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| INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION | [5] |
| THE STORY IN PRIMARY INSTRUCTION | [5] |
| 1. | The Mastery of a Vocabulary not the Material of Instruction. |
| 2. | A Wider Circle and Purpose, Growing out of the Child’s Life and Needs. |
| 3. | Language Teaching. |
| THE SELECTION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER | [11] |
| 1. | Phase of Mind Activity in Early Civilisation. |
| 2. | A Third Element of the Race Products. |
| 3. | The Legendary and the Mythological the Child’s Natural Food. |
| 4. | How Are We to Discriminate as to the Material to be Selected? |
| 5. | Narratives Selected and the Basis of Selection. |
| 6. | The Four Story Groups. |
| THE PROBLEM OF CORRELATION | [20] |
| SUGGESTIONS | [23] |
| 1. | The Treatment. |
| 2. | Reproduction. |
| 3. | The Preparation. |
| 4. | Narration. |
| 5. | The Deepening. |
| 6. | The Nature Material. |
| 7. | Ethical Material. |
| 8. | Reading. |
| 9. | Drawing. Etc. |
| 10. | Dramatisation. |
| 11. | Construction. |
| SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIVE STORIES | [35] |
| THE SEVEN LITTLE GOATS | [35] |
| 1. | The Mother Goat. |
| 2. | The Wolf. |
| 3. | The Wolf in the House. |
| 4. | The Mother Goat’s Return. |
| 5. | Detail of Form Work (Diagram). |
| THE STARDOLLARS | [44] |
| 1. | At Home. |
| 2. | In the Fields. |
| 3. | In the Forest. |
| LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD | [48] |
| 1. | At Home. |
| 2. | In the Woods. |
| 3. | At Grandmother’s House. |
| THE SWEET RICE PORRIDGE | [54] |
| 1. | The Little Girl and her Mother. |
| 2. | The Wonderful Rat. |
| 3. | The Mother Well Again. |
| 4. | The Flood of Rice. |
| 5. | The Valley Filled Up. |
| MOTHER FROST | [63] |
| 1. | The Lost Spindle. |
| 2. | The Maid in the Well. |
| 3. | The Return Home. |
| 4. | The Idle Maid. |
| SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED | [70] |
| 1. | The Home. |
| 2. | How Snow-White and Rose-Red Played. |
| 3. | The Bear. |
| 4. | A Dwarf In Trouble. |
| 5. | The Dwarf Fishing. |
| 6. | The Dwarf and an Eagle. |
| 7. | The Bear Again. |
| THE COCK AND THE HEN | [83] |
| 1. | On the Mountain. |
| 2. | The Travelers. |
| 3. | At the Inn. |
| 4. | The Innkeeper. |
| DEATH OF THE COCK | [89] |
| 1. | The Cock’s Death. |
| 2. | The Funeral. |
| 3. | Crossing the River. |
| BIRDIE AND LENA | [93] |
| 1. | How the Hunter Found Birdie. |
| 2. | The Cook. |
| 3. | How Birdie was Saved. |
| 4. | The Search. |
| 5. | The Servants Go Again to the Forest. |
| 6. | The Cook Punished. |
| THE WOLF AND THE FOX | [102] |
| 1. | At the Farm Yard. |
| 2. | At the Farm House. |
| 3. | In the Cellar. |
| THE STREET MUSICIANS | [107] |
| 1. | How the Musicians Came Together. |
| 2. | In the Forest. |
| 3. | The Robbers Return. |
| 4. | Detail of Form Work (Diagram). |
| THE STRAW, THE COAL AND THE BEAN | [116] |
| 1. | The Meeting. |
| 2. | The Journey. |
| CINDERELLA | [120] |
| 1. | How Cinderella Got Her Name. |
| 2. | The Fair. |
| 3. | The Ball. |
| 4. | How Cinderella Went to the Ball. |
| THE WONDERFUL TRAVELER | [130] |
| 1. | The Traveler. |
| 2. | The Kind Man Grants Wishes. |
| 3. | The Proud Man Overtakes the Traveler. |
| 4. | The Proud Man’s Wishes. |
| HANS AND THE FOUR BIG GIANTS | [141] |
| 1. | The House in the Country. |
| 2. | Leaving Home. |
| 3. | Hans in the City. |
| 4. | The King’s Palace. |
| 5. | Hans Starts on his Journey. |
| 6. | Hans Meets Another Giant. |
| 7. | Hans Meets a Third Giant. |
| 8. | Hans Meets a Fourth Giant. |
| 9. | How Hans Got the Necklace. |
| THE FIR TREE | [155] |
| 1. | In the Forest. |
| 2. | The Wood-Cutters. |
| 3. | Other Trees Go from the Forest. |
| 4. | The Fir Tree Has its Wish. |