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27 December, 2009
Portrait of Maréchale Lannes, Duchesse de Montebello with Her Children (1814 Oil on canvas), by Marguerite Gérard (b. 1761. Grasse, d. 1837, Paris) Private Collection
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Online Books for Children and Parents
Children's Books—Fiction
Goody Two-Shoes, (Anonymous)
Published in 1765, this long-beloved children's story follows the adventures of the orphaned Margery Meanwell. The classic has sometimes been attributed to Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith, who is best remembered for his famous novel The Vicar of Wakefield. |
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Child Development—Non-fiction:
The Child Under Eight
by E.R. Murray and Henrietta Brown Smith (London 1920)
Murray and Brown Smith, both English educators, encouraged the needs of children for investigative play. Opposed to the day's common "sit-stillery" brand of Kindergarten, they advocated Friedrich Froebel's vision of early schools as "nurturing" places where children learn by activity and discovery. |
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Articles & Links
The Language of Autism
The Homework Debate
Childhood: The New Age of Anxiety
Is It a Cheetah?
Lean on Me: When a Child Needs Your Shoulder
When Baby Makes Chaos
Online Books for Children and Parents
Child Development and Education Links
Lady DaVinci's Discussion Salon
"The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate 'apparently ordinary' people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people."
~K. Patricia Cross
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