
audiobook
by Francis W. (Francis Wayland) Parker, Nellie Lathrop Helm
UNCLE ROBERT'S VISIT - BY FRANCIS W. PARKER AND NELLIE LATHROP HELM - PREFACE BY THE EDITOR OF THE HOME-READING BOOKS.
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
I. UNCLE ROBERT'S COMING - II. FRANK DRAWS A MAP OF THE FARM - III. THE NEW THERMOMETER - IV. WITH THE ANIMALS - V. IN THE FLOWER GARDEN - VI. SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW - VII. THE BAROMETER - VIII. A WALK IN THE WOODS - IX. THE BIRDS AND THE FLOWERS - X. THE THUNDERSHOWER - XI. THE VILLAGE - XII. A DAY ON THE RIVER - XIII. A RAINY DAY - XIV. THE WALK AFTER THE RAIN - XV. THE BIG BOOK - TOPICAL ANALYSIS OF UNCLE ROBERT'S VISIT.
CHAPTER I.—UNCLE ROBERT'S COMING.
CHAPTER I. - UNCLE ROBERT'S COMING.
CHAPTER II. - FRANK DRAWS A MAP OF THE FARM.
CHAPTER III. - THE NEW THERMOMETER.
CHAPTER IV. - WITH THE ANIMALS.
CHAPTER V. - IN THE FLOWER GARDEN.
CHAPTER VI. - SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW.
Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (185K characters)
Release date
2004-09-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1837–1902
A leading voice in progressive education, this American teacher and reformer argued that children learn best through active, meaningful work rather than drill and memorization. His ideas helped shape modern classroom practice and teacher training in the United States.
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Best remembered for the children’s book Uncle Robert’s Visit, this little-documented American writer has a small but lasting place in early educational literature. Surviving catalog records point to work associated with child-centered learning rather than a widely recorded public literary career.
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