PageINTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION5THE STORY IN PRIMARY INSTRUCTION51.The Mastery of a Vocabulary not the Material of Instruction.2.A Wider Circle and Purpose, Growing out of the Child’s Life and Needs.3.Language Teaching.THE SELECTION OF THE SUBJECT MATTER111.Phase of Mind Activity in Early Civilisation.2.A Third Element of the Race Products.3.The Legendary and the Mythological the Child’s Natural Food.4.How Are We to Discriminate as to the Material to be Selected?5.Narratives Selected and the Basis of Selection.6.The Four Story Groups.THE PROBLEM OF CORRELATION20SUGGESTIONS231.The Treatment.2.Reproduction.3.The Preparation.4.Narration.5.The Deepening.6.The Nature Material.7.Ethical Material.8.Reading.9.Drawing. Etc.10.Dramatisation.11.Construction.SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIVE STORIES35THE SEVEN LITTLE GOATS351.The Mother Goat.2.The Wolf.3.The Wolf in the House.4.The Mother Goat’s Return.5.Detail of Form Work (Diagram).THE STARDOLLARS441.At Home.2.In the Fields.3.In the Forest.LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD481.At Home.2.In the Woods.3.At Grandmother’s House.THE SWEET RICE PORRIDGE541.The Little Girl and her Mother.2.The Wonderful Rat.3.The Mother Well Again.4.The Flood of Rice.5.The Valley Filled Up.MOTHER FROST631.The Lost Spindle.2.The Maid in the Well.3.The Return Home.4.The Idle Maid.SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED701.The Home.2.How Snow-White and Rose-Red Played.3.The Bear.4.A Dwarf In Trouble.5.The Dwarf Fishing.6.The Dwarf and an Eagle.7.The Bear Again.THE COCK AND THE HEN831.On the Mountain.2.The Travelers.3.At the Inn.4.The Innkeeper.DEATH OF THE COCK891.The Cock’s Death.2.The Funeral.3.Crossing the River.BIRDIE AND LENA931.How the Hunter Found Birdie.2.The Cook.3.How Birdie was Saved.4.The Search.5.The Servants Go Again to the Forest.6.The Cook Punished.THE WOLF AND THE FOX1021.At the Farm Yard.2.At the Farm House.3.In the Cellar.THE STREET MUSICIANS1071.How the Musicians Came Together.2.In the Forest.3.The Robbers Return.4.Detail of Form Work (Diagram).THE STRAW, THE COAL AND THE BEAN1161.The Meeting.2.The Journey.CINDERELLA1201.How Cinderella Got Her Name.2.The Fair.3.The Ball.4.How Cinderella Went to the Ball.THE WONDERFUL TRAVELER1301.The Traveler.2.The Kind Man Grants Wishes.3.The Proud Man Overtakes the Traveler.4.The Proud Man’s Wishes.HANS AND THE FOUR BIG GIANTS1411.The House in the Country.2.Leaving Home.3.Hans in the City.4.The King’s Palace.5.Hans Starts on his Journey.6.Hans Meets Another Giant.7.Hans Meets a Third Giant.8.Hans Meets a Fourth Giant.9.How Hans Got the Necklace.THE FIR TREE1551.In the Forest.2.The Wood-Cutters.3.Other Trees Go from the Forest.4.The Fir Tree Has its Wish.