The following commands may be read aloud by the child:
--_I_ ask you a question very softly. _You_ answer _me_; and _he_, over there, must try to hear both of us.
--_I_ shall write; _you_ must act as if you were trying to read what I am writing; and then _he_, over there, will call out: "That is not right."
Direct Objective Personal Pronouns: me, you, him, her, us, you, them (mi, ti, si, lo, la, ci, vi, si, li, le).
Reflexives and reciprocals: myself, yourself, etc., each other.
(Here too one child commands executing the first personal forms, while the others act out the second and third):
--I touch the oil-cloth on the table; I touch _myself_; I touch _you_; you touch _yourself_; I touch _him_; you touch _her_; let us touch _each other_; you touch _me_.
--Charles, take the whisk-broom and brush the table; Charles, brush _me_; Charles, brush _him_; Charles, brush _her_; Charles, brush _yourself_.
--Mary and I bow to the teacher; now we bow to _you_; now we bow to _him_; now we bow to _her_; now we bow to _each other_.
--I lead George by the hand to the window; I lead _you_ by the hand to the window; I lead _him_ by the hand to the window; he leads _us_ by the hand to the window; we lead _her_ by the hand to the window.
Indirect object personal pronouns: me, te, se, mi, ti, si, le, gli, lui, lei, noi, voi, ci, vi, loro (the disjunctive pronouns, used after prepositions, etc., do not differ in English from the simple direct object forms).
(The commands are still executed as above):
--I am going to distribute these pencils: one to _you_, one to _him_, one to _her_; one to _myself_.
--Louis, give _me_ a command; give _him_ a command; give _her_ a command; give _yourself_ a command.
--Attention! Charles, give _her_ a blue bead! Mary, give _him_ a red bead!
--Alfred, give a white bead to _me_; give _me_ also a yellow bead!
Demonstratives for persons (questi, costui, colui; the second person, "that one near you," is lacking in English, which also fails to distinguish between persons and things and between genders).
When the distinctions in space represented by these pronouns have been taught as above the children read and execute as follows:
Distribute the pronouns to different children in the class; _questi_, "this one (near me)," _costei_ (feminine); _costui_, "that one (near you)," _costei_ (fem.); _colui_, "that one (over there)," _colei_ (fem.); when the children are in their proper places, give to each child a different command.