Preface to the translation
A critical consideration of the new pedagogy in its relation to modern science
Inaugural address delivered on the occasion of the opening of one of the "Children's houses"
Pedagogical methods used in the "Children's houses
How the lesson should be given
Exercises of practical life
Refection - the child's diet
Muscular education - gymnastics
Nature in education - agricultural labour: culture of plants and animals
Manual labor - the potter's art and building
Education of the senses and illustrations of the didactic material: general sensibility: the tactile, thermic, baric and stereognostic senses
General notes on the education of the senses
Methods for the teaching of reading and writing
Description of the method and didactic material used
Teaching of numeration: introduction to arithmetic
General review of discipline
Conclusions and impressions.
