Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1900 — When the Brain is Growing. [ARTICLE]

When the Brain is Growing.

A prominent educator, talking to mothers, says that with all children there are nascent periods that is, there are certain times when a child can learn to do things easier and better titan at others. The growth of brains Is not generally understood. There Is, however, an ebb and flow of interest. The children apply themselves assiduously for a time; then comes arrest, and educators are now disputing whether to urge the child along after the ebb or wait for the certain return of Interest In their work.