Over in the Meadow

 

Over in the Meadow 

By O.A. WADSWORTH 

1. Over in the meadow, 

Sitting in the sun, 
You will find a mother  toad, 

And her toadie one.

"Jump," says the mother. "I jump," said the one. 

 So they jumped and are glad 

 In the bright shining sun.  

2.Ο'ver in the meadow, 

Where the brook runs thro',

You will find a mother fish 

And her fishes two. 

"Swim," says the mother , 'We swim." said the two

 So they swim and are glad 

In the brook let so blue. 

3. Οver in the meadow,

 In an apple tree,

You will find a mother bird 

And her birdies three.

"Sing," says the mother. "We sing," said the three

So they sing and are glad 

In the old apple tree.    

4. Over in the meadow,

By the cottage door,  

You will find a mother lizzard 

And her lizzards four.

"Run," says the mother. "We run say. the four

So they run and are glad, By the old cottage door. 

 

Little Bird With Eager Wing

 

Little Bird With Eager Wing 

By MARY S CONRADE 

1. Little bird with eager wing, Stopping now and then to sing 
Can you in your  chirping way, Teach me some thing new to day?

The little bird sings in his innocent glee,

That we should be grateful and joyous as he.  

2. Busy bee from flow'r to flow'r, You are flying ev'ry hour,

Can you in your humming way, Teach me some thing new today? 

The bee does not trifle her  moments away,

And we should be active  in work or in play.    

3.Gentle breeze a long the grass, Very softly you do pass;

Can you in your rustling way, Tell us some thing new to day?

Just like the pure breezes that  soothe as they go,

May we e'er be ready to soothe others woe. 

References:

 THE PRIMARY PLAN BOOK BY MARIAN M. GEORGE A FLANAGAN COMPANY CHICAGO 1912 

  

 

Sowing and Reaping

 

Sowing and Reaping 

By JOSEPHINE POLLARD  and S.C. HANSON

1. Out in the high ways wherever we go, 
    Seed we must gather and seed we must sow,

    Even the tiniest seed has a pow'r,

 Be it a thistle, be it a flow'r.

2.Out of each moment some good we obtain,

  Some thing to win now and scatter a gain.

  All that we listen to, all that we read,

All that we think of, is gathering seed.

3.Gatheing seed, we must scatter as well;

  God will watch over the place where it fell.

  Only the gain of the harvest is ours,

  Shall we plant thistles or shall we plant flow'rs?  

    

   

  References:

 THE PRIMARY PLAN BOOK BY MARIAN M. GEORGE A FLANAGAN COMPANY CHICAGO 1912

  

BRIDGE IT OVER

 

BRIDGE IT OVER - A POEM

A PARABLE 

By Ε Μ Δ Γ Ε, E.M.A.F.Z.

I KNOW a river so strong and swift, 
It runs at last to the sea; 

And on its way, as it glides along, 

With sometimes a shout, and sometimes a song, 

It has ever a word for me.

It speaks in song where its banks are fair, 

And it slides on smooth between, 

Where grows the fungus fiery red, 

And the long fern raises its feathery head 

From out of the mosses green.

 But it speaks with a shout where it leaps the rocks 

That lie in its onward way; 

Where it leaps the rocks with a headlong bound, 

And scatters the damp white foam around, 

With a terrible mock of play.

With There never was swimmer yet so strong 

Could stem that turbulent tide; 

There never I know was built the boat 

Could through those dangerous waters float 

Safe to the farther side.

But though there ne'er was swimmer nor boat 

Could pass it, yet I see 

A grey old arch from shore to shore, 

With one wide span has bridged it o'er, 

And the torrent shouts to me.

It shouts: 'Now learn how much can be wrought 

By the patient heart and hand- 

By the diligent toil that will hew catch stone, 

And fit and join in one by one. 

The dreariest gulf is spanned!"

 Ε Μ Δ Γ Ε  

References:

Chatterbox 1877

 

 

MAY PAPER CUTTING BORDER - MEMORIAL DAY ORNAMENTS

 

MAY PAPER CUTTING BORDER - MEMORIAL DAY ORNAMENTS

By John T. Lemos

CUT two strips 4 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches long from silhouette or dark paper. Fold into thirds, obtaining proportions, shown the diagram. Keep all edges as even, as possible. Dotted lines show folded edges. 
To start cutting, first clip a little diamond shaped hole at a given point, by making a short fold and cutting. Insert scissors at this point. 

