Volume 1
Home Education
Part I Some Preliminary Considerations
Part 1 pp.1-6
Chapter 1 A Method of Education pp.6-10
Chapter 2 The Child’s Estate pp.11-13
Chapter 3 Offending the Children pp.13-17
Chapter 4 Despising the Children pp.17-19
Chapter 5 Hindering the Children pp.19-20
Chapter 6 Conditions of Healthy Brain-Activity pp.20-37
Chapter 7 ‘The Reign of Law’ in Education pp.37-41
Part II Out-of-Door Life for the Children
Chapter 1 A Growing Time pp.42-45
Chapter 2 ‘Sight-Seeing’ pp.45-48
Chapter 3 ‘Picture-Painting’ pp.48-51
Chapter 4 Flowers and Trees pp.51-56
Chapter 5 ‘Living Creatures’ pp.56-62
Chapter 6 Field-Lore and Naturalists’ Books pp.62-65
Chapter 7 The Child gets Knowledge by Means of his Senses pp.65-69
Chapter 8 The Child Should be Made Familiar with Natural Objects pp.69-72
Chapter 9 Out-of-Door Geography pp.72-78
Chapter 10 The Child and Mother-Nature pp.78-80
Chapter 11 Out-of-Door Games, etc. pp.80-85
Chapter 12 Walks in Bad Weather pp.85-88
Chapter 13 ‘Red Indian’ Life pp.88-92
Chapter 14 The Children Require Country Air pp.92-95
Part III Habit is Ten Natures
Chapter 1 Education Based upon Natural Law pp.96-97
Chapter 2 The Children have no Self-Compelling Power pp.98-100
Chapter 3 What is ‘Nature’? pp.100-104
Chapter 4 Habit may Supplant ‘Nature’ pp.105-107
Chapter 5 The Laying Down of Lines of Habit pp.107-111
Chapter 6 The Physiology of Habit pp.111-118
Chapter 7 The Forming of a Habit—’Shut the Door After You’ pp.119-124
Chapter 8 Infant ‘Habits’ pp.124-132
Chapter 9 Physical Exercises pp.132-134
Part IV Some Habits of the Mind—Some Moral Habits
Part 4 pp.135-137
Chapter 1 The Habit of Attention pp.137-149
Chapter 2 The Habits of Application, Etc. pp.149-150
Chapter 3 The Habit of Thinking pp.150-151
Chapter 4 The Habit of Imagining pp.151-154
Chapter 5 The Habit of Remembering pp.154-159
Chapter 6 The Habit of Perfect Execution pp.159-160
Chapter 7 Some Moral Habits—Obedience pp.160-164
Chapter 8 Truthfulness pp.164-168
Part V Lessons as Instruments of Education
Chapter 1 The Matter and Method of Lessons pp.169-178
Chapter 2 The Kindergarten as a Place of Education pp.178-181
Chapter 3 Further Consideration of the Kindergarten 182-199
Chapter 4 Reading pp.199-207
Chapter 5 The First Reading Lesson pp.207-214
Chapter 6 Reading by Sight and by Sound pp.214-222
Chapter 7 Recitation pp.222-226
Chapter 8 Reading for Older Children pp.226-231
Chapter 9 The Art of Narrating pp.231-233
Chapter 10 Writing pp.233-238
Chapter 11 Transcription pp.238-240
Chapter 12 Spelling and Dictation pp.240-243
Chapter 13 Composition pp.243-247
Chapter 14 Bible Lessons pp.247-253
Chapter 15 Arithmetic pp.253-264
Chapter 16 Natural Philosophy pp.264-271
Chapter 17 Geography pp.271-279
Chapter 18 History pp.279-295
Chapter 19 Grammar pp.295-300
Chapter 20 French pp.300-307
Chapter 21 Pictorial Art pp.307-309
Part VI The Will—The Conscience—
The Divine Life in the Child
Chapter 1 The Will pp.317-329
Chapter 2 The Conscience pp.329-341
Chapter 3 The Divine Life in the Child pp.341-352