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Hints To Parents: In Two Parts - Softcover

Whipple And Lawrence

 
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Synopsis

Hints To Parents: In Two Parts is a 19th-century manual rooted in Pestalozzi's domestic education method. It argues that true human improvement begins at home and that mothers, supported by elder family, should cultivate the infant mind through simple, concrete exercises. Part I outlines how to awaken a child's senses and powers through everyday objects, handling, and guided observation, stressing that affection and joy are essential to learning and that reading and writing should accompany each other. It also describes early arithmetic through counting cubes, comparing sizes, and forming intuitive notions of numbers, forms, and language, with careful pacing and repetition. Part II, EXERCISES FOR EXCITING THE ATTENTION, expands to moral and religious instruction, the centrality of maternal duty, and the cultivation of gratitude, obedience, and love. It advocates training daughters for domestic education, proper companionship, and virtuous living, while warning against neglectful parenting and excessive reliance on servants. Throughout, the text emphasizes HAND, HEAD, and HEART, concrete experiences, and the transformative power of love in early development.

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