136 METHODS IN TEACHING 



"4. Draw a line, by judging, one inch long. Measure 

 and correct. 



" 5. Draw a one-inch square, by judging. Measure and 

 correct. 



" 6. On blackboard draw, by judging, lines one foot long. 

 Measure and correct. 



" Children enjoy the rhythm of counting. As they are 

 brought into touch with the idea of number through com- 

 parisons, measuring, games, counting is 

 made definite, not only in giving the con- 

 secutive number names, but in applying them to correspond- 

 ing groups of objects. The children are led to recognize 

 instantly objects in unit groups of two, three, four, and five. 

 In any work above five the smaller group units are used. 

 This work is never given until the child has met with the 

 number again and again in his nature study, drawing, or 

 other studies. In training in the instantaneous recognition 

 of unit groups, all sorts of objects are used, dots, lines, 

 marbles, flowers, boys, girls. Care is taken not to go be- 

 yond the maturity of the child. In most cases the pupils, 

 before the close of the incidental period, can count by ones 

 and tens to one hundred and back." 



SECOND YEAR GRADE 

 SECOND TERM 



" With the beginning of the second term of the second 

 school year formal instruction in arithmetic is begun. Ad- 

 dition and subtraction are taught together; 

 The Steps 



multiplication, division, and partition, to- 

 gether. During the first three months of the term addition 

 and subtraction are emphasized. 



