Watch Your Step

 Watch Your Step 

 By Mae E Sweatt 

(Each child is to be dressed like the one he represents)

JACK-O-LANTERN-

 I am a Jackie, 
Though very small, 
I stare through the window 
To scare you all.  

BLACK CAT- 

I am a black cat. 

On Halloween. 

With Mistress Witch 

I may be seen.

WITCH -

I am a witch 

Who may carry you 

Off through the air, 

But no harm I ll do.

GHOST- 

On Halloween 

The ghosts appear, 

So watch your step 

Throughout the year.

OWL- 

I am a wise old owl 

From Goblin-land. 

Tu-whit!  Tu-whoo! 

I'll join your band.

GOBLIN- 

I am a goblin, you know, 

So just watch out 

Or you soon will know 

That I'm about!

ALL -

(sing to tune "Marching Through Georgia"

 We're off, we're off, 

New fun now to find;

We'll seek, we'll seek, 

For fun of every kind! 

We'll scare the boys and girls we see 

This Halloween night, 

So watch when through you re going!  

THE ORIGINAL HISTORICAL ARTICLE PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS October 1927 

THE ORIGINAL HISTORICAL ARTICLE PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

THE ORIGINAL HISTORICAL  HYMN, RECITATION,  ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAY, MOTION SONG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THIS ARTICLE IS  PRESENTED AS IT WAS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL AGRICULTURAL MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HYMN OF THE LUTHERAN AND PURITAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.   THE ORIGINAL MOTION SONG AND RECITATION FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE YEAR 1927 .THE POEM, THE ORIGINAL HYMN, RECITATION AND MOTION SONG WAS SERIOUSLY RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS THE PLAY FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE HALLOWEEN IN THE YEAR  1927.

The Scenario was written by the very famous educologist, professor Mae E Sweatt in 1927. Professor Sweatt  was working with the age groups 7-15 years. Her personal input into the sciences of  Education was concentrating on the specific lessons like Silent Reading and Drama.

By Mae E Sweatt 

FOR the benefit of those teachers who realize the advantagesm derived from silent reading lessonsm but are unable to obtain special silent reading booksm here are a few suggestions which have proved successful with seventh and eighth grade pupils who had never before had silent reading lessons.

 Pupils in these grades should be able to read from one hundred fifty to two hundred words per minute of matter within their comprehension. We have found that the fastest readers show better comprehension than the slower ones.

Full analysis of how the problem was solved in the schools of The United States Of America  was presnted in the series of articles and poems to learn- the methodology of The USA was thorough- students began learning poems and rhymes in kindergartens and problems were solved with the help of riddles and puzzles each day.

References:

1.NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS October 1927 

2. NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS November 1924

Silent Reading Without Special Books By Mae E Sweatt 

CHICKADEE

 The Chickadee 

By KATHERINE CREIGHTON 

"Chick-a-dee-dee-dee! Chick-a-dee-dee-dee!" 

"Who are you?" asked Jack. 

"Chickadee!" 

"Where are you?" asked Mary. 

"I'm up on a tree. Chick-a-dee-adee-adee!" 

"I like your black cap," said Jack. 

"Dee-dee-dee-dee! I am sometimes called Black Cap."

'Your cap comes right down to your eyes," said Mary.

"Fe-bee Fe-bee!" 

"Your cap and your bib are black, and your cheeks white", said Mary.

"Chick-a-dee-dee-dee! Chick-chick-a-dee dee!"

 "Your breast is white, and your back, your wings your tail are gray," said Mary.

"Chick-adee-adee-adee!"

"What are you doing here in this cold winter weather?" asked Jack.

"Dee-dee-dee-dee! I don t mind the cold, and the wind, and the the snow so I always stay here in the cold winter weather. Dee-dee-dee-dee!".

"I thought you went south with the bluebird and robin," said Mary.

"No, I never go south with the bluebird and robin. Chick-chick-a-dee-dee!"

"Why didn t you go down to the warm, sunny south with the bluebird and robin?asked Jack.

"I'd rather stay here with the Nuthatch and Downy. Fe-bee! Chick-chick-a-dee-dee!'

"But where do you live in this cold winter weather?" asked Mary.

"I live in the heart of a great oak tree, in a snug little nest, lined with moss, leaves, and feathers. Chick-a- dee-dee-dee!"

 "Are you never cold in your nest in the tree" asked Jack.

"I've a thick feather coat, and no matter how much wind may blow, and the snow may fall, I'm safe and warm in my snug little nest in the great tall tree. Chick-a-dee-dee! Chick-chick-a dee-dee!"

"But the ground is all frozen and covered with snow, and the insects are gone,so what can you find to eat in this cold winter weather?" asked Mary.

"In winter I get all my food from the trees. Chick-adee-adee!"

"But we don t see any food on the trees!" said Mary and Jack.

"There are thousands and thousands of insects' eggs in the bark of trees, and I pick them out with my sharp little bill. Dee-dee-dee-dee!

"Can't you see how much good the chick-a-dees do when they eat up the eggs of the insects that eat up the leaves of trees?"

We work on the branches and the Nuthatches work the trunk. Chick-a-dee-dee-dee!"

"You are brave little workers out here in the snow," said Mary and Jack.

"All winter long you are helping to save the trees from their enemies, and all winter long you are cheerfuk, and happy, and bright."

"Chick-a-dee-dee-dee! I don t mind the wind, or the cold, or the snow.

"Chick-chick-a-dee-dee!"

"Fe-bee! Fe-bee! Fe-bee!" 

"Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dee!"

"Chick-adee-adee-dee!'

 "Chick-a-dee!" 

REFERENCE FOUND IN THIS MAGAZINE- POPULAR EDUCATOR- JANUARY .1912.

THE EXCERPT OF THE VERY FAMOUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POEM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WAS PRESENTED AS FOUND IN THIS HISTORICAL MAGAZINE OF TH E UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OF  THE YEAR 1912.

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