 Norman Rockwell, "The Children's Hour" (see also Digest)
“…the drawback to evening work is, that the brain, once excited, is inclined to carry on its labours beyond bed-time, and dreams, wakefulness, and uneasy sleep attend the poor child who has been at work until the last minute. If the elder children must work in the evening, they should have at least one or two pleasant social hours before they go to bed; but, indeed, we owe it to the children to abolish evening 'preparation.'” * “…the custom of giving home-work, at any rate to children under fourteen, is greatly to be deprecated. The gain of a combination of home and school life is lost to the children; and a very full scheme of schoolwork may be carried through in the morning hours.” * “The knowledge of children so taught (i.e. under Mason’s method) is consecutive, intelligent, and complete as far as it goes, in however many directions. For it is a mistake to suppose that the greater the number of 'subjects' the greater the scholar's labour; the contrary is the case as the variety in itself affords refreshment, and the child who has written thirty or forty sheets during an examination week comes out unfagged. Not the number of subjects but the hours of work bring fatigue to the scholar; and bearing this in mind we have short hours and no evening preparation.” * “This scheme of fairly wide and successful intellectual work is carried out in the same or less time than is occupied in the usual efforts in the same directions; there are no revisions, no evening preparations (because far more work is done by the children in ordinary school-time than under ordinary school methods, when the child is too often a listener only): no notetaking, because none are necessary, the children having the matter in their books and knowing where to find it; and as there is no cramming or working up of subjects there is much time to spare for vocational and other work of the kind.” * “So let us welcome peaceful evening in.” ~ William Cowper Examen: What if we could confidently say, “Out with homework!” What about me? What are my evening habits? ~~~~~~~ ...the drawback to evening: Charlotte M. Mason, Home Education, 1:23. ...the custom of giving: 1:147–48. The knowledge of children: Charlotte M. Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education, 6:158. This scheme of fairly: 6:245. So let us: The Task: Book IV-- The Winter Evening, “The Task: Book IV. -- The Winter Evening by William Cowper - Famous Poems, Famous Poets. - All Poetry,” accessed July 15, 2024, https://allpoetry.com/The-Task:-Book-IV.----The-Winter-Evening. Day 78 Evening Preparation meditation/100 days copyright Laurie Bestvater 2025
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