GOLDEN RULES OF “YESTERYEAR”
Remembering the Good Old School
Days
CursivePractice, Practice, and
more Practice!!!
CRAYOLA CRAYONS box or 8First Box of 8 Colors -- 1903. Schools used to give us a pack of these on
the 1st day of school, free, along with a fat red pencil and an eraser. Everything smelled awesome. That was the 60's!
SCHOOL CAFETERIA LUNCH TRAYSWhat was your favorite lunch item?I remember the yummy yeast rolls!
HALLOWEEN CLASS PARTIESBack in the good old days, when kids could still wear their costumes to school and have a real Halloween
party/parade...
One Room SchoolReciting…over and over
Is that a dunce hat on that student????
The Old School Bell
Did they ever find Ottumwa’s Old School Bell???
An Apple a Day…..
Who remembers shining up an apple to take to
your teacher?
Schoolhouse ClockWoo Hoo….It is 3:30PM
PENCIL SHARPENERCan you remember the smell
of the pencil shavings?
Recess!My favorite time of the
school day!
TIME TO RESTRemember having to lay our
heads down on our desks and rest?
The Chalkboard
Remember being allowed to go outside and "clap" the erasers at the end of the day?
GEOGRAPHY
Oh, yes…geography in our elementary schools…
All those pull-down maps!