The tenth gift, stick-laying in primary schools; a practical manual especially for primary-kindergarten teachers .. (1903)
Buckingham, Alice. [from old catalog] · Manistee, Mich., American kindergarten supply house · leaf 19
u u *u borders can be laid with sticks, a few of which are f F r- i suggested below … .In using the sticks to teach numbers let the children lay them in groups of twos, or threes, or fours, or fives. In this way they will learn to count, and also to recognize two, three, four, five at a glance. To teach addition they may be used in this way. Direct pupils to place two sticks side by…
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