How+Gertrude+Teaches+Her+Children

How Gertrude Teachers Her Children
 * Written by Johann Heinrick Pestalozzi known as the father of parent education
 * It was the first comprehensive education book for parents.
 * This book emphasizes the importance of the mother and included teaching methods for parents.
 * Johann's father died when he was young, and he was raised by his mother which is thought to be the reason he was so sensitive to suffering.
 * He founded schools that emphasized hands on learning and the importance of individual differences.
 * In this book he gave the directions of starting with the easier and working towards the harder things.
 * Pestalozzi believed that using maipulative would help parents to teach their children. For example, using pebbles to teach math.
 * Pestalozzi told parents to not give the children the answers, but to guide them to find the answers themselves.
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