Identifier: trainingschoolqu84east (find matches)
Title: The Training School Quarterly June, July, August 1921
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: East Carolina Teachers Training School
Subjects: ECU History Education
Publisher: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company
Contributing Library: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation
Digitizing Sponsor: Joyner Library, East Carolina University

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im-mediately after eating. We worked out a plan which not only helped with theirlunches, but also helped on the playground. Instead of theusual 15 minutes recess and one hour lunch period, we gave45 minutes in the morning for play. The children were divid-ed into groups and each teacher supervised a group. Thisgave the children plenty of play and kept them from wantingto play at the noon hour. At 5 minutes of 12 oclock eachteacher sent one child to the pump for a bucket of waterwhich he carried to the edge of the yard. The others thenmarched out and while the child poured water over theirhands, they washed them by turns until all had finished.Here they learned a lesson in sanitation, that they must noteat before washing their hands. The children then marchedback into the room. We sat at our desks to eat. While eat-ing we played quiet games, such as cat, buzz, and tea-kettle. At the end of 20 minutes they were dismissed to getwater and get ready for work. This plan helped with the pre-
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Scenes from Monsieur Beaucaire Suggestions 373 paration of lunches. The children took more pride in pack-ing them. They learned to eat slowly and also learned thevalue of food. Darlington School, Halifax County. Mrs. K. G. Johnston. The Big Boy and Girl in Lower Grades Why do we find the big boy and girl in lower grades thanthey should be according to their age? It may be due to alack of opportunity in the past, to irregular attendance andthus becoming discouraged, to lack of a sympathetic under-standing on the part of the teacher, and sometimes due tolack of native ability. But I wonder sometimes if we do notmistake some other cause for the last mentioned and fail togive the sympathy or word of encouragement that might helpthem to find themselves. Sometimes we find them in lowergrades because of some physical defect such as deafness thatmay be corrected by a physician. But whatever the cause, letus as teachers, try to discover it and offer a remedy whenpossible, or help these unfortu

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