...child out into nature. Teach him on the hill tops and in the valleys ; there he will listen better. But in these hours of freedom let him be taught by...teacher, and that you with your art do nothing more than to walk quietly by her side. Should a bird sing, or an insect hum on a leaf, at once stop your talk....

...was horseman, butcher, everything he wished. " I drew a few straight lines for him to copy. Filssli, the painter, said to me : ' Let everything you do...or an insect hum on a leaf, at once stop your talk ; bird and insect are teaching him; you may be silent. " But in those few hours of study devoted to...

...answered, "No, mamma, you must call me butcher now." Under date of February 15 we find this entry: the request should be granted. "Mamma, I won't break...or an insect hum on a leaf, at once stop your talk; bird and insect are teaching him, you may be silent. In the following extract we see that Pestalozzi...

...suggestions. The following quotation from the Journal sounds very familiar after reading the " l^mile " : Lead your child out into nature, teach him on the...you, with your art, do nothing more than walk quietly by her side. Should a bird sing or an insect hum on a leaf, at once stop your talk ; bird and insect...

...Nature" and teach them "on the hilltops and in the valleys" so that they, too, would know that nature was "the real teacher and that you, with your art, do nothing more than walk quietly at her side.'"' The results of Pestalozzi's Rousseauean experiments with his son were less than wholly satisfactory,...