Hadow (1933)

Notes on the text
Preliminary pages Membership, Analysis, Preface, Introduction
Chapter 1 History of the development of infant education
Chapter 2 Physical development of children up to 7
Chapter 3 Mental development of children up to 7
Chapter 4 Age limits and organisation of the infant stage
Chapter 5 Medical supervision, education and training of under 5s
Chapter 6 Training and teaching of children in infant and nursery schools
Chapter 7 Staffing of infant and nursery schools, training of teachers
Chapter 8 Premises and equipment of infant and nursery schools
Chapter 9 Summary of principal conclusions and recommendations
Appendix I List of witnesses
Appendix II Anatomical and physiological characteristics of 2-7 year olds (Harris)
Appendix III Emotional development of children up to seven plus (Burt and Isaacs)
Appendix IV Notes on typical nursery schools and classes
Appendix V Manchester's student nurse scheme for 'helpers'
Appendix VI Practice in Europe and US
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Absences from school of young children 4

Acceleration in physical growth 2

Accommodation in various institutions for young children 5

Activities:
in the infant school 1 6
in the nursery school and class 5 6
open-air 6

Admission classes 4

Anatomical characteristics of young children App II

Andreae, JV 1

Anger in children 3

Apparatus:
didactic 6
gymnastic 8

Appetitive tendencies 3 6

Ardwick Nursery School 1

Aristotle 1

Arithmetic 6

Arnold, Matthew 1

Attainments at end of infant stage 1 6

Attendance:
at public elementary and nursery schools 1 5
average attendance in infant schools 4
historical references regarding 1
school attendance by-laws 4
under the age of five 1 5

Attention 3

Auditory aids to teaching 8

Austria App VI

Baby classes 1 5 6 App IV

Baker, C 1

Baths 5

Beds 8

Belgium App VI

Bilingualism in Wales 6

Birchenough, Mr C Preface

Blankenburg 1

Books for infant schools 8

Bradford, provision for children under five at 5

Breaks:
at the age of five 4 5 6
at the age of seven in rural areas 4

British and Foreign School Society 1

Brougham, Lord 1

Building regulations 1 8

Burt, Professor Cyril 6 App III

Caretaking 8

Chairs and tables 8

Child guidance clinics 4

Childishness 6

Circular to inspectors (6 February 1893) 1

Class records 4

Class teaching 4

Classification:
of children in the infant school 4 6
of retarded children 4

Cloakrooms 8

Collyhurst Nursery School App IV

Coirault, Madame A App VI

Comenius 1 1 App VI

Committee of Council on Education 1

Conclusions and recommendations 9

Construction of school buildings 8

Constructive imagination 3

Constructive work in infant schools 6

Consultative Committee's Report on School Attendance Below the Age of Five (1908) 1

Continuity in primary education 4 6

Control, accuracy of 3

Cooper, Thomas 1

Cooperation between parents and the school 1 4 6 8

Cost:
of nursery schools 1 8
of provision for children below five 5

Creative work in infant schools 6

Cross Commission 1

Cross ventilation 8

'Culture epoch' theory 3

Cumin, P 1

Cupboards 5 8

Curriculum in infant schools 1 6

Czechoslovakia App VI

Dame schools 1

Day nurseries 5

Decoration of schools 8

Decroly, Dr O 1

Denby Street Nursery School, Sheffield App IV

Design of infant school buildings 8

Desks in infant schools 6 8

Destructiveness in children 3

Detmold, infant school at 1

Dewey, Professor 1 6

Dialect 6

Diels, Heer PA App VI

Diet 2 5

Discipline 5 6

Diseases in childhood 2

Dramatisation 6

Drawing 6

Drying closets 8

Ear:
physiological references regarding the 2
training for the 3

Edgeworth, Richard and Maria 1

Education Act 1918 1

Emotional development 3 App III

Environment:
in nursery schools and classes 6
influence on mental development of 3 6
influence on physical growth of 2 5
open-air 6

