Language: Distinct articulation and enunciation are taught through good examples, by training in special sounds that are omitted or incorrectly pronounced after four years of age, by training in modulation and control of pitch of voice. Vocabulary is increased through stories and daily conversation.

Store of classic nursery rhymes, poetry, folk-tales, fables, animal stories, fairy tales

Colloquial expressions, names of objects, songs, in foreign language, with pure native accent, after three or four years

Learning own name, address, father’s name.

Reading and writing are a hindrance to freedom of thought and a strain upon eyes, fingers, and nerves.


Construction: Building with large plain blocks (2-inches and larger) of wood, cement, stone; variety of geometric forms; new forms added singly and gradually.

Building with peg-lock blocks, meccano, and other interlocking and knockdown apparatus

Hammering, sawing, planing, boring