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C. W. Kimmins. Children's Dreams
Children’s Dreams
Table of Contents
MY WIFE
PREFACE
CHILDREN’S DREAMS
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II
THE NATURE OF THE DREAM
CHAPTER III
DREAMS OF CHILDREN OF FIVE, SIX, AND. SEVEN YEARS OF AGE
Analysis of Dreams of Children of Five, Six, and Seven Years of Age
CHAPTER IV
DREAMS OF CHILDREN OF EIGHT TO. FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE
Analysis of Dream Elements of Boys. and Girls in the Normal Elementary. Schools
Domestic Dreams
Fairy-story Dream
Fear Dreams
Bravery and Adventure
The Death Element
Kinæsthetic Dreams
Prospective Dreams (Christmas)
Dreams with Conversation
Dream at which Dreamer not present
CHAPTER V
DREAMS OF CHILDREN OF FOURTEEN TO. EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE
Comparison of Dreams of Girls in. Secondary Schools with those in. Elementary Schools
Domestic Dream
Bravery and Adventure
School Activities
Dream with Conversation
Death Element
Kinæsthetic Dream
CHAPTER VI
DREAMS OF CHILDREN IN INDUSTRIAL. SCHOOLS
Dreams of Success in Life
Fairy-story Dream
Domestic Dreams
Bravery and Adventure
Fear Dream
CHAPTER VII
DREAMS OF DEAF AND BLIND CHILDREN
Deaf Children. Domestic Dreams
Bravery and Adventure
Blind Children. Fear Dreams
Domestic Dream
CHAPTER VIII
EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF THE DREAM
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C. W. Kimmins
Published by Good Press, 2021
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In spite of fear dreams, children in normal health delight in dreaming, and it is an evident pleasure to them to talk about or record their dreams. It will be seen by the children’s accounts of their dreams that they have an abnormal power of graphic description of events in which they are intensely interested, such as those supplied by the dream material. This power so far exceeds their ability in ordinary essay writing on topics selected by the teacher, and is, moreover, so much in advance of their general standard of achievement, that it would appear as if some fresh mental element had come into play. The matter is worthy of further investigation.
In analysing the children’s dreams, the following, among other elements, have been considered: the various types of wish fulfilment and fear dreams; kinæsthetic dreams; references to fairy stories; dreams of bravery and adventure; school activities, cinemas, exciting books and death incidents; dreams in which conversations are recorded; the presence of other witnesses than the dreamer; and dreams in which the dreamer was absent.
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