CHILDREN’S HOMEWORK.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1982, 27 May 1919, Page 1

CHILDREN’S HOMEWORK.

Children should be supervised by their parents when doing their homework. The lessons should be done in a good light; it is false economy to save the gas and injure the eyes. The light should fall on the paper from the left, so that the hand casts no inconvenient shadow on the paper when using a pen or pencil. The crouching attitude is injurious. When reading, the child should sit upright in a chair with a back. The book should be propped up. The room must be well ventilated; the brain cannot work in a stuffy atmosphere. A time-lim-it must be put to the studies. The child must not drag on past its bedtime because the lesson is hard. Work done with a tired brain is not well done, and is soon forgotten. If the child shows a tendency to push his nose down into the book he may be short-sighted. Education is very important, and for their own sakcs children should be encouraged to make the most of the precious years of preparation. It may, however, bo necessary to have a delicate child excused home work for a tow months; exercise in the fresh air in the evening may be more profitable than study. It is no good winning first prizes for English and first prize for Amemi a.