The Educator (Volume 45) - IAMPETH

Keep the body and arm flexible and
adjust yourself to the way you can
do your very best board writing. A
successful teacher must be able to
demonstrate, instruct, and enthuse
her pupils. Most pupils are keen
imitators, and they will usually take
much more interest in what the
teacher actually does than in what
she says. When a teacher tries to
do all work neatly, always writing
her very best, it has a stimulating
influence upon the pupils. Most pupils
will do as good work as the
teacher requires and insists upon,
as poor work as she will allow. Hold
up your standards.
Master the art of writing fluently,
gracefully, and uniformly well upon
the blackboard. In fact, when you
do anything well, a little above the
average, lecognition and promotion
are inevitable, and this tends to lead-
ership in the teaching profession.
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correct way to hold the chalk. The finsers ;h'"'M
evenly distributed around the chalk and gracefully
ed. The chalk should point towards the center of the
1. Hold the chalk very similar to the penholder.
Practice these copies on the board, swinging them along with a free arm movement. The hand should not touch
the board. You should be able to write on a space about as long as your arm. Start well over to the left, wi-iting
as far as you can reach without losing your balance. The feet should be kept apart.
Writing on the board will help you to feel the movement. You will be able to get the special movements for each
individual letter. Notice particularly the stop at the dot ,on the v and o. Notice the check in the motion on the
shouder of the r.
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Every teacher should be a good blackboard wi'iter and should use the blackboard frequently to show the class how
the writing should be done. Movement and form can be illustrated at the blackboard.