Bobby and Betty with the workers

by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp

Second Group. What is your trade? What is your trade?

First Group. Watch and see. Watch and see.

Thereupon the children of the first group imitate the movements of the occupation selected until some one of the second group guesses it. Then the second group chooses an occupation for the first to guess.

The teacher may modify this by letting one child act an occupation for the class to guess. In such a case when he appears the children may repeat:

Here comes an old man from the wood.

What can you do, old man?

Old Man. Do anything.

Children. Work away.

The child who has the part of the old man or the old woman, as the case may be, imitates the movements of some occupation and the others guess it.

Songs. Occupation songs are dear to young children and should be used in connection with these lessons. Examine the books accessible and make a list of the songs of the shoemaker, baker, tailor, dressmaker, and other workers. At odd moments many songs can thus be found. If it seems best, enlist the coöperation of children and their parents in collecting such songs.