Seite 9 - Child Guidance (1954)

Contents
Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
To the Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Section 1—Home, The First School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 1—Importance of the Home School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2—The First Teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 3—When to Begin the Child’s Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 2—Methods and Textbooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 4—Methods of Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 5—The Bible as a Textbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 6—The Book of Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 7—Practical Lessons from Nature’s Book . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 3—Teachers Adequately Trained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Chapter 8—Preparation is Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 9—A Call for Self-Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 4—Obedience, The Most Important Lesson . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 10—The Key to Happiness and Success . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 11—To be Taught from Babyhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 12—Obedience Must Become a Habit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Section 5—Other Basic Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Chapter 13—Self-Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Chapter 14—Quietness, Respect, and Reverence . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Chapter 15—Care in Handling Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 16—Health Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 17—Cleanliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 18—Neatness, Order, and Regularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chapter 19—Purity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Section 6—Lessons in Practical Virtues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Chapter 20—Helpfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Chapter 21—Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Chapter 22—Diligence and Perseverance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Chapter 23—Self-Denial, Unselfishness, and Thoughtfulness . . 95
Chapter 24—Economy and Thrift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Section 7—Developing Christian Qualities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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