Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

the little ones, as the stories of the Bible? In these
simple stories may be made plain the great
principles of the law of God. Thus by illustrations
best suited to the child’s comprehension, parents
and teachers may begin very early to fulfill the
Lord’s injunction concerning His precepts: “Thou
shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and
shalt talk of them when thou sittest in the thine
house, and when thou walkest by the way, and
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”
(Deuteronomy 6:7)
The use of object lessons, blackboards, and
maps will be an aid in explaining these lessons and
fixing them in the memory. Parents and teachers
should constantly seek for improved methods. The
teaching of the Bible should have our freshest
thought, our best methods, and our most earnest
effort.
In order to do effective study, the interest of the
child must be enlisted. Especially by the one who
has to do with children and youth differing widely
in disposition, training, and habits of thought, this
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