1. Now, Little Pupils, can you tell me how many fingers are on one hand? If the teacher make marks on the black-board, could you tell how many marks are made? Can you take a handful of pebbles and tell how many pebbles are in it?

2. How many letters do you see in the word, A-RITH'-ME-TIC? How many letters are in the first syllable? in the second? in the third? in the fourth? What we do to find how many are meant is called Counting; so that;

COUNTING is finding how many are meant.

3. Have you ever counted the balls in a Numerical Frame? Count the boys in the picture. Count the girls.

SECOND LESSON.

1. Hold up your hands. Are they like the hands in the book? Which are pictures of hands? Which are the real hands?

2. How many pictures of hands are in the row above? What do you call finding how many are meant? Where did you learn to count? Who taught you counting? For what is counting used? Could you find how many are meant without counting?

3. Count the pictures of hands aloud. Now I will show you how these words look when printed and written. You can see them in Capital letters, next in Small letters, and then in Written or Script letters.

4. How many columns are above this? For what

are these words used? What is counting?

5. Count ten cents; ten books. counted is called a Unit; so that ;

Each one which is

A UNIT in counting, is each ONE that is counted.

THIRD LESSON.

1. What is counting? How many words, used in counting, are in the last lesson ? Repeat these ten words.

2. Now, look at the columns below. How many columns do you see? Have you seen any of these words before? In which column are they?

3. Is any part of nineteen like any word which you have had? Is, teen like any other word which you have had? Does, teen, mean, ten, or, AND ten? Then, what does nineteen mean? What does eigh teen mean? seventeen? sixteen? fifteen? fourteen? thirteen?

4. Can you tell what twelve means if I tell you, elve, means, and ten? Can you tell me what eleven means, if the first e, mean one?

5. Look at twenty. What part of it do you know already? Since tw is two, what shall we call ty? Do you think ty means ten, or does it mean and ten, or does ty mean tens? How many tens in twenty? Examine the words in the next column in the same manner.

6. What do you know about thirty? You may invent and print the next ten words used in counting and bring them to the next recitation.

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FOURTH LESSON.

Which

1. Which one of the circles has no picture in it? Which one has the picture of a shoe in it? one has the picture of a top in it?

2. How did you find which one of the circles had no picture in it? Very well! When we observe objects to find which one is meant, we call it, Numbering. So that;

NUMBERING is finding which one is meant.

3. Here are the words used in numbering. Read them; each pupil reading in turn.

4. Look at each of the words, used in numbering, and see if they are like any of the words used in counting? Is first like any word used in counting? Is second like any word used in counting? Is third like any word used in counting? How do you change the word three into third? four into fourth? How do you change the other words?

FIFTH LESSON.

1. Write or print the first ten words used in Counting. Write or print the first ten words used in Numbering. Would you like a shorter way to write or print these words. Very well! I will show you how to do it.

2. We may write or print one and also first thus; I. We may write or print two and also second thus; II. How do you think we may write or print three and also third? Four and also fourth? They may be written or printed thus IV. also.

3. We may write or print five and also fifth thus V. Six and also sixth thus VI. How would you print or write seven and seventh? Eight and eighth? Nine and ninth may be written or printed thus; IX.

4. Ten and tenth may be written or printed thus; X. Eleven and eleventh thus; XI. Can you tell me about twelve and twelfth? Thirteen and thirteenth? See how far you can make the rest of these words in this way. When so written they are called, The Roman Numbers, or the Letter Numbers.

X. XX.

I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. ΧΙ. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XXI. XXII.

5. Do you find how many units are meant by counting, or by numbering? Do you find which unit is meant by counting, or by numbering? Whatever is used to tell how many units are meant, and which unit is meant, is called a Number; so that;

A NUMBER is what we use in counting and in numbering to show how many units are meant, or which unit is meant.