THE STONE ARITHMETICS THE STONE LEADERSHIP The content of these books, and of our modern curricula, is based upon the universally accepted principle that: We should teach each child all that he should know and is capable of learning, and waste no time in teaching him that which he will never use, or in trying to teach him that which at his age he is incapable of learning. This principle is in these books worked out in the most careful, scientific, and sensible way. For Professor Stone has, and has had, more and closer contacts with the various phases of teaching arithmetic than any other teacher, investigator, or author. For over twenty years he has been a recognized leader in the great advancements that have been made, both in methods of teaching and in the simplification of content of the curriculum. He is in great demand as a speaker before teachers' associations, as an advisor in curriculum-making, and as an inspector of work in city systems. But if there is one thing he does better than another, it is presenting the subject to children, catching the moment of response, awakening interest, and directing the resultant activity purposively and smoothly towards the lesson goal. The publishers have their own point of honor involved in The Stone Arithmetics. This series is in the long and unbroken succession from Benjamin Greenleaf, whose National Arithmetic Robert S. Davis and THE STONE ARITHMETICS Company published in 1832. Leach, Shewell, and Sanborn succeeded Robert S. Davis and Company, and Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. succeeded Leach, Shewell, and Sanborn. But whatever the firm name it always had on its list the foremost arithmetic of its day. Never, however, did this proud claim have a broader and solider foundation than in the case of The Stone Arithmetics. The Stone Arithmetics need no slogan and no superlatives. Their plain excellence is too readily apparent. Both in substance and in adaptation to teaching and use they represent the right word at the right time. UNIV. OF THE CALIFORNIA STONE ARITHMETIC INTERMEDIATE BY JOHN C. STONE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, AUTHOR OF THE MATHEMATICS BENJ. H. SANBORN & CO. CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON |