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CHAPTER XV INTELLECTUAL EDUCATION Sense exercises a species of auto-education 224 Importance of an exact nomenclature, and how to teach it 225 Spontaneous progress of the child the greatest triumph of Scientific Pedagogy 228 Games of the blind 231 Application of the visual sense to the observation of environment 232 Method of using didactic material: dimensions, form, design 233 Free plastic work 241 Geometric analysis of figures 243 Exercises in the chromatic sense 244 CHAPTER XVI METHOD FOR THE TEACHING OF READING AND WRITING Spontaneous development of graphic language: Séguin and Itard 246 Necessity of a special education that shall fit man for objective observation and direct logical thought 252 Results of objective observation and logical thought 253 Not necessary to begin teaching writing with vertical strokes 257 Spontaneous drawing of normal children 258 Use of Froebel mats in teaching children sewing 260 Children should be taught how before they are made to execute a task 261 Two diverse forms of movement made in writing 262 Experiments with normal children 267 Origin of alphabets in present use 269 CHAPTER XVII DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD AND DIDACTIC MATERIAL USED Exercise tending to develop the muscular mechanism necessary in holding and using the instrument in writing 271 Didactic material for writing 271 Exercise tending to establish the visual-muscular image of the alphabetical signs, and to establish the muscular memory of the movements necessary to writing 275 Exercises for the composition of words 281 Reading, the interpretation of an idea from written signs 296 Games for the reading of words 299 Games for the reading of phrases 303 Point education has reached in the "Children's Houses"