Keep a firm hold on the paper, and turn it to meet the scissors. This will insure good results. Cut squarely up to intersections to avoid tearing. 

In the classroom, a large drawing made on the blackboard and several borders cut out by the teacher in front of the class will help make the work easy. 

Allow pupils to make two borders, selecting the best for display. Pupils should be encouraged to keep to the simple, well massed forms for cutting work. 

References:

1. NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS  MAY 1925

Coloring Page- Pagoda- Japan

 

Coloring Page- Pagoda- Japan

Coloring pages for the month of May- Theme Japan. Japanese Church building is called Pagoda. In Primary Grades poster may be used as the base for the freehand paper cutting project.

The various parts of this poster may be cut out from colored paper, according to color scheme, suggested in the directions, or they may be drawn and from white paper and colored as follows.

 The pagoda may be brown with  gray shadows. The background may be light yellow, or sky blue.

References:

The Grade Teacher May 1931

MAY COLORING PAGE- BIRD BUILDING THE NEST

 

MAY COLORING PAGE- BIRD FEEDING THE CHILDREN IN THE NEST.

ORIGINALLY THE COLORING PAGE WAS DESIGNED THE CALENDAR OF MAY 1931 BY PHYLLIS LEATHA DARCH 

Instructions:

Birds are harbingers of spring, so here is one building a nest. The nest may brown or gray, and the tree branches about the same color. The leaves should be green and the background a warm yellow. All may be outlined in black. 

Theme:

Spring, Birds, Nest, Children, Nest, Nature Studies. May, Bird Day

References:

The Grade Teacher May1931

Mother's Day- Greeting Card- Cluster Of Carnations

 

Mother's Day- Greeting Card- Carnation- Coloring Page For Mother's Day- Freehand Paper Cutting Project

By ELEANOR LINDBERG 

 These designs may be made on the hectograph and colored with crayons or colors, and cut out, and pasted on or stiff paper.

The cluster of three shades of carnations may have a cream background. The stems and leaves may be gray-green and the lettering black. 
 

Themes: Mother's Day, Baby, Mother, Flower, Carnation, Nature Studies,

References:

The Grade Teacher May 1931

Mother's Day- Greeting Card- Carnation

Mother's Day- Greeting Card- Carnation- Coloring Page For Mother's Day- Freehand Paper Cutting Project

By ELEANOR LINDBERG 

 These designs may be made on the hectograph and colored with crayons or colors, and cut out, and pasted on or stiff paper.

A cream background will be appropriate for the single carnation, which may be dark-red, with the stem and leaves gray-green, and the lettering black-pink. 
 

Themes: Mother's Day, Baby, Mother, Flower, Carnation, Nature Studies,

References:

The Grade Teacher May 1931

Mother And Baby- Coloring Page

 

Mother And Baby- Coloring Page For Mother's Day- Freehand Paper Cutting Project

By ELEANOR LINDBERG 

 These designs may be made on the hectograph and colored with crayons or colors, and cut out, and pasted on or stiff paper.
 In the first card the features of mother and baby should be flesh; with the mother's hair dark-brown; the baby's hair- yellow. The baby's dress may be pale blue with the lace. The mother's dress may be tan and collar white. 

Themes: Mother's Day, Baby, Mother

References:

The Grade Teacher May 1931

HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE

 

HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE - POEM

By William Collins 

How sleep the brave who sink to rest 
By all their country's wishes blest! 
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, 
Returns to deck their hallowed mould, 
She there shall dress a sweeter sod 
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. 

By fairy hands their knell is rung; 

By forms unseen their dirge is sung; 

There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, 

To bless the turf that wraps their clay; 

And Freedom shall awhile repair 

To dwell a weeping hermit there. 

References:

1. The Grade Teacher May 1931

2.4 NOV1914 MEMORIAL DAY May Thirtieth 1914 

MEMORIAL DAY

 

MEMORIAL DAY - A POEM

By  Emma A. Lent 

A day of tender memory, 
A day of sacred hours, 
Of little bands of marching men, 
Of drums and flags and flowers.

