THE CLEAN-THE-HOUSE LADY
By F. S. Putnam

The clean-the-house lady has been here today.
She cleans up the dust in a wonderful way,
And when all the rooms are quite shiny and neat,
The clean-the-house lady walks home on her feet.

The clean-the-house lady is nice as can be;
And I think that we should be as thoughtful as she,
But Mother just laughs and she won't even stir,
When I say, "Why don't you go and clean up for
her?"

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TEACHING THE NAMES OF THE

MONTHS

All the months go passing by,

To tell my name now who will try?"

One after another the children run inside the circle saying, "Is your name June?" "Is your name December?" etc.

Each time Miss October answers,

"Guess again 'tis very plain,

That you do not know my name."

The children may keep on guessing until all the other months have been guessed, then one may say "Is your name October?"

This child and Miss October will change places and the game continues.

All the children clap hands and say, "The summer is over,

You are merry October."

To vary the game, or to end it, the children may again march around the circle singing, to the same tune,

All the months are marching so,

One by one they come and go,
Winter, summer, spring and fall,

You will find twelve months in all.

If any child asks if the month is October, before all the other months are named, he must go out of the game.

This game will help the children to learn all the names of the months.

A LITTLE GENTLEMAN

I know a well-bred little boy who never says "I can't;"

He never says "Don't want to," or "You've got to," or "You sha'n't";

He never says "I'll tell mamma!" or calls his playmates "mean."

A lad more careful of his speech I'm sure was never seen!

He's never ungramatical-he never mentions "ain't"; A single word of slang from him would make his mother faint!

And now I'll tell you how it is (lest this should seem absurd):

He's now exactly six months old, and cannot speak a word! St. Nicholas.

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"ZOO" PICTURES

By Mabel L. Straub, Frankfort, Phila. Pa. June is the month when a great many children go to the "Zoo." When they come home, they are saturated with all that they have seen. They will be interested to make some of the animals, and in other ways to reproduce their new experiences. The teacher draws various kinds of animals on separate sheet

of paper. These are colored and cut out by the children, and mounted on mounting-paper. Each child has only one animal, but three or four different kinds are drawn, and the child is given his choice. After the animal is mounted, each child is given a black weaving mat, with every other strip cut out, thus forming the bars of a cage, and this is pasted on top of the animal.

In the case of elephants, the children enjoy putting its trunk in and out of the bars.

I picked an apple from our tree

For auntie, who lives far away from me.
I tossed it, a few times, up in the air.
Then ran to the house to pack it there.
In a nice little box the apple I placed
And off to mail it I went in haste.
While walking, I tossed the box, for play,
As I had the apple, the very same way.
But the little points went into my hand
For a cube wont toss, you understand
Now, if you'll spin your cubes with me
The apple inside of its box you'll see.

The hillside's dew pearled;

The lark's on the wing;

The snail's on the thorn;

God's in his heaven;

All's right with the world.

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FIRST GRADE CRINKLES

By Mary E. Cotting, Waltham (54) Mass. Divide 7" x 5" gray cards (tissue paper backings) by a diameter connecting the longest edges. Trace, or let children trace, as many circles in each half as are required to build up the number lesson in addition. For example:-Five in one half and none in the other means 5 plus 0 equals 5. We have made sets covering the additions from one to six inclusive. The form of the work becomes so familiar at this point that it is not necessary to carry on the idea farther.

Before the pupils are able to make figures they can make the circles and fill them in with colored crayons, or pencils. This helps in gaining quick numerical recognition of object groups.

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As soon as figure making is mastered up to ten have the stories of the cards written, after the oral exercises. Each child has his own pack held by an elastic band, and does each day's work by direction usually, though occasionally let the pupil choose whatever group of cards he wishes for his part in the oral, or written exercise.

