Chapter 5

PRINCIPLES OF INFANT EDUCATION.

_Moral treatment--Importance of exercise--Play-ground indispensable--The education of nature and human education should be joined--Mental development--Children should think for themselves--Intellectual food adapted for children--A spirit of enquiry should be excited--Gradual development of the young mind--Neglect of moral treatment--Inefficacy of maxims learned by rote--Influence of love--The play-ground a field of observation--Respect of private property inculcated--Force of conscience on the alert--Anecdote--Advantages of a strict regard for truth--The simple truths of the Bible fit for children_