Frederica Beard
Published: 2015-07-19
Total Pages: 148
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Excerpt from Manual for Teachers on Old Testament Lessons, for Children From Seven to Ten Years of Age What does the child of seven to ten years of age need? That is the question, but it cannot be answered until we find out what the child is, - what his tendencies are during this time. (Of course no age limit can be set with absolute definiteness; this one is used only as a general indication.) The study of child life with the differing periods of development is only in its embryonic stage, and when we consider actual conditions, corresponding needs, and how to supply them, we see that no hard and fast lines can be laid down with the command, "This is the way, walk ye in it." But light has been thrown on this problem farther than it has been applied, especially in relation to the spiritual training of the little child. Some things are self-evident. Commonly speaking, the small boy of this age is said to be "a young savage." There needs to be recognition of this fact in two ways: First, that this is a natural condition, God-ordained, and therefore helpful, it is not to be opposed and repressed, but guided; second, that it is a transitional period, not to be forced into something different, but one that, guided rightly, will in time bear a rich fruition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.