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Statistics of Attendance at Glasses sent in to Board of Education for
year 1908-9:—
Total number of Students 127
„ school days 106
„ instruction hours given 173
,, hours of instruction received 2821
The syllabus on the training of children from one year of age to marriage,
drawn up by Mrs. Kelsey (L.C.C.), is of considerable interest.
Introduction.—Importance of parenthood. Beginnings of life illustrated
by blossom and seed. Training of body, mind, and moral nature.
Habit.—Training to begin at birth. Difficulty of breaking bad habits.
Training is not telling but causing something to be done over and
over again until it becomes part of the personality. Habits that may
lead to immorality.
Nursery Life, 1 to 6 Years. —First impressions from home life and surroundings.
Importance of clean air. Air may be tainted by breath,
skin, beds, dirty clothes, slops, sponges, towels, dirty toys. Taking
out of doors. Playing in the street. How to manage. The need
for nursery or kindergarten life for all little children. A happy
child garden.
Food.—(1) Nourishment and digestion. From 12 to 18 months. From
18 months to 2 years. Time for beginning to give certain foods to
young children. Articles to be avoided altogether.
(2) Necessity for eating food properly. Table manners. Good
habits in feeding a help to digestion.
Clothing.—(1) Specimens of clothing up to 5 years of age. Freedom for
every part of the body. Exercise and growth. Pressure and
deformity. Evils of defective circulation.
(2) Porosity, to allow for escape of body poisons. Warmth,
equal distribution, better cutting, and fewer garments. Lightness
of weight. Lightness of colour.
Personal Cleanliness.—The foundation of moral training. Care of the
hair, skin, teeth, nails. How to breathe. How to articulate.
Sleep, Exercise, and Plat/. — Children grow during slo p, therefore most
important. Wild animals trained by exercise and play for life work.
Children at play are not idle; they must have occupation. Bight
kind of toys.
Temperance and Self-Control.—A strong will directed to self-control and
" all round " temperance is the keynote to right living. Temperance
in food and drink begins with the breast or bottle. Begularitv
checks impulse and forms the will.
Obedience and Truth.— Obedience to a higher than self, first through
parents and teachers. Authority, enforcement of it, right and wrong