Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Half Title -- Original Title -- INTRODUCTION -- Contents -- PART I DEVELOPMENTS IN A MODERN INFANT SCHOOL -- I FROM FORMAL TEACHING TO NATURAL LEARNING -- 1. Class Teaching in an Infants' School Twenty Years Ago -- 2. The Change to Individual Work -- (i) The First Type of Individual Work -- (ii) Storing of Apparatus -- 3. The 'New' Group Work -- (i) The Size of Groups -- (ii) Its Successes and Failures -- 4. Difficulties of the Next Step -- 5. Change to the Child-centred School -- II THE WORK OF THE FIVE-YEAR-OLDS -- 1. Class-room Environment -- 2. The Daily Programme -- 3. Emergence of the Project -- III THE PROJECT IN ACTION -- 1. The Teacher's Part -- 2. Work of the Children from 6 to 7 Years -- 3. Work of the Children from 7 to 8 Years -- IV THE ACQUISITION OF FORMAL TRAINING -- 1. SENSE TRAINING -- 2. Reading and Writing -- 3. Speech Training -- 4. Arithmetic -- 5. The Place of Handwork and Art -- 6. The Beginnings of History and Geography -- PART II NEW METHODS IN SELECTED SUBJECTS -- V GEOGRAPHY -- 1. Work in the Kindergarten -- 2. Geography through Projects -- (i) Value of Play in the Kindergarten -- (a) A Game of Houses -- (b) Some Simple Weather Charts -- (c) Use of Picture-Maps -- (ii) A Zoo Project for Children of 6 to 7 -- (iii) A Geographical Exhibition for Children of 8 to 10 -- (iv) A Local Survey for Children of 8 to 9 -- 3. The Study of Distant Regions -- (i) Preliminary Work -- (ii) A Project of the High Seas by Children of 9 -- 4. Geography by Re-discovery -- VI MUSIC -- 1. Rhythmic Work for Children of 4 to 6 -- 2. Rhythmic Work for Children of 6 to 8 -- 3. Typical Lessons -- (i) To the Kindergarten -- (ii) Transition Class (aged 6-8) -- 4. The Singing Class -- 5. Musical Evenings -- VII NATURE STUDY -- 1. General Conditions -- 2. The Keeping of Pets -- 3. The Study of Pond Life -- 4. Bird Study