LIBRARY OF
WELLES LEY COLLEGE
FROM THE FUND OF
EBEN NORTON HORSFORD
in 20ll with funding from
Wellesley College Library
HOW GERTRUDE,
TEACHES HER CHILDREN
An Attempt to Help Mothers to Teach their own Children
AND
AN ACCOUNT OF THE METHOD
A Bejjort to the Society of the Friends of Education, Burgdorf
BY
JOHANK^ HEIXRICH PESTALOZZI
TRANSLATED BT
LUCY E. HOLLAND AND FEANCES C. TURNER
AND EDITED, AVITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES,
BY
EBENEZER COOKE
Second Edition, from Wholly New Plates
SYRACUSE, i^". T.
C. W. BARDEEN, PUBLISHER
Copyright, 1898, by C. W. Bardeen
CONTENTS
Page
Editor's Preface vii
Note on Two Difficult Words 7
Preface 17
Letter I. Experiments at Stanz and Burgdorf 29
Letter II. Pestalozzi's Assistants at Burgdorf 81
Letter III. Pestalozzi's Assistants at Burgdorf 109
Letter TV. The Laws of Teaching 124
Letter V. The Three Sources of Knowledge 135
Letter YL Number, Form, Language 140
Letter VII. First Elementary Means, Sound 150
Letter VIIL Second Elementary Means, Form 183
Letter IX. Third Elementary Means, Number 209
Letter X. Sense-Impression the Foundation 220
Letter XI. Sense-Impression made an Art 228
Letter XII. Pestalozzi's Review of his Work 256
Letter XIII. Importance of Practical Skill 267
Letter XIV. Moral Education 283
Letter XV. Religious Education 296
Appendix: —
An Account of the Method. A Report 309
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