Page 7. Memorize the poem. Write it upon the blackboard and teach the elements as in the Primer lessons based upon Nursery Rhymes. (See page 43, Part II, Lesson XXVII.)
Page 10. Teach as indicated above.
Page 11. Something to Tell. Have the children read the questions silently, and then answer them aloud.
Page 12. This lesson was suggested by reading George Cooper's poem, Come, Little Leaves.
Page 96. This lesson was suggested by reading Frederick Manley's poem, The Journey's End, in the Modern Music Primer.
Page 102. This lesson was suggested by reading Frederick Manley's poem, The Woodpecker, in the Modern Music Primer.
LIST OF POEMS.
The teacher may read the following poems to the children in connection with the reading lessons in the First Reader as indicated by the pages.
12 "Come, Little Leaves," by George Cooper.
Book: "Pinafore Palace," (Selections) Wiggin & Smith (Eds.).
20 "The Little Doves." (Author unknown.)
Book: "Pinafore Palace."
34 "The Crow's Children," by Phoebe Cary.
Book: "Ballads for Little Folks."
44 "How the Leaves Came Down," by Susan T. Coolidge.
Book: "Songs of the Tree-Top and Meadow," (Selections) McMurry and Cook (Eds.).
54 "My Bed is a Boat," by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Book: "A Child's Garden of Verses."
63 "The Water Mill." Aunt Effie's Rhymes.
Book: "Child Life," (Selections) John G. Whittier (Ed.).
63 "The Johnny Cake." (Author unknown.)
Book: Whittier's "Child Life."
78 "O Lady Moon," by Christina G. Rossetti.
Book: "Sing-Song."
80 "An Old-Fashioned Rhyme," by Emilie Poulsson.
Book: "In the Child's World."
94 "A Diamond or a Coal," by Christina G. Rossetti.
Book: "Sing-Song."
102 "One, Two, Three," by Henry C. Bunner.
Book: "The Posy Ring," (Selections) Wiggin & Smith (Eds.).
109 "The Sweet Red Rose," by Mary Mapes Dodge.
Book: "Songs of the Tree-Top and Meadow."
115 "Nursery Song," by Mrs. Carter.
Book: "Songs of the Tree-Top and Meadow."
118 "The Cow-Boy's Song," by Anna M. Wells.
Book: "The Posy Ring."
128 "The Seed," by Kate L. Brown.
Book: "Songs of the Tree-Top and Meadow."
137 "To a Honey Bee," by Alice Cary.
Book: "Ballads for Little Folks."
139 "Over in the Meadow," by Olive A. Wadsworth.
Book: Whittier's "Child Life."
149 "What Robin Told," by George Cooper.
Book: "Songs of the Tree-Top and Meadow."
152 "A. Apple Pie," by Edward Lear.
Book: "Pinafore Palace."