Evening star., 1916-12-31

has ever been,' declares
Miss Ellen Lombard. secre-
tary of the home education division of
the bureau of education.
The home is the school where chill
in life and parents are teachers. wheth-
er they realize it or not. Upon them
rests the responsibility of directing
the children at their early activities.
There is a reason why children are
restless and active. Parents should un-
derstand it.
More than fifty years ago Froebel,
the great kindergartener. placed en-
phasis on the need for conscious; in.
telligent and purposeful parenthood
and the study OF the little child in
order that his threefold nature-phys-
ical, mental and spiritual-might be de-
veloped naturally.
Throughout our land is starting a
back k-to-the home movement. Modern
life. with its increasing social inter-
ests outside the home and its changes
in economic conditions, has led the
family away from the home; Americans
are realizing that this influence must
be counteracted IL our future genera
tions are to be wholesome minded.
Therefore, the home education di-
vision Is devoting a large part of it's
the home. The~parents reading course.
it hopes. will be one of it's most ef
fective agencies.
This course is the third on the list
of courses in our National Reading
Circle" Miss Lombard went on to say.
and. as with the others on the list, it
may be taken separately or not as the
reader chooses. When 1t is completed
the bureau gives a certificate stamped
with it's seal and bearing the signature
of the United States commissioner of
education.
THE books in the reading course
for parents attempt to educate the
mother-and the father, too, for that
matter-on every phase of the childs
life from the prenatal period to early
adolescence. | viii choose rev or
these books for special mention for the
benefit of the parent. who has not the
time to undertake the entire course or
register officially with my office.
For the prenatal period and the
care of the mother. Practical Mother
hood by Helen Y. Campbell, M D., is
suggested. This volume is essentially
handbook for the home and gives IN
most enlightening form information
desired by the mother.
ro. Girls and Mothers of Girls. by
Mary G. Hood, NJ. D.. contains valuable
data sex hygiene and furnishes
sound basis for the development OF hne
social ideals for parents.
Marriage and the Sex Problem. by
Prof. F. W. Forester treats OF love and
marriage, motherhood and Maria sc,
sex and health. and other relevant sub
jects from both spiritual and material
sides. This however, is "A book espe-
cially recommended to the mature par
ent
"The next division of the course deals
directly with the child itself. The
Care OF the Baby. by J. +. Crozier Grif-
fifth, NJ D., contains practical sugges-
etions for the period OF infancy. Others
are: The Development of the Child by
Nathan Oppenhem; Studies in Child
Development by Julia Clark Hallam;
'C'hildhood.' by Mrs. Theodore Birney;
IRA ming the Human Plant by Luth-
er Burbank-all books which en-
phasize the physical side of the child's
growth.
con the mental and moral sides. the
list begins with Elizabeth Harrison's
A Study of Child Nature. This is a
book which develops the kindergarten
idea in the home. / may also mention
in this division of the list Emile Pouls-
sons Love and Law in Child Training
which treats in simple, straightfor-
ward way Froebel's ideas itbout the