Kirby, Sara Miller · New York : Butterick Pub. Co. · leaf 116
ops as the race has done,'' and improvised the occupations of the Kindergarten (epitomized industries of the human race) as aids to the orderly development or true education of the child. In this work of development the hand plays an important part. The occu- pations or manual exercises of the… … Illustration No. 319. Illustration No. 320. there seems to be a proportion between the development of general intelligence and the development of touch in the animal kingdom." For the best results the hand must be trained while the muscles are flexible and before the fingers have become set and…
Fröbel, Friedrich, 1782-1852 · Kindergarten
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