| Show OUR CHILDREN 88 by ANGELO PATRI REVIEW LESSONS u RY so often it Is necess necessary ari for E EVERY a pupil to go over the points he baa learned lie he repeats ills his rulen brushes up his tables dues does the lems once more this Is on an essential step in his learning it makes for thoroughness for one thins thing our minds often trick us we thinh we know a fact very well it has ha a pleasant a rif familiar feeling as we remember it ft to lo passing oh I 1 know that says the child and goes on the wise teach er stop with that she says good tell me all about it IL oftener than pupil la Is dismayed to find that this thing lie he knew so well slips from his grasp when he tries to lo lay hold bold of it ile he hesitates stammers stain mers and fidgets and finally says sam 1 I knew that just as well irel as my own name and I 1 say it lie ile know it as well as be knew his bis own name ills name hns has been used so EO often that it has become a orrt of himself the fact that slipped into the haze when he tried to hold bold it had not been used often enough had bad not been knitted into the fabric of his thought to make an 1111 iden idea part ol of ones thinking one must work it knead it into his bis mind by repetition and ose repetition alone will iiii not help a child to knowledge it Is not enough to repeat words accurate though they may be that Is only one form of an idea its thinnest most elusive and deceptive form to grasp its values and make then them useful to our thinking we have to know the idea in many forms it in action in association with other things A child learns that a river Is a stream of water running down hill bill to ward the sea suppose he never saw the boats carrying carr sins their loads up and down its course never saw the farms turn green and bear their harvests be c cause ause of its beneficent watering never noted the difference its drainage meant to the nearby uplands bow much doe he be know farow about a river we brkin with the word but the word must be clothed and made manifest before a child knows much about it when you are trying to help bell a child review a subject instead of hammering on the set word try to get a new view of it by helping the child to find new associations tor for it A review ought to be the old idea with some additional if the pupil Is not interested to in the idea the review wont help him at all and the way to interest him Is to call up tip other ideas in support of the original fact 0 0 0 ITS RAINING utts training raining mother its raining does docs that mean we cant go 7 you certainly dont expect to go out in the rain it if it Is raining you haie hae to stay in the house all A groan runs through the anxious group croup about the window stay in all al day what will we do there are some rainy saturdays in ID every year and that means a lot ot of disappointed children for saturday ay iy la Is their important day they save sate up their treats for that day they look forward q to it all week for weeks ahead A disappointment like a rainy lay day Is no light mow blow to eager children sometimes the rain need not inter fere lf if the children were wen going to the circus let them go the rhe circus in the rain Is great fun usually it ir Is under cover anyway concerts plays nit museum trips need not be a affected by the weather rhe outdoor trip the picnic and the hike and the th weekend week end camping may be impossible but sometimes there Is a chance even for them if there Is let them take it getting a wetting Is not going to hurt a healthy child they are as wn wa as young ducks provided they tire are in good health and their clothes are fit there is beauty in a raina day the soft gray graf that veils the world enchants it the everyday things take on an air of mystery the smells and the feels of a rainy day are a welcome variety in the childrens experiences it would be a pity to deprive them of the delights that the rains belus the drip of the rain from the trees the echoing voices the soft thud of footsteps on fallen leaves the smell of earth unit that lies open to the meat meal and drink that the season Is offering the colors and the atmosphere of all our days offer something prec precious lons and last ing to the children who can enjoy then them I 1 dont like to lu teach children that a rainy day checks them completely it nay may not be wet enough to change their plans if a rainy day outfit will ifft settle the difficulty let them put it on and go ahead it it Is too heavy a rain use one of the alternatives you have had in mind instead of the outdoor excursion make it an indoor one to tome some interesting place help them to use ose the rainy day and enjoy it the weather does not hurt healthy children dress them to meet it instead of dressing them by the calendar use the thermometer A sweater can be worn with comfort on a cool day and laid aside with perfect safety on the following warmer day we master the weather we like it we enjoy the changes in color and atmosphere and temperature that it brings who wants avants to be afraid of a rainy dayl day 1 C bill bell service |
