The mothercraft manual

“No other object is so worthy of service and sacrifice; and the fullness of the measure in which this is rendered is the very best test of a nation and race and a civilization.”

=The Purpose of the Home.= The cause, historically, and the reason, socially, for the home is the child and the family. Home is the great training school of life for parents as...

=The Budget.= Many young people hesitate to marry on a modest income, either through confessed inability to manage a small budget, or an unwillingness to begin humbly and live s...

“The business of life is the transmission of the sacred torch of heredity undimmed to future generations. This is the most precious of all worths and values in the world.”

“The child should know no other endeavor but to be at every stage of development wholly what this stage calls for. Then will each successive stage spring like a new shoot from a...

“If I were asked what I considered the chief requisite for the successful practice of pediatrics I would answer: The education of the mother. It is impossible to do even fairly...

The baby is a unity of body, mind, and soul, and these cannot be separated in his actual life. During every minute of his care, in every detail, his whole nature is being influe...

“The sound body and vigorous health are the foundation without which the higher qualities of mind and heart develop precariously or feebly, or fail to realize their possibilitie...

Eating slowly Chewing well Avoiding severe exercise within an hour after feeding Eating not less than 1 to 3 hours before bedtime Eating in a cheerful frame of mind Food at appr...

4. Good circulation of blood. The blood is the only avenue by which nourishment can be brought to the cells or their poisonous waste removed. So far as it can be directly contro...

=Posture.= Find out what is good posture in sitting, standing, and walking, and see that the child maintains these. During childhood and youth the bones are still soft and yield...

“Heavenly Father, for this food, We, Thy children, thank Thee. Sun and showers and earth have wrought it, Labors of our neighbors brought it. May it give us strength to love And...

2. Protection from dust, dirt, and insects. Dry foods, such as bread, crackers, dates, figs should be kept wrapped in moisture-proof paper. Butter, bakery goods, and dried fruit...

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“Education should lead and guide man to clearness concerning himself and in himself, to peace with nature, and to unity with God; hence, it should lift him to a knowledge of him...

“The ideal which has animated all my own feeble educational endeavor, and without which I should be without hope in the world of pedagogy, is the reconstruction of education bas...

“Knowledge has little or no intrinsic value in and of itself. Like light, knowledge is good not to see but to see by.... Ignorance is doubtless better than knowledge that does n...

Play is spontaneous self-activity. It is not found among lower forms of animal life. The length of the play period with any species is directly related to the degree of intellig...

=The Value of Games.= All games are play, but not all plays are games. In a game some rule is involved, some goal or object is to be attained. Usually, though not always, in a g...

“Choose his toys wisely and then leave him alone with them. Leave him to the throng of emotional impressions they will call into being. Remember that they speak to his feelings...

=Value of the Story.= Story-telling is the true pedagogical method of instruction, and to some extent of education, in early childhood. The story has many values, spiritual and...

“True human wisdom has for its bedrock an intimate knowledge of the immediate environment and trained capacity for dealing with it. The quality of mind thus engendered is simple...

“No line of culture is complete until it issues in motor habits and makes a well-knit soul texture that admits concentration series in many directions and that can bring all its...

=Rhythm and Musical Sound.= Even the tiny baby responds to rhythm and to melody. Rhythm brings “a cadence to the soul”, to use G. Stanley Hall’s phrase; it relaxes and soothes b...

=General Principles.= Careful hygiene will reduce illness to a minimum. Study what to do in emergencies and illness before these appear, in order to be mentally and technically...

Library of Home Economics. 1909. 12 vol. Also abridged ed. 2 vol. Bibl. Prepared by a board of authors, special authorities. Includes domestic science as well as child care and...

Cannon, Frank J., and Knapp, Geo. L. Brigham Young and his Mormon Empire. Revell. 1913. 350 p. Illus. $1.00. History and present ideals and customs, by a man brought up in Mormo...

Furst, Mary L. Household Management. T. C. 1911. 24 p. Bibl. $.10. Syllabus giving helpful bird’s eye view of household management. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington. Pamph...

I. Cabot, Richard C, The Christian Approach to Social Morality. Y. W. C. A. Press, N. Y. C. 1913. 99 p. $.50. The Consecration of the Affections and other essays.

Chamberlain, A. F. The Child. Scribner. 1900. 495 p. Illus. Bibl. $1.50. A compendium of researches to date; growth, physical and psychological development, meaning of youth, pl...

Rice, Susan T. The Mother in Verse and Prose. Moffatt. 1916. 357 p. $1.50. Large volume including poems of motherhood, lullabies; prose excerpts from writers on the mothers of t...

King, F. Truby. Feeding and Care of Baby. (_a_) Macmillan, 1913. 162 p. Illus. $.40. Practical, comprehensive, modern, many illustrations. Handbook of the New Zealand Society fo...

Carrington, Thos. S. Fresh Air and How to Use it. Nat. Assn. for Study and Prev. of Tuberculosis. 105 E. 22 St., N. Y. C. 1912. 250 p. Illus. $1.00. Methods of ventilation; wind...

I. Allyn, Lewis B. Westfield Pure Food Book. Westfield Brd. of Trade, Westfield, Mass. 1915. 68 p. $.25. List of foods that have been analyzed in Westfield Laboratory and found...

Major, David R. First Steps in Mental Growth. Macmillan. 1906. 355 p. Illus. $1.25. Observations made by the author during the first three years of his son’s development; includ...

†St. John, Edw. P. Stories and Story-Telling. Pilgrim. 1910. 99 p. Bibl. $.60. With special reference to story-telling in moral and religious education. How to tell, how to use,...

†Bigelow, Maurice A. and Anna N. Applied Biology. Macmillan. 1911. 583 p. Illus. $1.40. A comprehensive and authoritative book including general biology, botany, zoölogy, human...

Ledyard, Mary F., and Breckenfeld, Bertha H. Primary Manual Book. Bradley. 1911. 121 p. Illus. Bibl. $1.20. A large-size volume containing suggestions for handwork correlated wi...

Damrosch, Frank. Some Essentials in the Teaching of Music. 1916. 101 p. $1.25. Not on specific method, but some essential general principles of musical education; what to expect...

Aikens, Charlotte A. Home Nurse’s Handbook. (_a_) Saunders. 1912. 276 p. Illus. $1.50. A very practical manual especially for home nurses and mothers; includes obstetrical nursi...

Readers’ Guide to Current Literature. Wilson & Co., White Plains, N. Y. $12. per year. Monthly index of articles in the principal monthly and weekly publications, classified by...