The mother-child school in Comenius discusses children's preschool education. Have "dedication" to parents, teachers, etc. A total of 12 chapters. Parents should care about their children's physical and mental growth, carefully cultivate their piety, virtue and good habits, and give them language and artistic knowledge.
This paper discusses the nature of preschool education, the value of physical training and the importance of preschool moral training and religious education. It is affirmed that children's initial understanding of nature is the beginning of wisdom development; Point out the preparations that children should make before entering Chinese schools.
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Parenting school is not a school in the usual sense, but the meaning of "mother's knee" education. For this reason, the book Parenting School also has an explanatory subtitle: "On the careful education methods for children under 6 years old".
It can be seen that Mother Education School is a monograph on children's family education. Regarding the writing intention of this book, Comenius briefly elaborated in Chapter 28 "Sketch of Parent-child School" of On Great Teaching, and thought that "all details about this early education should be handled by parents."
But "because parents have housework to take care of, they can't work as systematically as school teachers who teach young people;" In terms of intelligence and teachability, some children develop faster than others. As educators, they should "write a handbook for parents and nannies and put their responsibilities in black and white."
This manual should briefly describe the various subjects that children should learn, and should point out the most suitable time to teach each subject and the best language and gestures to instill these subjects.