to todo tolo todo do lo with determining the kind of ot speech habits their boys and girls will Ill acquire Correctness In grammar and a growing end and improving vocabulary are a wor or h striving Ing forA CorA for Cor forA A child should learn to use good English before beCore he is old enough to go goto goo goto to o kindergarten It If ho he hears only correct cor- cor correct cor correct e expressions he will have little dif dif- dif difficulty In forming correct habits but butan butan an tn faulty sentence of oC his should be by the proper wording with without without rut out any reference to his mistake This should hould never be done In a manner to produce Irritation of ot It If correct language langu habits are formed In childhood it Is an almost certain rule that hat they will be bo carried through life lICe Good English is both bolh a business and anda andt a t social asset It is not easy tp sue sue- succeed suc succeed eed along commercial lines unless one has ras It It is impossible to possess charm and nd poise without It Recently I entered a room filled with strangers One young girl was particularly lovely She seemed to glisten listen so 1 beautiful and attractive did she he look 1001 But Dut when she spoke ah me all 11 the GLISTEN faded Her voice olce was loud Dud and rasping and anI her English was It was as difficult to find any subject on which she could talk Intelli Intelli- Intelligently Intelligently gently This reminds me of oC another plea I wish to It make make It Is for tor the lost art or of conversation Why hy not get Into tho the habit of ot TALK TALK- T TALKING ALK- ALK ALKI I ING G G THINGS THI OVER Encourage the chil dren ren to talk Discuss places of oC o Interest and rid Important things that are going on ont In t the world orld It If some member r of ot the discovers a new word ord why not look ok it up In the dictionary TALK about bout its use and make mako It a family possession The habit of oC correcting the speech or different members of oC the tho family can be made into a good natured game for Cor forthe little the and big For tor the very small chilen chil- chil children chil children dren en Appeal to a child s Imagination Tell ell the story ot of Have Gone Cone and Went happily with each III ave e and Gone play other her but Have Ha and Went do not enjoy enjoying doing ing the same things so you vou ou do not find rd them together Ask your small son to wait Bait outside oC i a room while you and rather Father go Into intoe the e room nOe o 0 you will Bill III knock at the thedoor theor door or lIe He s rather Father is that you vou ou ou ou ru answer er No o it is I Son says Itis It ItIs Is not he It Is mother Of OC course you youcan youn youcan can n vary this game almost Indefinitely Try writing words on cars aunts cars as he set sit teach learn me meI and ask aske I or fur came camp she they the e children to play with you vou OU the Iho game oC making sentences with the a on the cards Or it if the children are aret I shall Now read suggest too t small to tell 1 you a word cord ord See what a good Continued on page 8 Continued from page 1 sentence YOU ou can make with It It Ready My worl s or I 1 Is lay All All right Mother I m ready I lay the book do down don n That s stine sI tine flue Don t forget torget to commend As we e said before are aro mere mere- merely merely I ly devices Most lost I children enjoy them and often they are very serf helpful but butor butof butof or of course the only dependable method for tor establishing good speech habits re- re requires requires re requires quires first of or all nil that v o e employ the continuous assistance ot of good as ab dally daily teachers ote Page rive Five contains another ar- ar article article ar article 1 Wh h Don Doat t ter erl by Lenora Bailey Dalley |