From Birth to Maturity

First published in 1999. This title originated from a series of lectures under the auspices of the New Education Fellowship and later in the Froebel Institute and in different universities and colleges in England. The book has been written so that teachers and parents as well as students may make use of it. The author presented this text in precise and succinct form the most important facts concerning the psychic development of children. The Pre-School Child; 1. Inventory of the First Year of Life; 2. Testing Maturation in the Pre-School Age; 3. Practical Applications; 4. Social Development in the Pre-School Age; 5. The Development of the Small Child’s Response to Materials; 6. The Psychological Significance of Activity with Material for the Child; The School Age; 7. The School Beginner; 8. The Ninth to the Thirteenth Year of Life; 9. Adolescence; ch0010 The Influence of Heredity and Environment on the Development of Character;