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The Story in Primary Instruction: Sixteen Stories and How to Use Them

Chapter 110: ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS.
By Samuel B. Allison
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A practical primary-school manual that argues for using stories as the central subject matter for early language and moral instruction rather than isolated drills in form. It outlines criteria for selecting age-appropriate folklore, legends, and nature material, discusses correlation with other classroom activities, and offers concrete teaching techniques such as preparation, narration, reproduction, dramatization, drawing, and reading. The volume concludes with sixteen model tales adapted for classroom use and detailed suggestions for lessons and form work that link language development to ethical and observational study.

ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS.

The Stardollars.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. Each child make
a model of his own
house, of paper.		 The cottage
near the great
forest.		 The little girl in
the field.		 The little girl
leaving her home.
II. The old man
and the child.		 Paper doll
dressed with
cloak and hood.		 The little girl and
the old man, the
poor children.
III. The woods at
night, the child
lying under the
tree.		 A poster, the
sky of dark blue
paper, trees and
ground black,
moon and stars
of gold and
silver paper.		 The little girl in
the woods.		 Songs. “From the
bright blue
heavens,” “Do
you know how
many stars?”

Little Red Riding Hood.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. Basket of paper,
see Worst’s
Construction
Work.		 Red Riding Hood
and her mother.		 Paper doll in
red cloak and
hood.		 Red Riding Hood
and her mother.		 A Little Child.
See the Songs
of Tree Top and
Meadow.
II. Basket of
raffia braided
or woven.		 Red Riding Hood
meeting the Wolf.		 Wolf and Red
Riding Hood.		 Wolf and Red
Riding Hood,
the Woodcutters
in the distance.
III. Grandmother’s
house of paper.		 Red Riding Hood
at her
Grandmother’s
house.		 Wolf in bed.

The Sweet Rice Porridge.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. Pots and pans
of tea lead.		 Little girl
offering the
bread to her
mother.		 Paper doll,
the little girl.		 The little girl
looking for food,
bringing the bread
to her mother.		 “Dear Lord in
Heaven.” The
Primer by
Eleanor Smith.
II. Model pot of
clay.		 The child picking
berries.		 Paper dolls, the
child and the
old woman.		 The old woman
giving the pot
to the child.
III. Model plates of
clay, spoons of
tea lead.		 Little girl and
her mother
eating the rice.		 Little girl
bringing the
wonderful pot
home.		 The little girl
brings the pot
home, the mother
bids it cook,
they eat.
IV. Cupboard of
Bristol or
strawboard.		 The children
coming to eat
the rice.		 Poster; the
children coming
to eat the rice.		 The little girl
takes down the
pot, eats, runs out
in fright. The
children come.
V. Mountains and
valley of clay,
or in sand, with
paper houses in
valley and on
the mountain.		 The little girl
running up the
mountain.		 The little girl
running to her
mother.		 The little girl
telling her mother
what she has
done.

Mother Frost.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. Circular wall of
well, modeled in
clay, buckets
made of Bristol
board and wire.		 Girl by the
well spinning.		 Paper dolls,
the mother and
her daughters.		 The girl spinning
loses spindle, runs
to her mother.		 “Spin, Lassie,
Spin.”
II. Oven and bread
shovel of
Bristol or
strawboard.		 The girl at
the oven.		 The girl at the
apple tree.		 The girl and
Mother Frost.
III. The mother’s
house and the
hen house with
fence and trees
(of paper.)		 The girl
returning
home.		 Paper dolls,
Mother Frost and
the industrious
girl.		 The girl parting
from Mother Frost
returning home.		 “Home, Sweet
Home.”
IV. The children
choose problem.		 The children
choose the
subject.		 The lazy girl
returning home.		 The lazy girl’s
adventures.

Snow-White and Rose-Red.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. Sew work bag of
cotton cloth or
burlap, or weave
one of raffia.		 The children
working.		 Getting water at
the spring.		 The children getting
breakfast, making
the fire, etc.		 “The Sweet Red
Rose.” See Songs
of The Tree-Top
and Meadow.
II. Model the animals
in clay.		 The children
feeding the
animals.		 The animals. Playing in the
woods.
III. The fireplace
made of paper
or strawboard.		 A snowy night
in the woods.
The bear coming
to the house.		 The mother, the
children and
the bear.		 The mother and
children by the
fire. The visit
of the bear.
IV. Model in clay, the
dwarf with the
boy on his back.		 The children
and the dwarf.		 A poster, in black,
white and blue
of the dwarf and
the children in
the woods.		 The children
and the dwarf.
V. Things seen on a
river; row-boats,
sail boats steam-
boats —of paper.		 The children
coming to help
the dwarf.		 Poster of colored
paper— dwarf
fishing.		 The children
rescuing the
dwarf.
VI. Model eagle in
clay.		 The children in
the open space,
eagle flying
overhead.		 The eagle, the
dwarf, and the
children.
VII. Model bear in
clay.		 The dwarf, the
children and
the bear.		 Paper dolls, Snow
White, Rose-Red
and the prince.

The Cock and the Hen.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. A wagon of paper.
For wagon box,
see Worst.		 The cock and hen
going to the
mountain.		 The Cock, Hen
and Duck on
the mountain.		 The Cock and the
Hen going to the
mt., making wagon,
quarreling. The
Duck as horse.		 Mr. Rooster. Songs
of the “Child
World.”—Gaynor.
II. Cock and Hen in
wagon drawn by
the Duck.		 Cock and Hen
meeting the pin
and needle.		 Meeting the pin
and needle.
III. House with porch
of paper.		 Arriving at the
inn.		 The Cock and
Hen leaving
the inn.		 The arrival at
the inn, the supper,
the events of
the morning.
IV. Landlord’s chair.
See Worst.		 The landlord at
the fireplace.		 Poster. The
landlord in
his room.		 The landlord
in trouble.

