15. Difficulties in the Primary Age.—There will still be difficulties in attention and in confining the instruction to that which the child can really grasp, but the greatest difficulty will center about the activity. Yet the whole problem will be solved with no harsh question of discipline if the child is kept constantly busy with that in which he is interested.
16. Results to be Expected in the Primary Age.—If the teacher has met her opportunity, there will be growing love to Jesus Christ, the beginning of service for him, and deep down in the soul of the child an increasing store of material out of which life ideals are to be fashioned in the days to come.
Test Questions
1. Name two general characteristics of the Primary Age. What years are included?
2. How are the child's broader interests shown?
3. What method of teaching can hinder the child's growing mental power?
4. Name four special characteristics of the Primary Age.
5. What is meant by power of perception? Illustrate it.
6. How may memory be abused?
7. What is imagination?