| "A Formidable List of Attainments for a Child of Six", a reprint of a curriculum outline from a CM school in the 1890's. from Summer 93 Parents Review pub by Karen Andreola |
| To recite, beautifully, six easy poems and hymns.
To recite, perfectly and beautifully, a parable and a psalm. To add and subtract numbers up to ten, with dominoes or counters. To read-what, and how much, will depend on what we are told of the child; children vary much in their power of reading. To copy in print-hand from a book. To know the points of the compass with relation to their own home, where the sun rises and sets, and the way the wind blows. To describe the boundaries of their own home. To describe any lake, river, pond, island within easy reach. To tell quite accurately (however shortly) Three stories from Bible history, three from early English, and three from early Roman history. To be able to describe three walks and three views. To mount in a scrapbook a dozen common wildflowers, with leaves (one every week) ;to name these, describe them in their own words, and say where they found them. To do the same with the leaves and flowers of six forest trees. To know six birds, by song, color and shape. To send in certain Kindergarten or other handiwork, as directed. To tell three stories about their own "pets"-rabbit, dog, or cat. To name twenty common objects in French and say a dozen little sentences. To sing one hymn, one French song, and one English song. To keep a caterpillar, and tell the life-story of a butterfly from his own observations. |
| Wiggles, Giggles & Snuggles by Kim Gray Will open as a PDF |
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| December 5, 2005 |