Mother-teacher
"smiling goddess"
"a little heaven below"
makes home atmosphere of peace, sweetness and light
high culture (art, music- beautiful things)
knows psychology (child's development)
knows the art of education
sympathy w/Children
tact
common sense
common information (about things esp. in nature)
joyous nature
governing power (discipline)
unruffled gentleness
"artist"
handmaid to Nature
preserves personality (of child)
wisely orders the nursery and sows opportunities
NO WOODEN TEACHING
Child Training
"all occupations subserve purposes of education"
senses- look, feel, listen, smell, see
ideas- size, shape color, form, number (observation)
copy faithfully
express freely (often stifled in today's kindergartens!)
perfect execution w/o stress or strain
just eye and faithful hand (straighten table cloth, hang a towel or picture,
pack a parcel) (goes along with an ordered nursery)
attention
obedience