Chapter III

INAUGURAL ADDRESS DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF ONE OF THE "CHILDREN'S HOUSES"

The Quarter of San Lorenzo before and since the establishment
of the "Children's Houses" 48

Evil of subletting the most cruel form of usury 50

The problem of life more profound than that of the
intellectual elevation of the poor 52

Isolation of the masses of the poor, unknown to past
centuries 53

Work of the Roman Association of Good Building and the moral
importance of their reforms 56

The "Children's House" earned by the parents through their
care of the building 60

Pedagogical organization of the "Children's House" 62

The "Children's House" the first step toward the socialisation
of the house 65

The communised house in its relation to the home and to the
spiritual evolution of women 66

Rules and regulations of the "Children's Houses" 70

CHAPTER IV

PEDAGOGICAL METHODS USED IN THE "CHILDREN'S HOUSES"

Child psychology can be established only through the method of
external observation 72

Anthropological consideration 73

Anthropological notes 77

Environment and schoolroom furnishings 80

CHAPTER V

DISCIPLINE

Discipline through liberty 86

Independence 95

Abolition of prizes and external forms of punishment 101

Biological concept of liberty in pedagogy 104

CHAPTER VI

HOW THE LESSON SHOULD BE GIVEN

Characteristics of the individual lessons 107

Method of observation the fundamental guide 108

Difference between the scientific and unscientific methods
illustrated 109

First task of educators to stimulate life, leaving it then
free to develop 115

CHAPTER VII

EXERCISES OF PRACTICAL LIFE

Suggested schedule for the "Children's Houses" 119

The child must be prepared for the forms of social life and
his attention attracted to these forms 121

Cleanliness, order, poise, conversation 122

CHAPTER VIII

REFECTION--THE CHILD'S DIET

Diet must be adapted to the child's physical nature 125

Foods and their preparation 126

Drinks 132

Distribution of meals 133

CHAPTER IX

MUSCULAR EDUCATION--GYMNASTICS

Generally accepted idea of gymnastics is inadequate 137

The special gymnastics necessary for little children 138

Other pieces of gymnastic apparatus 141

Free gymnastics 144

Educational gymnastics 144

Respiratory gymnastics, and labial, dental, and lingual
gymnastics 147

CHAPTER X

NATURE IN EDUCATION--AGRICULTURAL LABOUR: CULTURE OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS

The savage of the Aveyron 149

Itard's educative drama repented in the education of little
children 153

Gardening and horticulture basis of a method for education
of children 155

The child initiated into observation of the phenomena of life
and into foresight by way of auto-education 156

Children are initiated into the virtue of patience and into
confident expectation, and are inspired with a feeling for
nature 159

The child follows the natural way of development of the human
race 160

CHAPTER XI

MANUAL LABOUR--THE POTTER'S ART, AND BUILDING

Difference between manual labour and manual gymnastics 162

The School of Educative Art 163

Archæological, historical, and artistic importance of the
vase 164

Manufacture of diminutive bricks and construction of
diminutive walls and houses 165

CHAPTER XII

EDUCATION OF THE SENSES

Aim of education to develop the energies 168

Difference in the reaction between deficient and normal
children in the presentation of didactic material made up
of graded stimuli 169

Education of the senses has as its aim the refinement of
the differential perception of stimuli by means of repeated
exercises 173

Three Periods of Séguin 177

CHAPTER XIII

EDUCATION OF THE SENSES AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE DIDACTIC MATERIAL: GENERAL SENSIBILITY: THE TACTILE, THERMIC, BARIC AND STEREOGNOSTIC SENSES

Education of the tactile, thermic and baric senses 185

Education of the stereognostic sense 188

Education of the senses of taste and smell 190

Education of the sense of vision 191

Exercises with the three series of cards 199

Education of the chromatic sense 200

Exercise for the discrimination of sounds 203

Musical education 206

Tests for acuteness of hearing 209

A lesson in silence 212

CHAPTER XIV

GENERAL NOTES ON THE EDUCATION OF THE SENSES

Aim in education biological and social 215

Education of the senses makes men observers and prepares them
directly for practical life 218

CHAPTER XV

INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION

Sense exercises a species of auto-education 224

Importance of an exact nomenclature, and how to teach it 225

Spontaneous progress of the child the greatest triumph of
Scientific Pedagogy 228

Games of the blind 231

Application of the visual sense to the observation of
environment 232

Method of using didactic material: dimensions, form,
design 233

Free plastic work 241

Geometric analysis of figures 243

Exercises in the chromatic sense 244