The Death of the Cock.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. The mountain
cock and hen
in clay.		 The hen running
for water.		 The cock and
hen going to
the mountain.
II. Wagon of
strawboard or
bristol board.		 The little mice
drawing the
wagon.		 The animals who
came to the
cocks’ funeral.
III. Model mice in
clay.		 The hen, the
mice and the
other animals
at the river.		 The procession.

Birdie and Lena.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. Hunter’s house
among the trees.		 The hunter
frightening the
eagle away.		 Hunter with gun
and dog.		 The hunter
bringing Birdie
home.
II. Birdie and Lena
playing.		 Posters. The
children at
play, swinging,
jumping, etc.		 Lena and Birdie
at play.		 “The Swing.”
—R. L. Stevenson.
III. Bed of paper.
See Worst.		 The children
in the forest.		 Paper dolls,
Lena and Birdie.		 The children
leaving the
house—hiding
in the forest.
IV. The Rosebush
and the servants.		 The servants and
the cook.		 The servants
finding the
rosebush;
returning to
the cook.
V. Church built of
blocks, made of
paper.		 The church in
the woods.		 The servants
finding the
church.		 The servants
looking for
the rosebush
finding the
church.
VI. Model duck, in
clay.		 The Duck on
the pond.		 Poster. The trees,
the pond, the
duck.

The Wolf and the Fox.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. Miniature farmyard
in sand or on paper
foundation fence of
strips of thin wood
or paper sheep and
lambs of clay or
paper.		 Wolf and fox in
the forest.		 Wolf and fox. The meeting of the
wolf and fox stealing
the lamb. The wolf
beaten.		 Nursery song. See
Songs of the Tree
Top and Meadow.
II. Model-frying pan of
tinlead, dish of clay.		 The fox at the
farm house.		 The wolf at the
farm house.		 Going to the farm
house.
III. Barrel of paper. The wolf and fox
going to the
cellar.		 The fox running
away from the
cellar.		 The wolf and fox
going to the cellar,
eating the meat. The
wolf beaten. The fox
running away.

Cinderella.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. The kitchen furniture
and fireplace of
paper or thin wood.		 Cinderella sleeping
in the fireplace.		 Paper doll
Cinderella.		 Cinderella and her
sisters. Cinderella
in the kitchen.
II. The fair. Cinderella’s father
riding to the fair.		 The father going to
the fair; bringing
home the gifts.		 “What Robin Told.”
See Songs of The Tree
Top and Meadow.
III. Pigeon house. Cinderella calling
the birds.		 The birds helping
Cinderella.		 Cinderella waiting
on her sisters,
calling the birds; the
birds helping her.		 The Little Doves.
IV. The ball. Paper doll in white
and gold and silver.		 Cinderella at the
tree, at the ball.

The Wonderful Traveler.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. The two houses
of paper.		 The traveler at
the proud man’s
house.		 The traveler at
the kind man’s
house.		 The traveler and the
proud man. The
traveler and the
kind man.
II. Table and chairs
of paper.		 The traveler and
the kind old people
at supper.		 The traveler taking
leave of the old
people.		 The traveler and
the old people.		 The Friendly Cow.
R. L. Stevenson.
III. Different buildings
talked of by the
class.		 The proud man
riding after the
traveler.		 The proud man
talking to the
traveler.		 The horse. Songs
of The Child World.
Gaynor.
IV. Model horse in
clay.		 The proud man
carrying saddle.		 The proud man
running home.		 The proud man
making his third
wish.

Hans and the Four Big Giants.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. Chicken coop, paper
or thin wood. Hen
and chickens
modeled in clay.		 Hans working in the
garden.		 Garden tools. Hans in the garden. Where do the chickens
go at night? Holton
Primer.
II. The little home
among the trees
(of paper.)		 Hans and his father
chopping down
trees.		 Hans leaving home. Hans working in the
forest, leaving home.		 Song. “Home, sweet
home.”
III. Vehicles used in the
city, street cars,
trains etc.		 Hans in the great
city.		 Things used and
made in a
blacksmith shop.		 Hans at work in the
blacksmith shop.		 The Blacksmith. Song
of Iron. See Songs of
the Child World.
—Gaynor.
IV. Locomotive of
paper.		 Hans and giant
locomotive.		 Locomotive and
train of cars.		 Hans and giant
locomotive.		 The Tea-Kettle. See
Songs of the Child
World. —Gaynor.
V. Opera glasses of
paper.		 Hans and the
second giant.		 Things that
magnify.		 Hans and giant
locomotive meeting
the third giant.
VI. A derrick of thin
wood or
strawboard.		 Hans and the three
giants.		 Giant Derrick. Hans meeting the
second giant.
VII. Hans and the four
giants.		 A man using a
telephone.		 Hans and the fourth
giant.
VIII. A boat of paper.
See Worst.		 Hans and the giants
at the North Sea.		 Hans going back
to the palace.		 At the North Sea. At
the palace.

The Straw, the Coal and the Bean.

PART. MAKING. DRAWING. CUTTING. DRAMATIZATION. SONG OR
POEM.
I. The pot, modelled
in tea-lead.		 The old woman
picking beans.		 The old woman
at the fire place.
II. Model the fire
place in clay.		 The three friends
on their journeying.		 The tailor.