Copyright 1902
By A. Flanagan Company
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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| INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION | [5] | |
| THE STORY IN PRIMARY INSTRUCTION | [5] | |
| 1. | The Mastery of a Vocabulary not the Material of Instruction. | |
| 2. | A Wider Circle and Purpose, Growing out of the Child’s Life and Needs. | |
| 3. | Language Teaching. | |
| THE SELECTION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER | [11] | |
| 1. | Phase of Mind Activity in Early Civilisation. | |
| 2. | A Third Element of the Race Products. | |
| 3. | The Legendary and the Mythological the Child’s Natural Food. | |
| 4. | How Are We to Discriminate as to the Material to be Selected? | |
| 5. | Narratives Selected and the Basis of Selection. | |
| 6. | The Four Story Groups. | |
| THE PROBLEM OF CORRELATION | [20] | |
| SUGGESTIONS | [23] | |
| 1. | The Treatment. | |
| 2. | Reproduction. | |
| 3. | The Preparation. | |
| 4. | Narration. | |
| 5. | The Deepening. | |
| 6. | The Nature Material. | |
| 7. | Ethical Material. | |
| 8. | Reading. | |
| 9. | Drawing. Etc. | |
| 10. | Dramatisation. | |
| 11. | Construction. | |
| SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIVE STORIES | [35] | |
| THE SEVEN LITTLE GOATS | [35] | |
| 1. | The Mother Goat. | |
| 2. | The Wolf. | |
| 3. | The Wolf in the House. | |
| 4. | The Mother Goat’s Return. | |
| 5. | Detail of Form Work (Diagram). | |
| THE STARDOLLARS | [44] | |
| 1. | At Home. | |
| 2. | In the Fields. | |
| 3. | In the Forest. | |
| LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD | [48] | |
| 1. | At Home. | |
| 2. | In the Woods. | |
| 3. | At Grandmother’s House. | |
| THE SWEET RICE PORRIDGE | [54] | |
| 1. | The Little Girl and her Mother. | |
| 2. | The Wonderful Rat. | |
| 3. | The Mother Well Again. | |
| 4. | The Flood of Rice. | |
| 5. | The Valley Filled Up. | |
| MOTHER FROST | [63] | |
| 1. | The Lost Spindle. | |
| 2. | The Maid in the Well. | |
| 3. | The Return Home. | |
| 4. | The Idle Maid. | |
| SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED | [70] | |
| 1. | The Home. | |
| 2. | How Snow-White and Rose-Red Played. | |
| 3. | The Bear. | |
| 4. | A Dwarf In Trouble. | |
| 5. | The Dwarf Fishing. | |
| 6. | The Dwarf and an Eagle. | |
| 7. | The Bear Again. | |
| THE COCK AND THE HEN | [83] | |
| 1. | On the Mountain. | |
| 2. | The Travelers. | |
| 3. | At the Inn. | |
| 4. | The Innkeeper. | |
| DEATH OF THE COCK | [89] | |
| 1. | The Cock’s Death. | |
| 2. | The Funeral. | |
| 3. | Crossing the River. | |
| BIRDIE AND LENA | [93] | |
| 1. | How the Hunter Found Birdie. | |
| 2. | The Cook. | |
| 3. | How Birdie was Saved. | |
| 4. | The Search. | |
| 5. | The Servants Go Again to the Forest. | |
| 6. | The Cook Punished. | |
| THE WOLF AND THE FOX | [102] | |
| 1. | At the Farm Yard. | |
| 2. | At the Farm House. | |
| 3. | In the Cellar. | |
| THE STREET MUSICIANS | [107] | |
| 1. | How the Musicians Came Together. | |
| 2. | In the Forest. | |
| 3. | The Robbers Return. | |
| 4. | Detail of Form Work (Diagram). | |
| THE STRAW, THE COAL AND THE BEAN | [116] | |
| 1. | The Meeting. | |
| 2. | The Journey. | |
| CINDERELLA | [120] | |
| 1. | How Cinderella Got Her Name. | |
| 2. | The Fair. | |
| 3. | The Ball. | |
| 4. | How Cinderella Went to the Ball. | |
| THE WONDERFUL TRAVELER | [130] | |
| 1. | The Traveler. | |
| 2. | The Kind Man Grants Wishes. | |
| 3. | The Proud Man Overtakes the Traveler. | |
| 4. | The Proud Man’s Wishes. | |
| HANS AND THE FOUR BIG GIANTS | [141] | |
| 1. | The House in the Country. | |
| 2. | Leaving Home. | |
| 3. | Hans in the City. | |
| 4. | The King’s Palace. | |
| 5. | Hans Starts on his Journey. | |
| 6. | Hans Meets Another Giant. | |
| 7. | Hans Meets a Third Giant. | |
| 8. | Hans Meets a Fourth Giant. | |
| 9. | How Hans Got the Necklace. | |
| THE FIR TREE | [155] | |
| 1. | In the Forest. | |
| 2. | The Wood-Cutters. | |
| 3. | Other Trees Go from the Forest. | |
| 4. | The Fir Tree Has its Wish. | |