Bradley's Straight-Line Picture Combining Paper Cutting, Coloring and Construction Busy Work Boy Blue, Simple Simon, Jack and Jill, Alice of "Wonderland" fame and her friends, The Gryphon, The Dodo and other characters beloved by children all with movable arms, legs and heads are made from these Cut-Outs. No. 8214. Alice in Wonderland Bradley's Phonetic Desk Card 8291. Designed for review work in phonetics. The teacher can determine at a glance the individual child's knowledge of phonetics by noting the results of his efforts to make complete words on this card. Price, per box, $0.20; mailing weight, 7 oz. Economo Word Builder No. 1 8271. A new, large type word builder. Printed on high-grade tag stock. Extra strong box to withstand the constant handling and hard usage to which the "builder" box is subjected. Contains an extra large quantity of tablets. Price, per box, $0.20; mailing weight, 7 oz. Embeco Sentence Builder 8011. A selection of words for expression sentence building, printed on heavy manila tablets, in large type, with each word duplicated in medial script on the reverse side. When properly put together the words form the first basal story in Book I, "Progressive Road in Reading." Price, per box, $0.15; mailing weight, 6 oz. Poster Patterns BY LULA MAUD CHANCE 8210. This poster work provides interesting occupation lessons through which the child's mind is receiving information while, at the same time, his hand and eye are being trained. The posters are designed to illustrate the subject-matter of Chance's "Little Folks in Many Lands," and by their use the child becomes familiar with children of many race types and develops an interest in people of other countries. Eight plates, sixe 9 x 12, in artistic portfolio. Price, per set, $0.35; mailing weight, 8 oz. Embeco Perception Cards for Number 8290. Made in the form of dominoes. Strong manila cards size 68 x 10 inches; domino dots printed in dark green ink, one inch in diameter. Twentyfour cards, containing all number combinations from 1 to 10. In a durable box. Price, per box, $0.60; mailing weight, 1lb. 3oz Economo Number Builder No. 1 8281. Printed on heavy manila tag stock, with large numerals in bold type. It contains a large quantity of numerals from 1 to 10 and supply of mathematical denominations. Strong box. An exceptionally fine builder. Price, per box, $0.20; mailing weight, 7 oz. Bradley's Number Work for Beginners 8265. A unique number matching device including a card on the edge of which square notches are cut, the sections between the notches bearing answers to problems printed on small tablets, which fit into the notched squares. By reversing the card, the pupil has the answer to each problem. All addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and factoring combinations from one to ten, are provided for. Put up in a durable box. Price, $0.20; mailing weight, 5 oz. The Bradley Catalogue contains 144 pages of vital interest to every teacher. A post. card request will place a copy on your desk. The Best Resolution Any Teacher Can Make Resolve now to end the danger of permanent or temporary Every year one out of every six teachers is deprived of all Start the new year right by joining the thousands of other What the T. C. U. Will Do For You It will pay you $50 a month when you are disabled by Sickness It will pay you $50 a month when you are quarantined and It will pay you $25 a month for illness that does not confine It will pay operation benefits in addition to other benefits It pays regular indemnities of from $333 to $1500 for major As the first step toward making this most important resolu-' Teachers Casualty 428 T. C. U. Building You Can Help! Through the years since Gold Medal Crayons No one appreciates more than we the good-will For this reason we are asking our friends to put Lincoln, Nebraska To Successfully Teach Primary Geography you must start from home, from the environment of the child. You must build upon what has already become a part of life. Definitions and disconnected facts cannot be assimilated. Parrot-like memorizing of facts is wrong! To expect a child in the fourth grade to draw a map of the state in which he lives, locate the principal rivers, valleys, mountains, bays, cities, and name and locate the counties is wrong. Parrot-like memorizing of such facts, at that age, can only result in harm. The facts mean nothing and create a distaste for the work. that the first books in geography were over the children's heads will find that objection wholly removed by this new "Home Geography," which is exactly what it assumes to be, the first con- scious looking around of the children upon their surroundings. The lan- guage is simple enough, while the science is as reliable as in the most elaborate physical geography. The author has found the happy medium of writing for children without writing down to them. The contents of this book is a first stepping stone to real geography. The illustrations are a distinct feature of this nature geog- raphy. They are abundant, fitting, |