This is the first of a new series of articles on primary school children, which will describe some of the adventures children meet as they work their way up the school, and some of the ways in which you can help them to make these adventures successful. They are written by ‘Kaiwhakaako’, the young teacher whose article on education appeared in our June issue. We invite you to send ‘Kaiwhakaako’ (c/o The Editor, Box 2390, Wellington), questions or problems concerning children at primary school. His answers will appear in each issue of Te Ao Hou. AN)/£ N) XML) What's all this nonsense? It's easy really, if you just say X for jump, N for apple,) for no, / for egg, £ for top … is that quite clear? Of course it isn't, it's anything but. Yet this is what printed words look like to your five year old, and this is the way, once upon a time, he used to be taught to read. You probably just guessed that they should be read from left to right, because that is the way you usually read—but a five-year-old doesn't know this—right to left, upside down, it's all the same to him.
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Te Ao Hou, December 1962, Page 55
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