Babyhood . children makethe best scholars. It would seem,therefore, that if the child is taughtto read by the mother he is benefitedphysically and mentally. There isalso avoided the fear each mother feels when she sends Master FiveYears, in his callow estate, amongthe unknown influences of the schoolenvironment. When the child is sevenor eight he has some judgment andis of firmer habits. One word in conclusion to thosewho would try this little plan. It isfitted for the class of one and design-ed to place the unsteady little feetupon a royal road to (this) learn-ing, to filter it casually into
Babyhood . children makethe best scholars. It would seem,therefore, that if the child is taughtto read by the mother he is benefitedphysically and mentally. There isalso avoided the fear each mother feels when she sends Master FiveYears, in his callow estate, amongthe unknown influences of the schoolenvironment. When the child is sevenor eight he has some judgment andis of firmer habits. One word in conclusion to thosewho would try this little plan. It isfitted for the class of one and design-ed to place the unsteady little feetupon a royal road to (this) learn-ing, to filter it casually into themind, making few demands upon thememory and intellect, only upon theinterest and amusement. So success-ful were we, I hope others may be-tempted to try it and may find it aspleasant and profitable as we did; forthe love of books, formed early as ahabit, is the greatest earthly gift—one with more satisfactions and fewerdisappointments in store than anyparent can otherwise make sure of:for his 12 A CHILDS PROCESSES^ NUMBERS. Elizabeth is a child of averagesize, health, and general is in her second year at kinder-garten, but has not learned to readand has had no systematic instructionin numbers. In the latter direction,however, her mind seems to be frequently asks mathematicalquestions and evidently builds upoji the answers given her. The firstrecord I find in my baby-book as-regards numbers was made whenshe was five years and four monthsold, and is as follows : Elizabethnow plays an excellent game ofbackgammon, running a * blockade/and counting quite rapidly. Shecan count to twenty by twos and has BABYHOOD. 43 no difficulty with additions and sub-tractions up to ten. She makes littlediscoveries of her own, as that fiveis the middle one of nine. Elizabeth is now five years andabout eight months old. I have sev-eral times during this month ques-tioned her and written down heranswers exactly as given. Thechilds understanding of the matteris
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