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January, 194} Page 9 The Use of Visual Aids in the First Grade MANY teacliers liave been using different types of visvial aids in their classrooms for years. Dif- ferent teachers have their own methods of using sucli aids. In this article, I have attempted to tell how I utilize visual aids in my first grade room at the Elemen- tary School of the Louisiana State Normal College. One of the most effective visual aids, and one which is easily accessible to all teachers, is the school journey. The .school journey, if properly planned, is a means by which objects and materials in their natural settings are made avail- able to the children. M}' first grade group went for a walk one afternoon to collect colorful leaves for use in decorating the room. Interest in leaves had been aroused by observation of .some leaves which one little girl had brought to school that morning. The children had no- ticed how the leaves had changed color over the week-end and they were inter- ested in collecting the more colorful leaves which were then available. As we walked through the woods we talked about the changes of color of the leaves and discussed the reasons for the change. One little boy who had gone some distance ahead of the grouj) found a huckleberry bush. He called the group to him, saying, "Look what I have found." The bush had large ripe huckle- berries on it. Johnnie, who had found the bush, suggested that we give the berries to O.scar. a pet baby opossum that one of the boys brought to school on the second day. Johnnie said that he would return to the room for a cup in which to put the berries. While he was gone, the other children picked the berries, all the while discussing whether or not Oscar would eat them. Mildred collected some leaves which were very colorful and which were shaped differently from others the children had collected. When Johnnie returned, we put the berries in the cup and started back to the room. We had gone only a little distance when Lodo suggested that she would go on and get Oscar so that we might feed him before returning to the room. The children sat down on the ground and waited for Lodo to return Activities of first-graders in a classroom where visual aids are used naturally, constantly, and with maximum effectiveness. LAURA STILLEY Louisiana State Normal College, Natchitoches Making and arranging materials for the collection cabinet Children enjoying the doll house they constructed.