Equipment:
in baby classes 5
in infant and nursery schools 6 8

Eurhythmia 6

Exercise and movement 2

Eye:
physiological references regarding the 2
training for the 3

Factories and mines, employment of children in 1

Findlay, Prof JJ 1

Fletcher, J 1

Food, digestion and excretion of 3

Formal instruction 6

France App VI

Free kindergartens 1

Froebel 1 6

Froebel Society 1

Galleries, infant 1

Gap in medical supervision 5 6

Garden playgrounds 5 8

General records of children's development 4

Genital type of growth 2

Germany App VI

Gesell, Dr Arnold 4

Glasgow Infant School Society 1

Gott, S 1

Gramophones 8

Grants 4

Group teaching and training:
in infant schools 4 6
in nursery schools and classes 6

Gymnastic apparatus 8

Hair, the 2

Halls, school 8

Harris, Professor HA 2 App II

Head teachers 7

Health authorities 5

Health visitors 5

Hearing 2 3

Heating 8

Height of rooms 8

Helpers 7

Higher mental processes 3

Holland (Netherlands) App VI

Home and Colonial Infant School Society 1

Home visiting 5

Hopkins, Sir Gowland, DSc, PRS 2 App II

Horizontal classification 6

Hot water 8

Housecraft in senior schools 5

Housing conditions 5 6

Huxley, Prof TH 1

Hygiene, personal 6

Imagination 3

Individual training and work 4 6

Infant class and division 4

Infant School Society 1

Infant schools:
activities in 5 6
design of 8
grants for 4
history of 1

Infant welfare centres 5

Inherited tendencies 3

Instructions to inspectors 1

Intelligence, development of 3 6

Internal organisation:
of infant schools 4 6
of infant schools in bilingual areas of Wales 6

Isaacs, Dr Susan 3 App III

Jeffrey, Lord 1

Kay-Shuttleworth, Sir James 1

Kindergarten 1

Kitchens 8

Lancaster, Joseph 1

Language 3 6

Lavatories 8

Left-handedness 3

Leibniz, GW 1

Leicester, nursery classes in 1 5 App IV

Lessons, length of 1 3 6

Lippert, Dr E App VI

Lowe code 1 4

Lymphoid type of growth 2

Make-believe 3 6

Manchester:
nursery classes at 1 5 App IV
student nurses (helpers) in nursery classes at 7 App V

Materials:
for use in infant schools 6
for use in nursery schools and classes 8

Maternity and child welfare centres 1 5

Mather, Sir William 1

Mayo, Miss E 1

Mayo, Rev C 1
McMillan, Margaret 1 5 6 8

Meals:
food provided in school 2
in nursery schools 5

Medical inspection 1

Medical records 4

Medical supervision 1 5

Mellanby, Mrs 2

Mellanby, Prof E 2

Memory 3 6

Mental deficiency 6

Mental development in young children 3 4

Method, the Montessori 1 5 6
Methods of instruction:
in nursery schools 5
in primary schools 3 4

Methorst, Heer HW App VI

Milk 2 5

Mitchell, Rev MS 1

Monitorial schools 1

Montessori, Dottoressa Maria 1 3 6

Montessori methods 1 5 6

Motor development in young children 3

Muscle sense 3

Muscular activity in young children 3 6

Music 6

National Froebel Union 1

National Society 1

Netherlands (Holland) App VI

Neural type of growth 2

Newcastle Commission (1861) 1

Notting Hill Nursery School App IV

Nursery classes:
accommodation in schools for 8
examples of App IV
general description of 5
premises for 8
staffing in 7

Nursery schools:
aim and function of 1 5
development of 4 5
examples of App IV
grants for 4
historical development of 1
legislative powers to supply 1 5
premises for 8
size of 5
staffing in 7
types of 5

Nursery schools and classes:
activities in 6
differences between 5
function and aims 5 6
general conclusions regarding 5
helpers for 7

