The study of children and their school training / by Francis Warner.

  • Warner, Francis, 1847-1926.
Date:
1902
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Credit: The study of children and their school training / by Francis Warner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    method of child study; we should be able to describe in words what we see, both as an aid to accurate thinking, and as a means of expressing the grounds of an opinion, formed as to the status of the child and the effects of training. Accuracy in thus form- ing an opinion may do much to save friction between the school and the parent, and to establish a good understanding. Case 3. A boy was sent to Kindergarten; on return- ing home at midday, it was always difficult to make him take his dinner; he talked much, turned away from his food, was cross, nothing was pleasing to him; he was restless and looked full under the eyes; at night he talked in his sleep, in the morning he was tired and did not want to get up. He was a healthy, well-made child. In school he was reported as bright and eager, did as he was told, liked the games, and did not seem tired. The teacher saw him bright and happy, when occupied and under the stimulus of school and companions; the parents saw him after such stimulus was removed. Each account of the child was true; they were taken under different circumstances. Case 4. A boy attending an elementary school was brought to me by his mother, because he was trouble- some, did not do his work, and was always in disgrace and punishment, and she did not know what to do with him. I observed at once that he had a cleft upper lip, which had been closed by a surgeon, but the scar