THE CALENDAR GAME

One drill by which parents can accomplish this is the calendar game for young children. Little folk love to learn new things, and even though they have not yet had numerals at school, it is easy to teach them the numbers on the big calendar at the back of this book. This calendar, attached to a coat hanger, may be hung at the end of the living-room in a good light each morning and mother an cl child can play the game, together with benefit to be

1. Sun the eyes, peeking at the sparkles that shine through loosely closed eyelids while the child plays elephant and swings from side to side.
2. Mother and child should then sit down and palm for a few minutes, five or ten, according to how rushed the morning. Sometimes the mother can tell a story, sometimes it may be the child's turn to be narrator.
3. Stand within the child's reach of the calendar and, 0th pointed finger, trace the large numbers, naming each. 4 Step back to the farthest point at which the child can see the numbers and, with pointed finger extended, pretend to trace each number as it is read aloud.
4. To vary the game, one of the small calendars at 'the foot of the sheet may be read, at an easy distance, in the same way.
5. Hunt all the 2's on the face of the calendar, then all the 5's, etc.
6. Read every other number aloud, the others silently.
7. Read the first number and the last number of each line, the second and the next to the last, the third and the third from the last.

To keep the drill alive, mother and child can make up new steps or games to play with the numbers. It .will be surprising how this very simple drill will improve the vision. From week to week, the distance may be tretched, with noticeable improvement both at school and in regular daily use of the eyes.