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Sarah Mary (or Margaret) Fitton was born in Dublin to Nicholas Fitton, a Dublin attorney, and his wife Jane Greene. [2] She had one brother, William Henry Fitton, and two sisters, Elizabeth (fl. 1817–1834) and Susanna. [2]
Title page for an 1801 edition of Lessons for Children, part I. Lessons for Children is a series of four age-adapted reading primers written by the prominent 18th-century British poet and essayist Anna Laetitia Barbauld. Published in 1778 and 1779, the books initiated a revolution in children's literature in the Anglo-American world.
Children worked directly with plants and animals in their natural environments, and the Montessoris developed lessons, illustrations, charts, and models for use with elementary aged children. Material for botany, zoology, and geography was created.
She wrote many children's scientific novels, poems, and periodical articles, [4] many of which surround nature and botany themes. For example, her book The Plant Baby and Its Friends, published in 1898, explains botany like the plant is a child. Brown believed in presenting advanced topics to children in an interesting way as a story, not in ...
Cormack had been involved with the Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural history since 1927. She often taught after school lessons and created interpretive content and theater intended for children of all ages. In 1947, she accepted the position as the Museum's director. As director, she facilitated the opening of the Museum's planetarium in 1953.
Botanical Rambles: designed as an early and familiar introduction to the elegant and pleasing study of botany (London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1822) A Visit to Grove Cottage for the Entertainment and Instruction of Children (London: J. Harris and Son, 1823) The Coral Necklace: Intended for the amusement of Children (London: J. & C. Evans, 1825)