Perception Cards by N. E. I.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · May 4, 1905

Perception Cards

By N. E. I.

How many use perception cards? Do you make them? There is no knack about it, and they are nothing new; but you may have none of these cards on hand. They are useful in rapid drills, especially in number work and in phonics.

Any cardboard will do; those in mind are of the gray board we use for mounting pictures. Have the cards cut any size convenient to hold, and on which the characters can be seen across the room.

For number work, write all the difficult combinations, using white or colored crayons. Put a combination on each side of the card, writing it also on the upper corner of the reverse side in small figures, so that the cards may be held toward the class quickly. Have children give answers rapidly as held up.

Sometimes, place a number of the cards in a row on the blackboard ledge. See if a child can tell them all, letting him pick up each one he tells. Have the class name the ones he leaves, then let him try to take them up, repeating the process until he knows them all. See which children take up the greatest number of cards the first time.

Many ways will be thought of for using these cards in different lessons requiring rapid mental drill.—N. E. I.