Later each child is provided with-or makes for himself which is preferable-a set on 1" square cards on which are the figures, plus and equality "marks" needed for "laying" the stories of the "spotty" cards. Thus the number to be considered is four. The child places the "spotty cards" in a row; and beside, or beneath them lays the small cards which represent the combinations of 4 as represented by the dots, or spots. This is splendid for a silent period, which may be followed by a telling exercise. Work of this nature makes a break in the blackboard service, giving not only variety to school work, but an "easeup" on eyes.

NUMBER WORK

By Mary E. Cotting, Waltham (54) Mass. When children first come into the First Grade from the kindergarten they have a pretty good start in recognition and naming as well as counting and the following ideas help to connect the old with new school life. As they learn the figures, for each have the children make upon a 5" x 4" card circles the size of a quarter dollar; fill these in with the color: the child likes best. On the back of the card make the proper figure. As these cards one by one to ten are prepared have each figure sewed upon a card same size as the spot-group ones. As an exercise lay the sewed figure cards and cover with the one bearing the proper number of spots. Again lay either kind of cards and upon them place as many seeds, (mellon and squash) tablets, cubical beads, et cetera as the spots, or sewed figures indicate.

As recognition of figures progresses give out small (1" size a good one) cards upon which one of each know figure is stamped. Direct class to reproduce the order of figures on the blackboard, or those marking number of pages in Reader. We have large individual cards bearing figures from one to fifty, and the children lay the one inch cards in order of figures as represented on large card.

WINDOW DECORATIONS

By Hazel Bennett, Cato, N. Y.

In my rural school we liked to make our window look as attractive as possible. Due to lack of time to make baskets and the like to paste on the windows I began using Bon Ami. After I had frosted the window with it I used water Paints and drew spring flowers, pussy willows and sometimes birds, especially the spring birds as we were studying them.

Take for instance the Red Wing Black bird, with him I painted cat tails and willows to show the surroundings he chooses as a home.

The more a teacher uses the Bon Ami and paint, the more she will find that she can teach in this way. Of course it washes from the windows nicely when she wishes to make a change.

OUR SAND TABLE

By Hazel Bennett, Cato, N. Y.

My children look forward each month to the change in our sand table. For the Easter month we used twigs and Pussy Willows set around in the sand. Then we placed some rabbits among the trees. (These were secured at a five and ten cent store, also some candy easter eggs.) These were put in a nest made of green paper. Then we had Easter stories; The tales the children enjoy to supplement the sand table work and the stories that teach the real meaning of Easter.

ILLUSTRATIONS by F. G. SANDERS

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MY GRANDMA

By Marie Hunter Dawson

My, but she's kind and good to me,
Whatever I need she's sure to see.
There isn't a thing that she can't do-
She makes my old clothes look like new.
Oh my, but she's the marvelous cook
And she doesn't have to look in a book!
Her cookies-yum yum-and her doughnuts too,
And her cake has frosting a half-inch through.
Her pies and taffy and any old thing

Is good enough to feed to a king!

Her hair's so white and her face so kind;

When things go "whichway" she doesn't mind.

"My honey's tired," she'll sometimes say,

And never says I'm in her way.

"Were you a boy once, grandma, tell?

You understand a boy so well!"

"MY DOLLIE"

By Mrs. Howard Burkett, Etna Green, Ind.

I teach my dollie every night
And try to have her do just right,
But she's a very naughty child,

And sometimes nearly drives me wild.
For she just sits and looks away
And doesn't heaar a word I say.
But then I love her just the same,
For maybe she is not to blame,

And some day she is sure to be,

A nice, great big, good girl, like me!

"KINDERGARTEN DAYS."

By Mrs. Howard Burkett, Etna Green, Ind.

Little boys and little girls,

With smooth bobbed hair,

Or silken curls.

With rosy faces, clean and bright,
It surely is a pretty sight!

With pearl-white teeth all in a row,
And happy smiles we love to know.
What would our lives without them be,
The children we all love to see!