CHAPTER XVII

DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD AND DIDACTIC MATERIAL USED

Exercise tending to develop the muscular mechanism necessary in holding and using the instrument in writing 271

Didactic material for writing 271

Exercise tending to establish the visual-muscular image of the alphabetical signs, and to establish the muscular memory of the movements necessary to writing 275

Exercises for the composition of words 281

Reading, the interpretation of an idea from written signs 296

Games for the reading of words 299

Games for the reading of phrases 303

Point education has reached in the "Children's Houses" 307