Chapter 7

For more extended program, book lists for mothers, children's book list, loan papers, send to the National Congress of Mothers, Mrs. E.C. Grice, Corresponding Secretary, 3308 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Price, 10 cents each. See also "The Child in Home, School, and State," with address by President Roosevelt.--Report of the N.C.M. for 1905. Price, 50c.

NOTE.--When reference books mentioned in the foregoing program are not available from public libraries, they may be borrowed of the A.S.H.E. for the cost of postage indicated in parentheses. Three books may be borrowed at one time by a class, one by an individual. For class work, a book may be kept for two weeks, or longer, if there is no other call for it. Send stamps with requests, which should be made several weeks in advance to avoid disappointment.

INDEX

Abnormal laziness, 47 Abstract studies, 119 Accomplishments and studies, 119 showy, 123 Accounts, personal, 129 Adolescence, religious excitability, 136 Adult's world, 24 Advantage of positive commands, 61 Affections, cultivation of, 45 Aims of kindergarten, 45 Air as a plaything, 82 castles, 163 Allowance, regular, 127 Alternate growth of children, 14 Anaemia, 47 Answer honest questions, 71 Answers to questions, 160 Application of principles, 141 Aristotle's teachings, 76 Art and literature in child life, 101 and nature, 112 classic, 102 influence of, 101 plastic, 104 Associates, children's, 113 exclusive, 114

Baby-jumpers, 14 Bandaging the abdomen, 21 Beginnings of will, 7 Bible, children's, 139 Bible lessons made real, 139 study, 138 Bonfires, 85 Books for children, 111, 170 Bottle-fed babies, 25 Breaking the will, 29 Busy work, 97

Care of pets, 45 Cause of impudence, 51 of irritability and nervousness, 35 of rupture, 21 of temper, 35 Character building, rules in, 74 Children, other people's, 145 Children's associates, 113 Bible, 139 clubs, value of, 45 hour, the, 118 Child's share in family republic, 65 world, 24 Classic art, 102 Clay modeling, 80 Climbing, 13 Clothing, proper, 20 Color, 102 Colored pictures, 104 Commands, disagreeable, 37 positive, 35 useless, 11 Company ways, 161 Conclusion, 140 Condition at birth, 3 Consciousness of self, 6 Corporal punishment, 54, 166 Correlation of studies, 121 Correspondence training, 142 Costume model, 21 Creeping, 12 Cultivate affections, 45 Cutting and pasting, 99

Daily outing, 18 Dancing for children, 87 Danger of forcing, 12 Dangerous pastimes, 83 Darwin's observations, 9 Depravity, original, 61 Development of intellect, 126 premature, 3 Diagram of Gertrude suit, 23 Diet, simple, 25 Disadvantages of Sunday Schools, 134 Disagreeable commands, 37 Discipline, educative, 57 Disobedience, 30 real, 33 Double standard of morality, 53 Double standards, 158 Drama, 107 Dramatic games, 107 plays, 87 Drawing and painting, 99 Dress for play, 79 Dress, proper, 20 Duties, systematized, 37 Duty to one's self, 164

Education, the new, 120 scientific, 121 Educational beginnings, 5 exercises, 5 value of play, 77 Educative discipline, 57 Effect of Sunday school teaching, 132 Emergencies, 30 Enthusiasm, religious, 135 "Enthusiasms", 124 Essentials of play, 78 Evasive lying, 39 Evils, permanent, 28 resulting from corporal punishment, 55 Example, bad, 52 courteous, 54 evil, 115 versus precept, 34, 68 Exclusive associates, 114

Fairy tales, 109 Family republic, 64 Fathers, 152 responsibilities of, 154 Fatigue harmful to children, 94 Faults and their remedies, 26 real, 28 temporary, 24 Fear versus love, 55 Feeding, indiscriminate, 25 Financial training, 126 Fire as a plaything, 84 First grasping, 8 Fiske's doctrine of right, 64 teachings, 15 Food, natural, 24 question, 162 undesired, 11 Forcing, danger of, 12 Fresh air, 18 Froebel's great motto, 70 philosophy, 59 Fundamental principles of the new education, 59

Games, dramatic, 107 Gardens for children, 81 Gertrude suit, 21 Goodness, original, 61 Goodness, negative, 32 Grasping, 9, 11 Growth of children, 14 of will, 8

Helping, 93 mother, 91 Home kindergarten, 90 How the child develops, 3

Imagination and sympathy, 110 Imitativeness, instinct of, 32 Imaginative lying, 39 Immature judgment, 30 Impudence, cause of, 51 Incomplete development at birth, 4 Indiscriminate feeding, 25 punishment, 55 Industry, willing, 94 Influence of art, 101 Inherited crookedness, 41 disposition, 38 Instinct, 9 of imitativeness, 32 Instrumental music, 107 Intellect, development of, 126 Irritability, cause of, 35

Jealousy, 42 Justice and love in the family, 42

Kindergarten, aims of, 45 as a remedy for selfishness, 44 methods, 62 methods in the home, 90 social advantages of, 113 Knit garments, 22

