Название: Games Without Music for Children
Автор: Loïs Bates
Издательство: Bookwire
Жанр: Сделай Сам
isbn: 4064066206444
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The children who are ready to answer then put their hands out, and the one who guesses correctly (or most nearly correctly) has the privilege of asking the next question, and stands in front of the class in readiness. Before proceeding, however, the first object should be measured, so that all may see that the answer was correct.
Perhaps the pencil may be the next object chosen, or a window-pane, ball-frame, desk, duster, book, &c., and instead of length, we may have breadth. The words would then be:
Think it over carefully,
And tell me what the breadth may be Of this window-pane.
The children should be taught to listen attentively, so that they may know whether length or breadth is to be guessed; the meaning of the two terms should, of course, be explained previously.
If circular objects are chosen for measurement, the word 'girth' must be substituted for 'length.' This form of object should only be used for the older children, as it is much more difficult. To measure a circular object, a string should be passed round it, and the string should then be measured with the foot-rule.
Sometimes the word height may be substituted, as, for instance, in measuring the height of a plant or a child. The children will enjoy the latter very much.
Twelve inches make a foot, And nine a quarter-yard, The half-yard eighteen inches takes, To learn this is not hard.
Footnote
[1] Appendix II.
6. SHOPPING
The shopman should stand behind a table or desk, and have articles made up in parcels ready for sale. 'The Shop' described in 'Kindergarten Guide,' p. 230,[1] would do nicely for this game.
The children who go shopping should be dressed in outdoor costume, and each carry a basket. They should also have money; imitation cardboard coins (for cost[2]) would do. (Customer walks up to the counter.)
Shopman
Good morning, ma'am, how do you do? And pray what can I get for you?
Customer
Good morning, shopman, will you please
To weigh for me a pound of cheese?
[The packet is handed to customer.]
Customer
Here is a shilling [handing it], eightpence take,
Shopman
And fourpence change [giving fourpence to customer] just twelvepence make.
The children should also ask for other articles, without using the rhymes, and they should be encouraged to speak clearly and distinctly, and to address the shopman civilly. This will be likely to assist them in going errands for mother.
Footnote
[1] See Appendix III.
[2] See Appendix IV.
7. TYING A BOW
Instructions.—The children should be sitting at desks or tables, and each child should have a ¾ yard length of tape or ribbon, one inch in width, and a book with stiff cover. The teacher should first show how to tie the bow by passing her ribbon round the neck or wrist of a child, and performing the various movements as they are mentioned in the rhymes and shown in the illustrations. This should be done several times very slowly, the words being repeated either by teacher only or by all. When the children begin to tie the ribbon each round its own book, the teacher should show the various movements as they occur, performing them simultaneously with the scholars. (The numbers refer to fig. 1, which shows the various steps in order.)
[1]Place your ribbon round the book,
[2]Cross it—left end at the top;
[3]Now the right end take and pass
Over, [4]draw it tight, then stop.
[5]With the right end make a loop.
[6]Draw the left across it, so;
[7]Now another loop we make
With the left, and [8]pull it through.
'Tying a Knot' (which is more simple than 'Tying a Bow') is given in the 'Kindergarten Guide,' p. 105.[A]
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