| 1. Study of a Picture Story | 1 |
| 2. Story-Telling | 3 |
| 3. Making Stories Better | 4 |
| 4. Study of a Poem."Queen Mab"Thomas Hood | 6 |
| 5. Story-Telling | 9 |
| 6. Correct Usage—Saw | 11 |
| 7. Study of a Fable. "The Ants and the Grasshoppers" Æsop | 13 |
| 8. Telling a Fable | 18 |
| 9. Making up Fables | 19 |
| 10. Correct Usage—Saw, Seen | 21 |
| 11. Words sometimes Mispronounced | 23 |
| 12. More Making up of Fables | 24 |
| 13. Story-Telling | 26 |
| 14. Telling about Indians. "An Indian Boy's Training" Charles A. Eastman | 28 |
| 15. Studying Words | 33 |
| 16. More Telling about Indians | 35 |
| 17. Still More Telling about Indians | 38 |
| 18. Correct Usage—Have | 40 |
| 19. The Names of the Months | 41 |
| 20. Making Riddles | 44 |
| 21. Correct Usage—Did, Done | 45 |
| 22. Telling Fairy Stories. "Peter and the Strange Little Old Man" | 47 |
| 23. Study of a Poem. "The Fairy Folk" _Robert M. Bird_ "A Child's Song" William Allingham | 52 |
| 24. More Telling of Fairy Stories. "Peter Visits the Strange Little Old Man's Workshop" | 56 |
| 25. Making Riddles | 65 |
| 26. Making Riddles Better | 65 |
| 27. Study of a Poem. "The Light-Hearted Fairy" Unknown | 68 |
| 28. Correct Usage—Rang, Sang, Drank | 70 |
| 29. Making up Fairy Stories | 72 |
| 30. Writing Dates | 74 |
| 31. Telling Interesting Things | 75 |
| 32. Story-Telling. "Jack and Jill" Louisa M. Alcott | 76 |
| 33. Explaining Things | 80 |
| 34. Words sometimes Mispronounced | 81 |
| 35. Telling Interesting Things. "How the Eskimo builds his House" | 82 |
| 36. Study of a Poem. "Jack Frost" Gabriel Setoun | 87 |
| 37. Game | 90 |
| 38. Correct Usage—May, Can | 92 |
| 39. Talking over Plans | 94 |
| 40. Letter Writing | 95 |
| 41. More Letter Writing | 97 |
| 42. Still More Letter Writing | 102 |
| 43. Improving Letters | 103 |
| 44. Study of a Poem. "Mr. Nobody" Unknown | 104 |
| 45. Making a Little Book | 107 |
| 46. Correct Usage—No, Not, Never | 109 |
| 47. Telling Interesting Things | 111 |
| 48. Study of a Picture Story | 114 |
| 49. Correct Usage—Went, Saw, Came, Did | 119 |
| 50. Two Punctuation Marks | 120 |
| 51. Another Study of a Picture Story | 121 |
| 52. Letter Writing | 123 |
| 53. Words sometimes Mispronounced | 124 |
| 54. Story-Telling. "The Daughter of Ceres" | 125 |
| 55. Telling Interesting Things. "The Return of Spring" | 131 |
| 56. Story-Telling. "Ceres and Apollo" | 133 |
| 57. Correct Usage—I am not | 141 |
| 58. Riddles | 141 |
| 59. Story-Telling. "Ceres and Pluto" | 144 |
| 60. Talking over Plans | 150 |
| 61. Letter Writing | 152 |
| 62. Addressing Letters | 153 |
| 63. Telling Interesting Things | 155 |
| 64. Making Riddles | 158 |
| 65. Telling about Wild Animals | 159 |
| 66. Making a Little Book | 162 |
| 67. Correct Usage—Good, Well | 163 |
| 68. Talking over the Telephone | 165 |
| 69. Words sometimes Mispronounced | 166 |
| 70. Talking over Vacation Plans | 166 |
| NOTES TO THE TEACHER | i |
| INDEX | xiii |
