The Educator (Volume 45) - IAMPETH

24 The Educator
The Part Instruction in Handwriting
Plays in Establishing Human Relationships.
(Continued from page 16)
Education should help to develop
an appreciation of the home and
family relationships. What child
does not delight in presenting a well
written poem to Mother on Mothers'
Day ? Mothers are equally delighted
to exhibit these specimens. Parents,
even though not educated, will rate
a child's progress by his handwriting
because of its visibility. It is something
tangible to treasure. Since
Mothers' Day comes near the end of
the school year, the results ought to
be gratifying if there has been a
constant repetition and drill on the
factors essential to good writing.
The teaching of homemaking skills
is an important phase of family life
education. Children like to plan and
write menus for holiday dinners.
They can write recipes for candy,
jelly, butter, cranberry sauce and
simple desserts. A second grade
class became interested in making
gingerbread. The names of the ingredients
furnished material for a
writing lesson. Many problems in
arithmetic can center on home life.
Children can write original problems
for another class to solve. This activity
is a means of motivating a
lesson c.n figures.
A teacher who anticipates the
many uses for handwiiting in developing
the objectives of human relationships,
will begin the school year
A flourish made by the late H. J. Ennis, Portland.
with much drill on the essential factors,
keeping before the children the
motto to which Abraham Lincoln so
faithfully adhered: "I will get ready.
Perhaps my chance will come."
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