EFFECTS OF READING NEWS PAPERS UPON THE MINDS OF CHILDREN.
The Boston Traveller states that a scho<j teacher who had enjoyed the benefit of 1 long practice of his profession, and ha watched closely the influence of a news paper on the minds of a family of children, gives "a result of his observation, that, with. out exception, those scholars of both sexes and all ages who have access to newspapers at home, when compared with those" who have not, are : 1. Better readers, excelling in promin ciation, and consequently read more un derstandingly. 2. They are better spellers, and defini words with ease and accuracy. 3. They obtain a partial knowledge d geography in half the time it requiw others, as the newspaper has made then familiar with the location of imporfcaffi places and nations, their governments an! doings. 4. They are better grammarians, foj ha\ i lg become familiar with every varieij of style in the newspaper, from common place advertisements to the finished and classical oration of the statesman, thej more readily comprehend the meaning oi the text, and consequently analyse its construction with accuracy.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 131, 21 September 1876, Page 2
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188EFFECTS OF READING NEWS PAPERS UPON THE MINDS OF CHILDREN. Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 131, 21 September 1876, Page 2
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