Draft:Alyce L. Sandford
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Comment: You cannot cite "personal knowledge", even if true. Mach61 (talk) 05:46, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
Alyce L. Sandford was the author of books intended to be used in education. Titles include "Talks With Tinies: a Series of Conversational Lessons for Little Children" (in the series "Pitman's Object Lesson Books"), “ A Year’s Work with Mother Nature,” “Nature Notes and Notions,” “A Second Year’s Work with Mother Nature,” “Chats with the Chicks,” “Talks about Trees.”[1]
Alyce L. Sandford cites herself on the title page of "Talks with Tinies" as Head Mistress of Christ Church Endowed Infant School; and formerly Mistress of Method at S. Marylebone P. T. Centre; and formerly Lecturer on Theory of Education at the National Society’s School of Cookery; and Member of the Executive of the School Nature Study Union.[2]
Talks with Tinies, a Series of Conversational lessons for Little Children: London; no date; Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Limited; priced at 3/6 (British currency), 5/- (New Zealand currency). This book was used in the New Zealand education system, at least as a teachers' resource, in the mid-1920s,[3] which is the best I can do for dating the book; internet sales advertising for books cited by this author on the title page of this book suggest that the books were published from around 1910. Each lesson includes drawing exercises. The tone, at least to a person in the 2020s, is likely to appear fatuous, sexist and classist: the labouring classes are spoken of in a condescending manner.[4]