Excerpt from Music Teacher's Manual Since at this period, according to Stanley Hall, the chief educational need of the child is that his mind be provided with rich culture material stimulating to the imagination, the importance of the musical surround ings during infancy can scarcely be overestimated, and the methods by which music is taught in the schools advance or hinder ideal home conditions at this period far beyond our present realization. If the child enters kindergarten, the teacher has the opportunity to furnish some of the means, through song and rhythm, by which play is enriched with elements peculiarly enjoyable to the child. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.