Law-making habit, 70 Laziness, 46 Liberty, 33, 64 Limitations of words, 67 Literature, 108 and art, 101 Looking, 9 Love of work, 93 versus fear, 55 Low voice commands, 66 Lungs, weak, 21 Luther's teachings, 76 Lying, evasive, 39 imaginative, 39 kinds of, 38 politic, 40

Magazines for children, 111 Magic lantern, 85 Massage, 5 Meaning of righteousness, 72 Model costume, 21 Modeling apron, 81 clay, 80 Monotony undesirable, 95 Moral precocity, 73 training, object of, 60 Mother and teacher, 165 Mother, teaching, 92 Mothers as teachers, 134 Mud pies, 80 Muscular development, 5 Music for children, 106 instrumental, 107 study of, 124 Mystery of sex, 72

Nagging, 96 Naps, 20 Natural food, 24 punishment, 29 talent, 124 Nature study, 112 Negative goodness, 32 Neighbors' opinions, 63 Nervousness, cause of, 35 New education, the, 120 principles of, 59 Normal child, 12 Nursery requisites, 16

Object of moral training, 60 of punishment, 40 Objection to pinning blanket, 21 Obligation of truthfulness, 38 Occupations, 90 Only child, the, 44 Opportunity for growth, 16 Order of development, 9 Other people's children, 145 Outing, daily, 18

Painting and drawing, 99 Parental indulgence, 154 vanity, 125 Pasting and cutting, 99 Permanent evils, 28 Personal accounts, 129 Pets, care of, 45 Physical cause of laziness, 46 culture, 123 culture records, 25 Philosophy, Froebel's, 59 Pictures, colored, 104 Pinning blanket, objection to, 21 Plastic art, 104 Play, 76 educational value of, 77 essentials of, 78 with the limbs, 5 Politeness to children, 69 Politic lie, the, 40 Positive commands, 35, 61 Precautions to prevent attacks of temper, 37 with fire, 84 Precocity, 15 moral, 73 Premature development, 3 Preyer's record, 11, 19 Principles, application of, 141 Prohibitions, useless, 34 Punishment, corporal, 54 indiscriminate, 55 natural, 29 object of, 40 self, 34

Questions, answers to, 160 Quick temper, 35

Real disobedience, 33 faults, 28 Reflex grasping, 7 Regular allowance, 127 Religious enthusiasm, 135 excitability of adolescence, 136 training, 131 Remedy for fits of temper, 36 Responsibilities of fathers, 154 Restrictions of dress, 79 Rhythmic movements, 86 Richter's views, 28, 87 Right doing, 28 made easy, 63 Righteousness, meaning of, 72 Right material for play, 79 Rights of others, 64 Rules in character building, 74 Rupture, cause of, 21

Sand piles, 80 Scientific education, 121 Self-distrustful child, 160 Selfishness, 43 Self-mastery, 29 punishment, 34 Sewing, 98 Sex, 71 mystery of, 72 question, the, 149 Showy accomplishments, 123 Simple diet, 25 Sleep, sufficient, 19 Social advantages of kindergarten, 113 Soft spot in head, 4 Solitude remedy for temper, 36 Songs for children, 86 Spencer's view, 29 Spending foolishly, 128 wisely, 127 Standard of morality, double, 53 Standing, 14 Stanley Hall's views, 137 Stealing, 168 Stockinet for undergarments, 22 Story telling, 93 Studies, abstract, 119 and accomplishments,119 correlation of, 121 Success in child training, 143 Sullenness, 38 Sunday school, disadvantage of, 134 effect of, 132 teachers, 131 Sunlight necessary for growth, 16 Sympathy and imagination, 110 in play, 79 Symptoms of anaemia, 47 Systematized duties, 37

Talent, natural, 124 Teaching mother, 92 Telling stories, 93 Temperament, emotional, 42 Temperature of nursery, 18 Temper, cause of, 35 precautions to prevent attacks of, 37 Temporary faults, 24 Theater, 108 Theory before practice, 161 Thermometer in nursery, 18 Throwing, 10 Tiedemann's teachings, 35 Touching forbidden things, 11 Toys, 83, 88, 89 Training, financial, 126 for parents, 142 religious, 131 Truthfulness, obligations of, 38

Unconscious influence, 157 Underclothing, 22 Undesired food, 11 Undisciplined will, 30 Unresponsiveness, 38 Unsought advice, 148 Untidiness, its remedy, 49 Useless commands, 11 prohibitions, 34

Value of children's clubs, 45 Vanity, parental, 125 Variable periods of growth, 15 Ventilation, means of, 18

Walking, 14 Water as a plaything, 82 colors, 99 Weak lungs, 21 Weight at birth, 4 Wholesome surroundings, 16 Will, beginnings of, 7 breaking, the, 29 growth of, 8 Willful child, 34 Willing industry, 94 Will, undisciplined, 30 Work, beautiful, 96 love of, 93 Wrappings, extra, 21