Nursery stage 1

Nurture of young children 5

Oberlin, JF 1

Observation in young children 3

Offices 8 8

Open-air:
activities 1 6
schools 1 8

Open-days 4

Oral lessons 6

Owen, Miss Grace 5

Owen, Robert 1

Parallel classes 4

Parental responsibility 5

Parents' associations 4 5

Paulinenanstalt 1

Perception in young children 3

Personal hygiene 3 6

Pestalozzi 1

Physical growth in young children 2 4

Physical welfare of children 1 6

Physiological characteristics of young children App II

Piaget, J 3

Pianos 8

Picture books 8

Pictures in schools 5 8

Play 3 6 8

Playgrounds:
historical references regarding 1
provision and use of 4 8

Playrooms 8

Poetry 6

Premises for young children 1 5 6 8

Princeville Nursery School, Bradford App IV

Probationary year of teachers 7

Problems, arithmetical 6

Projects 1 6

Provision for children under five 5

Rachel McMillan Nursery School, Deptford 1 5 8 App IV

Raikes, Robert 1

Re-active tendencies 3

Reading 6

Reasoning 3

Recapitulation theory 3

Reception classes 4

Recommendations and conclusions 9

Reference committee on school decoration 8

Religious instruction 6

Regulations for nursery schools 1

Remodelling old school buildings 8

Reorganisation of schools 4

Reproductive imagination 3

Rest 6

Retardation in physical growth 2

Retarded children 4 6

Rhythm 3 6

Rigg, Rev Dr 1

Robson, ER 1

Rousseau, JJ 1

Rural areas:
medical supervision of children in 5
provision for children under five in 5
school organisation in 2 4
school premises in 8

Rusk, Dr RR Preface

Salford Day Nursery 1

Sanitary arrangements 8

School maintenance 8

School records 4 6

Secondary schools, curriculum in 7

Seguin, E 1

Semi-permanent buildings 8

Sense training in the nursery school 6

Sensory development 3 6

Separate schools for infants and older children 4

Sharpe Rev TW 1

Shelters 1 5 6 8

Short courses for teachers 7

Singing 6

Sites:
for infant schools 8
for nursery schools 8

Size of classes 5 7

Size of classrooms 8

Size of nursery schools 1 5 8

Skeletal type of growth 2

Skin 2

Sleep 2 6

Small schools, staffing in 3 7

Social influence of the nursery school 5

Social instincts in young children 6

Social needs for the nursery school and class 5

Space:
in nursery classes 8
in nursery schools 8
need for adequate 6 8

Speech:
development of 3 6
training in 6

Speed of movement in young children 3

Spelling 6

Staffing:
in infant schools 7
in nursery schools 5 7

Stammering 3

Standards of attainment 6

Statistics 1

Storage space 8

Stories 6

Story books 8

Strength in young children 3

Student nurses in Manchester (see also Helpers) App V

Sunday Schools 1

Sunshine, exposure to 2 6

Stow, David 1

Superintendents of nursery schools 7

Sweden App VI

Switzerland App VI

Systems of infant education:
Dewey's 1
Froebel's 1 5
Montessori's 1 5
Stow's 1
Wilderspin's 1
Wilson's 1

Tables and chairs 8

Tables, arithmetical 6

Teachers:
for infant schools 7
joint staff meetings between 4
part played in individual work by 6
qualifications and characteristics needed in 6 7

Teeth in young children 2

Thought in young children 3

Three R's 3 6

Timetables 6

Toddlers' clinics 5

Touch, sense of 3

Towels, supply of 8

Toys 6 8

Training in the nursery stage 6

Training of teachers:
general discussion on 7
historical references regarding 1

Transfer at the age of seven 1 4

United States of America 4 App VI

Vertical classification 4 6

Vienna App VI

Vision in young children 2 3

Visiting teachers 7

Visual aids to teaching 8

Vitamins 2

Walking, development of 3

Wallace, Dr Sim 2

Welsh 6

White, E Kirke 1

Wilderspin, Samuel 1

Windows 8

Women inspectors, reports by (1905) 1

Work type of reading book 8

Wragge, Miss A 1

Writing 6