Page 43. While reciting the second part of each stanza have the children imitate the action named. This may also be played as a "Singing Game." (See Songs, Games and Rhymes by Eudora Lucas Hailmann.)
Page 45. Paragraph 1—Read the questions silently and answer them aloud. Proceed in the same way with similar lessons throughout the Primer.
Paragraph 2. Observation Game: Place a nut or some other object in a box. Let the children observe this for an instant only. Use for a blackboard lesson as follows:
1. Teacher, write question upon the blackboard.
2. Children, read the question silently.
3. Children, answer the question aloud.
The following is a suggestive method for the reading lesson on Page 45, paragraph 2. Ask two children to read the lesson as a dialogue. Ex.:
First Child: "Is it a red ball?"
Second Child: "No. It is not a red ball." Etc.
Page 48. Rhythmic movement may accompany this lesson. Have four children cross right hands to form a windmill. Turn in time while repeating the rhyme Blow, Wind! Blow! Another windmill motion may be taught as follows:
Two children stand back to back. Extend the arms and move them alternately up and down with a gentle fanning motion. Have the children in their seats recite the rhyme Blow, Wind! Blow!
Page 62. Tap rhythmically with the finger tips upon the desk in imitation of the rain while reciting the poem, Rain.
Page 72. Ask several children to pass around the room. Ask a little boy to lift his cap as he passes by his friends and to greet them by saying, "How do you do, Mary?" Ask a little girl to bow to a friend as she passes by and to say, "How do you do,——?" (See game "Going Walking" in Popular Folk Games and Dances by Marie Ruef Hofer.) Use the words, "Good morning," if this form of greeting is preferred. Explain to the children that the name is added as a mark of courtesy.