Interesting and profitable reviews may be frequently had by assigning a
cat character to each child, having them read in order the text devoted
to their special character. The first review of this kind may well occur
at the end of page twenty, where the preparations for the party are
completed. When the party is over a final review may be given in dramatic
form. The children should impersonate the different cats and tell their
tales to amuse the Queen, who sits on her throne. This final dramatic
review would naturally begin with the call of the Commanding Officer on
page twenty-two. Each child should memorize his part and give it with
spontaneous expression and action. Slight costuming may be prepared if
desired, or the blackboard frieze may furnish the cat pictures, while the
children give life and action to them.
Other special and valuable reviews may be developed from the large amount
of verse in the book, each child choosing a favorite verse to read
or recite or to illustrate on the blackboard. The children should be
encouraged to make rhyming sentences and word lists of their own, using
the fundamental thought or words in the day’s lesson as a basis. From
such rhymes and lists of rhyming words, phonic work may be developed as
the teacher chooses.
There are about six hundred words in the vocabulary of “Kittens and
Cats,” and though it has not been mechanically graded, it should be
within easy grasp of upper first grade pupils, after the usual Primer
work is done. Each page of the book is a complete brief story well suited
to the daily lesson period. These short stories are so related, however,
as to make one continuous long story, thus keeping the interest of the
children keen throughout the book. Books of this nature have proved a
great stimulus to thoughtful and fluent reading, which, after all, is the
high aim in primary work.
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