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... forty children in her care , to learn in five or six hours each day the reading , spelling , writing , and arithmetic which his mother could better teach him at home in a small fraction of that 42 EDUCATING THE CHILD AT HOME.
... forty children in her care , to learn in five or six hours each day the reading , spelling , writing , and arithmetic which his mother could better teach him at home in a small fraction of that 42 EDUCATING THE CHILD AT HOME.
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... fraction of that time ! Is this a promising beginning of an educa- tion ? And when the experiment fails are you justified in placing the blame upon the school ? Why thrust the sensitive little child into the complexities of a modern ...
... fraction of that time ! Is this a promising beginning of an educa- tion ? And when the experiment fails are you justified in placing the blame upon the school ? Why thrust the sensitive little child into the complexities of a modern ...
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... step toward the understanding of fractions that will be helpful a few months later . Still another step is to teach the child that division is expressed by the form 20/2 , so that he will work out the analysis HOW TO TEACH ARITHMETIC III.
... step toward the understanding of fractions that will be helpful a few months later . Still another step is to teach the child that division is expressed by the form 20/2 , so that he will work out the analysis HOW TO TEACH ARITHMETIC III.
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... fractions . The immense advantage of such a continuously developed plan of number work is at once ap- parent . In it is comprised recurring practice and drill in the four elementary operations ; each day's work is somewhat more ...
... fractions . The immense advantage of such a continuously developed plan of number work is at once ap- parent . In it is comprised recurring practice and drill in the four elementary operations ; each day's work is somewhat more ...
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... fraction is used more frequently in life than any other , and we shall use it in many ways . After some oral practice in finding halves , tell him to write in his book 1/2 of numbers to 25 , thus : 1/2 of 2 = 1 1/2 of 3 = 1-1 / 2 , etc ...
... fraction is used more frequently in life than any other , and we shall use it in many ways . After some oral practice in finding halves , tell him to write in his book 1/2 of numbers to 25 , thus : 1/2 of 2 = 1 1/2 of 3 = 1-1 / 2 , etc ...
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Page 194 - Heaven is not reached at a single bound ; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
Page 70 - There the wrinkled old Nokomis Nursed the little Hiawatha, Rocked him in his linden cradle, Bedded soft in moss and rushes, Safely bound with reindeer sinews; Stilled his fretful wail by saying, "Hush! the Naked Bear will hear thee'." Lulled him into slumber, singing, "Ewa-yea! my little owlet!
Page 69 - By the shores of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis. Dark behind it rose the forest, Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, Rose the firs with cones upon them ; Bright before it beat the water, Beat the clear and sunny water, Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water.
Page 176 - I am only one, But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
Page 181 - ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time ; Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.
Page 195 - HATS off! Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums, A flash of color beneath the sky: Hats off! The flag is passing by! Blue and crimson and white it shines, Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines. Hats off! The colors before us fly; But more than the flag is passing by...
Page 204 - No book is worth anything which is not worth much; nor is it serviceable, until it has been read, and re-read, and loved, and loved again; and marked, so that you can refer to the passages you want in it, as a soldier can seize the weapon he needs in an armoury, or a housewife bring the spice she needs from her store.
Page 74 - One must be an inventor to read well. As the proverb says, ' He that would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry out the wealth of the Indies.
Page 198 - For want of a nail, the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe, the horse was lost, For want of a horse, the rider was lost, For want of a rider, the battle was lost.
Page 80 - IN the Old Colony days, in Plymouth the land of the Pilgrims, To and fro in a room of his simple and primitive dwelling, Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of Cordovan leather, Strode, with a martial air, Miles Standish the Puritan Captain.