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5 19. THE OGLALA LIGHT. say and act all possible stories about these objects thus learning the use of familiar verbs. Finally let him learn to spell and write the word. When he has completely mastered one object, introduce an other, whose name will review a letter or so of the first word and then give a new one, and so on, until the twenty six letters are made his own without regard to order. Now, the child has a vocabulary and can write. The next step witl be to give him the letters in re gular order that he be not handicapped wheu he enters a grade where he must use the dictionary. He will learn the small letters, capitals and the printed form for each. He is ready at last to read and the chart may proceed with easy lessons founded on the words he has learned and gradually introducing new ones to broaden his knowledge. Phonics may be introduced with the reading. All care must be taken not to teach two new words at the same time, which have such a similar sound as to be confused with each other. Synonyms must be avoided. The young child of course requires no book for his number work. His numbers are given with about the same care and rapidity as his letters. The teacher being positive that he can readily and rapidly distinguish the number symbols before she introduces the first simple oral problem. By this system the child is kept about even in all branches, and by the time he is ready to read, he is ready to begin oral numbers and can furnish simple original stories in his language work. All this is true of the beginning classes and their need of special books is very evident. "With the older chileren special books in some branches, such as grammar, would be of great value to the teacher and the pupil alike however he should not be confined to special books for his whole future bepends upon the rapidity with which he can get abreast of his white brother, both in school work and in manual labor. botfi not make muctj bifference tofcat a person atubie* Ml bnotolebge is relate)), anb tfje man tofto stubiea anptfjing, if tie beeps at it, toiU become Uartieb. Jfra ClberUi*.