A day when a great nation halts 

Its mighty, throbbing pace, 

It pays its meed of gratitude 

And love with willing grace.  

A day when battles are retold, 

And eulogies are said, 

When dirges sound and chaplains read 

The office for the dead. 

A day when fairest, sweetest blooms 

Are laid upon each grave,

And wreaths are hung on monuments, 

And banners, half-mast wave.

A day to keep from year to year 

In memory of the dead; 

Let music sound, and flowers be laid 

Upon each resting-bed.  

MATERIAL FOR AUDITORIUM AND OTHER MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMS 

References:

1. The Grade Teacher May 1931

2.4 NOV1914 MEMORIAL DAY May Thirtieth 1914 

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY

 

THE BLUE AND THE GRAY 

BY FRANCIS MILES FINCH (1827-1907)

By the flow of the inland river, 
Whence the fleets of iron have fled, 

Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, 

Asleep are the ranks of the dead; 

Under the sod and the dew 

Waiting the judgment day; 

Under the one, the Blue, 

Under the other, the Gray.  

These in the robings of glory, 

Those in the gloom of defeat, 

All with the battle-blood gory, 

In the dusk of eternity meet; 

Under the sod and the dew, 

Waiting the judgment day; 

Under the laurel, the Blue, 

Under the willow. the Gray. 

From the silence of sorrowful hours 

The desolate mourners go, 

Lovingly laden with flowers 

Alike for the friend and the foe; 

Under the sod and the dew, 

Waiting the judgment day; 

Under the roses, the Blue, 

Under the lilies, the Gray. 

So with an equal splendor 

The morning sun-rays fall, 

With a touch impartially tender, 

On the blossoms blooming for all; 

Under the sod and the dew; 

Waiting the judgment day;

Broidered with gold, the Blue, 

Mellowed with gold, the Gray. 

So when the summer calleth, 

On forest and field of grain 

With an equal murmur falleth 

The cooling drip of the rain; 

Under the sod and the dew, 

Waiting the judgment day; 

Wet with the rain, the Blue; 

Wet with the rain, the Gray. 

Sadly, but not with upbraiding, 

The generous deed was done; 

In the storm of the years that are fading, 

No braver battle was won; 

Under the sod and the dew, 

Waiting the judgment day; 

Under the blossoms, the Blue; 

Under the garlands, the Gray. 

No more shall the war-cry sever, 

Or the widening rivers be red; 

Our anger is banished forever 

When are laureled the graves of our dead! 

Under the sod and the dew, 

Waiting the judgment day; 

Love and tears, for the Blue; 

Tears and love, for the Gray. 

MATERIAL FOR AUDITORIUM AND OTHER MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMS 

References:

1. The Grade Teacher May 1931

2.THE READER THE FOCUS OF LANGUAGE TRAINING SWINTON'S FIFTH READER AND SPEAKER IVISON BLAKEMAN AND COMPANY Publishers NEW YORK AND CHICAGO 1914

CONCORD HYMN

 

CONCORD HYMN 

By Ralph Waldo Emerson 

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, 
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, 

Here once the embattled farmers stood, 

And fired the shot heard round the 

world.

The foe long since in silence slept; 

Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; 

And Time the ruined bridge has swept 

Down the dark stream which seaward 

creeps.

On this green bank, by this soft stream, 

We set today a votive stone. 

That memory may their deed redeem, 

When, like our sires, our sons are 

gone.   

Spirit that made those spirits dare 

To die and leave their children free 

Bid Time and Nature gently spare 

The shaft we raise to them and thee 

MATERIAL FOR AUDITORIUM AND OTHER MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMS 

References:

1. The Grade Teacher May 1931

2.THE RUSSIAN FAMINE OF 1891 AND 1892 SOME PARTICULARS OF THE RELIEF SENT TO THE DESTITUTE PEASANTS BY THE MILLERS OF AMERICA IN THE STEAMSHIP MISSOURI 084 MINNEAPOLIS THE MILLERS & MANUFACTURERS INSURANCE CO 1893

3. ROME OF TO DAY AND YESTERDAY  THE PAGAN CITY BY JOHN DENNIE LONDON & NEW YORK GP PUTNAM'S SONS LTD First English Edition November 1927 

TO THE BOYS OF AMERICA

 

TO THE BOYS OF AMERICA 

By  Theodore Roosevelt 

Of course what we have a right to expect from the American boy is that shall turn out to be a good man. Now, the chances are strong he won't be much of a man unless he is good deal of a boy. He must not be coward or a weakling, a bully, a shirk, a prig. He must work hard and hard. He must be clean-minded, clean-lived and able to hold his own under all circumstances and against comers. It is only on these conditions that he will grow into the kind of a man of whom America can really be proud. In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don't foul, and don't shirk, but hit the hard. 

