Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-10-21

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NAL? LUTHER Brown.
Patch Grove, October 10.
FOR M0THERS-THE KINDERGARTEN.
EDITOR HERALD A good lady in
Kansas says: 81 am hungering and
thirstinc to know more of the Kind
ergarten system" (This is system
of training for children from two or
three to eight or ten years of age,
prepared by German who studied
the subject so years.) "With four
little ones, the oldest almost eight, |
would almost give up my house and
make kindergarten myself, if |
knew how. With many cares what
helps are there that | could use at
home? What books could you re-
commend, that would be of practical
use to very busy mother ?"
To this question, Miss Coe, princi-
pal of kindergarten in New York,
replies s'The best book we know of
is "The Paradise of Childhood" in
four parts, by Edward Weibe, price
SO. Another, very good and less ex.
pensive, Kindergarten Culture"
by w. N. Heilman, price rs cents.
1t would be well for every mother
and teacher to read, also "The
Child" translated by Madame
Verge" These books may be OBJ
tanned by writing to John Campbell,
No. 40, Broad street, New York.
Are there not many mothers in
Grant county that want the help
which these books can give? The
characters, happiness anu usefulness
of the precious little ones are being
decided They depend mostly on
the way in which the children spend
their time before they are ten years
old. and their mothers determine
mostly whether they shall spend it in
learning good or evil. plead for the
children. Mothers, send for one or
more of those books, and learn how,
with Gods blessing, to make your
children happy and useful. l. /.
THAT further information may be
given upon this subject, we copy the
following from our Home Monthly:-
Ed.
The name OF kindergarten, or
garden Of children, is not intended
to imply that children are to be in
structed out Of doors; but that the
school is o garden plot, in which the
children are the plants, and the
teacher the gardner, whose duty it
is to give his pupils kind of care
analogous TO that the gardner gives
his plants; removing hindrancos and
heightonirg all tavoring circumstan-
,, ces, 50 that they may have room and
opportunity for Development accord
ing to the laws of their growth
The name and the system were
originated by FrGbel, who devoted
half century TO elaborate, by study
and experiment, lew primary dis
ciplne in accordance with child ma
ture. Already, although this is not
vet anywhere a national system, II
has spread over Germany, and has
been introduced into Scandinavia,
Switz 4rland, Spain, France. lilly.
and Russia, and is beginning to find
its enthusiastic supporters in the
United States.
IA lady who travelled in Europe
to study FteoeI's Kindergartens,
brought: home from Dresden the
whole series of work done by class
of children who began at three years
old and continued till seven, and nc
one had seen it without being con
vinced that it must have educated
the children that did it, not only
to exquisite artistic manipulation
which it is very difficult to attain
later, but 10 habits of attention
which would make il a work of q
short time to learn to read, write
and cipher, and would enable them
to begin scientific education, and
use books with the greatest adVan-
tage as early as eight or nine years
old This work is of many kinds,
as will be perceived when one con-
siders that in the three hours daily
session there must be two or three
different kinds of quiet tasks, and
two or three active plays. The
tasks themselves are play, being
some form OF interesting conctruc