Occasionally, for the "open day," or as a special exercise, a favorite play
may be given by the children with the simplest kind of costuming and
stage-setting. These can well be made in the school as a part of the manual
training and sewing work. In giving the play, it will generally be better
not to have pupils memorize the exact words of the book, but to depend upon
the impromptu rendering of their parts. This method will contribute more
largely to the training in English.
The best results will usually be obtained by using these stories in the
fourth grade. In some schools, however, the stories in the first part of
the book may profitably be used in the third grade.
The author has been led to believe from her own experience and from her
conversation with many other teachers that there is a pronounced call for
this kind of book. She therefore hopes that in the preparation of this book
she may have been of service to the teachers and children who may be led to
use it.
A. S.
CONTENTS
THE TRAVELLERS AND THE HATCHET
_Adapted from Aesop's Fable, The Travellers and the Hatchet._
THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON
_Adapted from Grimm's The Old Man and his Grandson._
THE CROW AND THE FOX
_Suggested by Aesop's Fable, The Crow and the Fox.
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