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" I have before shown that the same rule applies to the affections, — that it is better to encourage what is right, than to punish what is wrong. Nothing strengthens a child in goodness, or enables him to overcome a fault, so much as seeing his efforts... "
The Mother's Book - Page 52
by Lydia Maria Child - 1831 - 168 pages
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On the Management and Education of Children

Lydia Maria Child - Education - 1835 - 196 pages
...is able to spell a new word, or count a new number, kiss him, and show delight at his improvement. Benjamin West relates that his mother kissed him eagerly,...different parts should be pointed out and explained to th em. Thus if a palm-tree is placed near the picture of an elephant, the attention should be drawn...
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Reading Book for the Use of Female Schools

Readers - 1839 - 428 pages
...object in childhood,) and the pleasure the invention gives is the first impulse to ingenuity and skill. have proportion observed; if a child have a very small...elephant, and a very large one of a mouse, it will make him think that a mouse is as large as an elephant. Cutting figures in paper is a harmless and...
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The Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp].

Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 pages
..."West related that his mother kissed him eagerly when he showed her a likeness he had sketched of bis baby-sister; and he adds, " That kiss made me a painter!"...a mouse, it will lead him to the conclusion that a Bouse is as large as an elephant. Children should be encouraged in talking about the engravings they...
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The Young Ladies' Reader: Containing Rules, Observations, and Exercises and ...

William Draper Swan - Readers - 1851 - 440 pages
...or three years old, pictures are great sources of amusement and instruction. Engravings of animals are very good things. It is a great object to have...elephant, and a very large one of a mouse, it will make him think that a mouse is as large as an elephant. Playthings that children make for themselves...
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Household Economy: A Manual Intended for Female Training Colleges and the ...

Margaret Maria Gordon - Home economics - 1858 - 170 pages
...or three years old, pictures are great sources of amusement and instruction. Engravings of animals are very good things. It is a great object to have...elephant, and a very large one of a mouse, it will make him think that a mouse is as large as an elephant. " Playthings that children make for themselves...
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Reading Book

1864 - 422 pages
...or three years old, pictures are great sources of amusement and instruction. Engravings of animals are very good things. It is a great object to have...elephant, and a very large one of a mouse, it will make him think that a mouse is as large as an elephant. Playthings that children make for • themselves...
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