MATERIAL FOR AUDITORIUM AND OTHER MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMS 

References:

1. The Grade Teacher May 1931
2. The Triumphant Life OF Theodore Roosevelt  Citizen Statesman President ames Edited by J MARTIN MILLER The Celebrated Historian and Biographer 1904

Seatwork test- Coloring Page

The following seatwork test was used in the Primary Schools Of The USA in 1931. This is the Test- Coloring Page.

Draw the dog brown. 
Put an eye on him.

The girl has a pink dress.

The flower is red and green. 

Make the carriage yellow. 

The bird is blue. 

References:

The Grade Teacher May 1931

PROJECT- MAY WINDOW TRANSPARENCY- IKEBANA

MAY WINDOW TRANSPARENCY -IKEBANA IN THE FLAT VASE

By PHYLLIS LEATHA DARCH 

Directions:

The vase is cut on the bisymmetric plan and may follow the suggested form, or may be varied, according to the children's wishes. The flowers and leaves may be cut out on the same plan, as in Fig 1. After the flower form is cut out (Fig. 2.), the center should be cut out, leaving a narrow scalloped circle of black (Fig. 3 ).This circle should be unfolded and pasted on a square of colored tissue paper (Fig. 4). The edges are trimmed to the shape of the black outline.  

Themes: Japan, Ikebana, Civic Education, Patriotism. Geography, Month By Month Studies, Nature Studies, Flowers, Art, May

References:

Grade Teacher May 1931

BANANA POSTER

BANANA POSTER -FRUITS HAVE VITAMINS

This poster, mounted and put in conspicuous place in the classroom, prove of interest to pupils. It will serve as an interesting subject for a discussion on vitamins and fruit, may improvise a game in which one of them takes the place of the banana, and the others form a ring as the children doing in this poster.

MAY the first was made national Child Health Day by Congress in 1928. The movement was a significant one. The objective was to awaken interest in child health, and to point out definite needs of children everywhere. The World War 1914-1918 revealed for the first time the poor physical condition of the youth of our Nation, and brought the realization of a tremendous need of better child health.

Themes: Hygiene, Alimentation, Nature Studies, Month by Month, Health, Civic Education. Patriotism, Patriot

References:

THE GRADE TEACHER  May 1931 

 

MY FIRST PARTY

 

MY FIRST PARTY - A  MOTHER GOOSE POEM 

"A little girl, quite well and hearty, 
Thought she'd like to have a party; 
But, as her friends were shy and wary,
Nobody came but her own canary."

References:

Little Folks May 1905

THE RAILROAD TRAIN - A POEM

 

THE RAILROAD TRAIN - A POEM

by L.L. Norton 

I WILL sing you a song of the railroad train, 
With a ch', ch', ch', and a ch', ch', ch', 
It s puffing along through the sun and the rain, 
With a ch', ch', ch', and a ch', ch', ch'! 

When it strikes a switch at a slower gait,

 There's a clack, clack, clack, and a clack, clack, clack,

And it's in for a five or a ten minute wait, 

With a clack, clack, clack, and a clack, clack, clack! 

Then it s off again at a wonderful pace, 

With a toot, toot, toot, and a toot, toot, toot, 

Look out for the cinders right in your face, 

With a toot, toot, toot, and a toot, toot, toot! 

Now the train s coming in with a ringing bell, 

With a ding, dong, ding, and a ding, dong, ding, 

And the people are ready to rush, pell-mell, 

At its ding, dong, ding, and ding, dong, ding! 

Oh, ho! but I like the railroad train

With its ch', ch', ch', and its clack, clack, clack, 

And its toot, toot, too, with might and with main, 

And its ding, dong, ding, to clear the track! 

Reference:

Little Folks May 1905