Book Description

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ... neglect to distinguish the different stages in the advancement of the children to whom they are given. Any infant of four years is a very different being intellectually from a child of six or seven; and can only, to a small extent, follow the same lesson. Even in dealing with things, we shall not secure the child's attention unless we select things which interest him, and present him with notions suitable to his capacity. Perhaps we may distinguish three stages of the object-lesson. In the first, the pupil is required to discriminate objects by their names, to notice their simplest and most obvious properties, such as form, size, and colour, and to tell their parts; in the second, we should deal chiefly with the qualities and uses of things; and in the third, with a more formal statement of the various relations in which these stand to each other, such as of resemblance and causality. These three stages may correspond approximately to the first year of attendance at school, the second year, and the third year."1 403. Examples of Object-Lessons.--1. A Bell.--Lesson for Young Class. Introduction--Children at play--different games in the play-ground.--They hear a clear ringing sound, and they all stop--what is the sound?--what for? Qualities--Heard the school-hell often--kind of sound--loud--clear--pleasant or musical--Seen a bell? Shape?--something like a cup or thimble, but bigger--curved--smooth outside and inside--look inside, what do you see? Tongue or clapper--What for?--handle, what made of? (Get parts named and process of ringing now described by class.) What made of?--metal--curious kind of metal, which you will learn about by-and-bye--would glass or earthenware do? Uses--To let us know when to go to school--to church--people to go...