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Show "HE TRAJhIG Or A CHILD. Several Important Points That Must Be Remembered To teach a child ,n succeas requires re-quires only com-0 sense, giotl ad, merit and (to-Jenosa. There ver, thr-o otl important pol-' ttat must BVOr be former, 0fit Jn g,e mind ol the teacher. First of all, she must remember that to teach Is to impart instruction; not to find fault with Ignor&uoe. with lack" ! of comprehension, with listlessness or with forgetfnlness. Often, indeed, for these lut named faults, poor teaching Is to blame. Second, there Is the inflexible rale that requires a teacher tO preporo Tory kc- fore siring it, in order to present it in an interesting and intelligible way. Third, there is the ever present danger dan-ger of overdoing, against which the teacher must always be on guard. In the beginning short lessons frequently fre-quently varied give the best results. Ten or fifteen minutes for each study is enough, and this time limit must not be overstepped so Iodk as tomorrow to-morrow represents another day. The Household. |