Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-09-02
TrainingL Little Children
ARTICLE L.
by FRS. Eda w. Semken

nave euOuSnt d great Q6dl dDOul
what l might say if l could talk with
mothers who live far away from any
center of population, and this fact
stands out most clearly N my mind
The remarkable opportunities a mo
Their in the country has to teach heI
children at first hand what the sea
sons bring.
Let them have a garden OF thir own
in which to grow very simple flowers
and vegetables that are. hardy and
easily grown.
Let them have pets to take care Of
This will teach kindness and service
for those dependent upon them.
Every child should have daily du.
ties, and if you begin early and make
play of these tasks, most children
will love to do them, and feel the i'm
portance Of being a real help in the
home. 1t seems to me that the
three largest factors all through life
are self-control, independence and
obedience, and we cannot begin too
early in any child's life to teach
these virtues.
Another thing the far-away mother
may obtain for her child is books.
Develop early fondness for books
in your children, and a s eat battle
is won. All children love fairy tales,
Nature stories and poetry such as
Grimm's and Afiderson's Fairy Tales.
Wise selections of the best of these
''time-tested stories" are now pub
hshed by many publishing houses.
Some of the Grimm stories are too
to tell to children. Kip
ling's Gust So Stori 81 and poems
by Robert Louis Stevenson, Eugene
Fled, James Whitcomb Riley and
Jessie Wilcox Smith are all excel
lent for children to know.
Six years 4 age is not too early to
begin to build library for child,
and the books should be in his own
room, where they can be easily
reached and become constant Com
panions. The books my daughter en-
joyed most at the age of were:
In Story Land, Elizabeth Harrison.
Kindergarten Story Book, Jane
Hoxie.
Pinocchio, C. Collodi.
Tale OF Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Pot
ter.
Tale Of Tom Kitten, Beatrix Potter
Seems+So's, l.. J. Bridgman.
Story of Noah's Ark, e. B. Smith.
Pied Piper of Hamelin, Robert
Little Lame Prince, Dinah M. Muir
ock.
Among the Farm-Yard People,
Clara D. Pierson.
Among the Night People, Clara D.
Pierson.
Among the Meadow People, Clara
}. Person.
Among the Pond People, Clara d.
Person.
Among the Forest People, Clara D.
Person.
Poems of Stevenson.
Poems of Field.
Poems of Riley.
Poems of Jessie Wiscox Smith.
The Hollow Tree and Deep Woods
Book. Albert Bigelow Paine.
The Hollow Tree Showed in Book,
Albert 8igelow Paine
The Book of Clever Beasts, NJ |
iced ~
Two other subjects loom up in my
mind for the far-away mother, and |
hey are music and pictures.
The photograph is an educational
actor of tremendous value. Through
his means the children can become
amiliar with all that is best in mu-
ic, either vocal or instrumental;
hey can learn not only the music,
ut about the composers, and the
reat men and women who sing and
lay various instruments.
A child's taste in pictures can be
cultivated by having in his room
ictures which are good both as to
dior and subject. Pictures dealing
nth Nature in any form are always
ttractive to a child and If they are
ung in the room so that the child
an easily study them nd even
andle them If he wants to, this
dds much to his enjoyment.
There are many book and picture
rms that are only too glad to send
dialogues upon request. The farth-
r away mother can obtain anything
this kind she may want by mail,
nd if, besides a garden and pets, a
hid can have books, music and pic
Tres, It seems there is real educa-
on of the right Kind going On.
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