—Mary E. Burt.
CHAPTER VII.
LESSONS TO SUGGEST PLANS OF WORK.
I.—Lesson upon the Cow.
To precede or accompany Reading Lessons which refer to the Cow (in lowest grades).
1. Find out what the children know about the cow.
Every new lesson should be built upon and fastened to the children’s past experience. If they have no knowledge of cows, we must introduce the subject accordingly. If they have always known them, the lesson will be merely a review, because the foundation will have been prepared. If the children live in the country and know the common animals, proceed at once to definite questions which will arrange their knowledge and help them to express it:
Where have you seen cows? What do you know about them—their size, color; the head, ears, legs, feet, tail?
How large are they, as compared with the horse, dog, cat?