The Educator (Volume 45) - IAMPETH

een attained. Then the first half of
he Capital letter alphabet should b;
practiced downward, say in a four
[letter column of "A's"; then just to
the rijjht a four letter column of "B"s"';
and so on through to the Capital "M".
A similar column procedure should be
pursued in practice on the last half
of the alphabet from "N" to "Z". Aiiteinate
this column plan of practice
with lint- plan, and finally work into
practice on the whole Capital Letter
Alphabet as a set.
At the beginning of each term, I
have the .students practice for a "ew
days with lead pencil. They keep in
better time and movement while thev
are getting used to my c„unting speed.
After the class can accord with my
count on various drills and attain fair
skill the practice is continued with pen
and ink.
Use the blackboard daily. As the
students' work is inspected during the
recitation the teacher should stsp to
the blackboard and illustrate by corecting
the worst fault tendencies.
A five foot window shade fixed at
the top of the blackb ard will be found
very handy to conceal an assignment
mtil the moment the teacher wishes
t revealed.
By writing strands of some of the
3ne space small lettei-s across the blue
ines, placing one letter in each space
in even spacing distance, and regular
peed will be attained. These strands
nay be doubled, and later crossed b.v
veaving one more letter in the strand
;han the number of strands crossed.
Many attractive weaving designs
ind pages may be evolved. Students
ire fascinated with this work and will
;xert unusual effort to produce an
ittractive page; and thus they attain
weeision and skill. Cross-line and
eaving quickly will raise the standrd
in uniformity and neatness. Aranged
displays of weaving pages are
great incentive. The enthusiasm
,nd competition is always keen.
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