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Show THE TRAININQ OF A CHILD. ' Several Important Points That Mutt Be Remembered. To teach a child with success requires re-quires only common sonso, good judgment judg-ment nnd gentleness. There nre, how-oVer, how-oVer, thrco other Important points that must ever bo foremost In tho mind of tho teacher. First of all, she must remember that to teach Is to Impart Instruction; not to find fault with Ignorance, with lack of comprehension, with llstlcssncss or with forgctfutnc8s. Often, Indeed, for tlieso last named faults, poor teaching Is to blame Second, thoro Is tho Inflexible) rulo thnt roqulrcs a teacher to prepare every lesson carefully be-foro be-foro giving It, In ordor to present I! In an Interesting and lntolllglblo way. Third, thero Is tho ever present danger dan-ger of overdoing, against which the teacher must always bo on guard. In tho beginning short lessons fro quently varied Glvo tho best results. Ten or fifteen minutes for each stud Is enough, and this time limit must not bo ovorstepped so long as tomorrow to-morrow represents another day. Tho Household. |