THE BEST OF CHARLOTTE
The Condensed Version contains excerpts from Charlotte’s Volume. The text is word for word with minimal changes to punctuation or spacing. It provides Charlotte’s best thoughts in a succinct format. Commentary* is by Real Living Life, L.M.E.O.
Condensed Volume 1
Home Education
Part I Some Preliminary Considerations
Condensed Part 1 Preliminary p.1-6
Condensed 1 A Method of Education p.6-10
Condensed 2 The Child’s Estate p.11-13
Condensed 3 Offending the Children p.14-17
Condensed 4 Despising the Children p.17-19
Condensed 5 Hindering the Children p.19-20
Condensed 6 Conditions of Healthy Brain Activity p.20-37
Condensed 7 ‘The Reign of Law’ In Education p.37-41
Part II Out-of-Door Life for the Children
Condensed 1 A Growing Time p.42-45
Condensed 2 Sight Seeing p.45-48
Condensed 3 Picture Painting p.48-51
Condensed 4 Flowers and Trees p.51-56
Condensed 5 Living Creatures p.56-62
Condensed 6 Field Lore and Naturalists Books p.62-65
Condensed 7 The Child Gets Knowledge by Means of his Senses p.65-69
Condensed 8 The Child Should be Made Familiar with Natural Objects p.69-72
Condensed 9 Our-of-Door Geography p.72-78
Condensed 10 The Child and Mother-Nature p.78-80
Condensed 11 Out-Of-Door Games Etc. p.80-85
Condensed 12 Walks in Bad Weather p.85-88
Condensed 13 ‘Red Indian’ Life p.88-92
Condensed 14 The Children Require Country Air p.92-95
Part III Habit is Ten Natures
Condensed 1 Education Based Upon Natural Law p.96-97
Condensed 2 The Children Have No Self-Compelling Power p.98-100
Condensed 3 What is ‘Nature’? p.100-104
Condensed 4 Habit May Supplant ‘Nature’ p.105-107
Condensed 5 The Laying Down of Lines of Habit p.107-111
Condensed 6 The Psychology of Habit p.111-118
Condensed 7 The Forming of a Habit—’Shut the Door After You’ p.119-124
Condensed 8 Infant ‘Habits’ p.124-132
Condensed 9 Physical Exercises p.132-134
Part IV Some Habits of the Mind—Some Moral Habits
Condensed Introduction p.135-137
Condensed 1 The Habit of Attention p.137-149
Condensed 2 The Habits of Application, etc p.149-150
Condensed 3 The Habit of Thinking p.150-151
Condensed 4 The Habit of Imagining p.151-154
Condensed 5 The Habit of Remembering p.154-159
Condensed 6 The Habit of Perfect Execution p.159-160
Condensed 7 Some Moral Habits—Obedience p.160-164
Condensed 8 Truthfulness p.164-168
Part V Lessons as Instruments of Education
Condensed 1 The Matter and Method of Lessons p.169-178
Condensed 2 The Kindergarten As a Place of Education p.178-181
Condensed 3 Further Consideration of the Kindergarten p.182-199
Condensed 4 Reading p.199-207