Review of Mental Training for the Pre-School Age Child

Abstract

Reviews the book, Mental Training for the Pre-School Age Child by Lillien J. Martin (see record 1924-10456-000 ). Following a brief foreword this little book consists of I, a Mental Hygiene Questionnaire, II, discussion of a child's training from the standpoint of heredity, physical and psychological examination, interaction of the mental and physical, imitation, habit making and breaking, emotional development and control, incentives to action, dependence versus independence, responsive versus resistant attitude, environment, storing the subconscious, play, delinquent tendencies, punishment and sympathy, and III, the Education of the Parents. This book gives simple directions for the training of young children upon a scientific basis. Such training when intelligently given is humane beyond comparison with any other method. It is so simple and practical that no parent or teacher can help but learn much from studying it. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)