Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-01-13
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Ia the educational world the impor-
lance Of the firss years of ehild's
life are beginning To De sck nowItdg-
ed. ualil ne time OF Frocoei, the
founder Of the kindergarten system,
scarcely any thought was given 70 tee
right or wr ,ug training OF an infsrk's
natural instincts, few dreamed that
this had anything TO do vim the de-
velopment of character In later
years Froehelfa book, The Science
ofMotlerhood," calls The mother -
study of these instincts. Il shows
her how motherhood. correctly ca
defsiood, demands Of woman her
highest endeavor. The broadss. eul-
lure, the most complete command OF
herself aud the understanding o. her
resources and environments. /. de-
mands Of her that just as Tar SIS -
possible she bt comes a physician, an
art 1T, a teacher, poet, philoso-
pher and 6 priest. 4 mothers love
teaches her many thiags By instiucs-
But painstasing study OF such books
as FroebeI's and Miss Ella abeth
Harrisoa's "study of Child Nature"
will change an uncertain ins;ioct In
TO an unhesitatiIg insight. For while
instinct Is often overruled by Others,
iasight MAKES a mother stand invinci-
be for what she knows Is necessary
To the well being OF her child. She
iCs;iuctively knows that restIessuess
Ia necessary to her chilo's wall being
SO she can endure the noise ard con
/ fusion that would be uncomfortable 70
T one who lacked this maternal instinct.
/ But the mother who has char ged thi
/ vague instinct into luminous insight
turns the riot into joyous happy play
/ or some wholesome activity. By this
1 she lessons the strain on her own
/ nerves, but better still she often
| avoids clash of will power between
herself and child which IL always
/ harmful 10 both. She will learn that
a seeming fault is usually a lack of
the opposite virtuA, ois.rneiiveness is
/ only waiting - be turced into con-
/ siructivene-s.
Mothers cannot too earnestly eft
the reading matter of their children;
their books should be as carefully
/ selected as their food, and should be
adapted TO satisfy the needs OF the
Imagination, Their longing for adven-
ture and their longing TO know
something of the world they live in.
For children under Ave years OF age
there must be among others mother
Goose," 1.-THE Three Bears, "Aesop's
Fables" bible Stories," Grimm's
and Arderson's fairy tales. Some
people, of what Is called practica
turn of mind, bold that the reading
of myths and fairy tales is a waste OF
time, simply because these give no
definite Information, no facts to be
used later Ii life, but simply cultivate
the imagination at the expense Of
common sense. But those whose
spiritua insight enables them 10 see
farther, TO know that bring Is the end
and what we call Hiring il only q
means TO that end; TO those rho SEE
that knowledge and the practiea
! things OF life are only tools by which
! we may cultivate the indi sidua
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myths and legends is seen TO b,
supplyig a real need In every child
]. In developing the sense of right ans
| wrong such tales have great value
b For in them the lines of demarkatior
are clearly drawn: the DARK side O
wrong, the bright side o. right, viii
r no shadowy twilight OF doubt to per
: pick the forming Judgment CT tn
;, child. The forces of evil are persona
@ fed by hideous creatures, who ar
: overcome and slain by the pure an
e good in the persons OF knights an
g heroes. tt whole tale of the Rhine
o gold Is an object lesson on the ours
Q of the thirst for gold and it's wi herin
n effects. Ruskin's King of the Gold.I
River Ia a series OF beautiful obiec
lessons of the life and Joy that follow
!. In the footsteps OF love and sympathy
contracted with the baneiul effects G
:, seliishness and hate. Many CT ole
: bit of philosophy for the adult may
CLEANED from these also.
But the greatest and highest goo
to be gained from this class OF litera
ture lies In the cultivation of tn
Imagination, the very thing cor
demned by some. To be sure imag
nation is an indulgence of dreamer
but dreams precede and Inspir
action. This Is the very faculty " hic
distinguishes man from the brut,
which gives Inspiration and power I,
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