A Full Life: The Works of Charlotte Mason

Our aim in Education is to give a Full Life. -C. Mason

Filed under: Part III, habit, Vol. 1 — CM Blogger at 1:23 am on Thursday, December 21, 2006

Drill of Good Manners.––Just let them go through the drill of good manners: let them rehearse little scenes in play,––Mary, the lady asking the way to the market; Harry, the boy who directs her, and so on. Let them go through a position drill––eyes right, hands still, heads up. They will invent a hundred situations, and the behaviour proper to each, and will treasure hints thrown in for their guidance; but this sort of drill should be attempted while children are young, before the tyranny of mauvaise honte sets in. Encourage them to admire and take pride in light springing movements, and to eschew a heavy gait and clownish action of the limbs.

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