Scales and weights are required for this game.
Before commencing let the children see the different weights, and hold them one after the other in their hands.
The following rhymes may assist the scholars to remember the various weights:
1. First comes the [1]ounce weight, small and round,
Sixteen of these do make a [2]pound.
2. Four ounces [3]quarter-pound will be;
[4]Half-pound has eight ounces, you see.
NOTES:
[1] Show ounce weight.
[2] Show pound weight.
[3] Show the quarter-pound.
[4] Show half-pound.
The four weights given above will be sufficient at first for little children, but more may be added as they become familiar with these. When the scholars have learnt to distinguish the pound, ounce, &c., they may come out in turn and weigh various objects.