Practice is the motive power which can propel you along the road of progress toward the goal of perfection.
Continue the Memory Pictures
In the same manner in which you learned the first twenty words fix the following in mind. Begin with the last object of the previous list, Piano and add the next one, Spoon.
Now, add to Spoon, Road. See a Spoon with arms and legs running down the Road. Make a real cartoon of it. Continue to picture the words in pairs, always dropping the first when adding a new one. Now take Road and Picture; Picture and Desk; Desk and Window; Window and Apple; Apple and Book; Book and Door; Door and River.
Stop a moment and review these Memory Pictures, first in pairs as Piano and Spoon; then as a list. Now go over the list backwards.
Add more words and be sure you stop each time to see a clear, definite picture. You must fix your attention upon it for a moment, use motion, exaggeration and the unusual.
Picture River and Dress; Dress and Hammer; Hammer and Ball; Ball and Train; Train and Gun; Gun and Moon; Moon and Curtain; Curtain and Pepper; Pepper and Bed; Bed and Scissors.
Review the series as before, those pictures which come slowly should be improved. With the book closed, start with House and repeat the entire list. See each picture clearly before you speak the word, even though you may feel sure what the following word is, see the picture first, this will insure accuracy. Then begin with Scissors and go through the series of pictures backwards working your way, picture by picture, back to House. Take time to be accurate, do not try to go rapidly at first. See each picture and try to see it more clearly, adding all the detail you can. Mental exercise is necessary to development. See that you perform this one often and accurately.
Have Learned Forty Words
When the child can say the list he has learned a series of forty words which he can repeat forward and backward. These words are unassociated and would be difficult to learn by the old cumbersome method of repetition. Yet the feat is accomplished easily by the application of these simple and natural principles.