The Infant System: For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of AgeThe Infant System by Samuel Wilderspin is a book on infant education, based on his experience of running an infant school in Spitalfields, London. He advocates for a child-centered approach that encourages learning through experience and feelings. He also provides practical advice on how to organize and manage an infant school. |
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... young children; in giving them, not so much actual knowledge, as that which at their age is more important, the habit and faculty of acquiring it; and it correcting those moral defects which neglect or injudicious treatment would soon ...
... young children; in giving them, not so much actual knowledge, as that which at their age is more important, the habit and faculty of acquiring it; and it correcting those moral defects which neglect or injudicious treatment would soon ...
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... young; it is an affecting consideration, that while great statesmen have been busied in their closets on some fine scheme or speculation, they have neglected these salutary principles which the Almighty has given to mankind. It is ...
... young; it is an affecting consideration, that while great statesmen have been busied in their closets on some fine scheme or speculation, they have neglected these salutary principles which the Almighty has given to mankind. It is ...
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... young delinquent -Children employed in theft by their parents - Ingenuity of juvenile thieves- Results of an early tuition in crime - The juvenile thief incorrigible - Facility of disposing of stolen property - A hardened child ...
... young delinquent -Children employed in theft by their parents - Ingenuity of juvenile thieves- Results of an early tuition in crime - The juvenile thief incorrigible - Facility of disposing of stolen property - A hardened child ...
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... young children — Christian - like wish of George III . — Education for poor children still objected to - Folly of such objection illustrated - Lectures on the subject of infant training CHAPTER V. PRINCIPLES OF INFANT EDUCATION . Moral ...
... young children — Christian - like wish of George III . — Education for poor children still objected to - Folly of such objection illustrated - Lectures on the subject of infant training CHAPTER V. PRINCIPLES OF INFANT EDUCATION . Moral ...
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