The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-03-25
TmEKINDERGARTEN SCHOOL
What Some Enterprising Person
In Wheeling Might DO.

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teach them certain facts, useful as thest
may be-but to draw out, to educate, il
the true sense OF the word, and help theiI
faculties in their natural unfolding, TIL,
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aged ana his worse ones checEed, on
where his loving, trusting little hear
meets with no rebuiF5 which chill it into
silence. To sympathize with the child
10 helm him to think and work for him
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good working order, Is Inc general ain
OF the kindergarten-an aim not Away
reached, Of course, but at least held il
view To attain IL in any measure. ad
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have plenty oil energy, as all mother:
know, and will be working at something
Much OF their so.called badness il
this same energy turned into a wrong
channel, and il nav not only be directed
for good. but much of the child's after ca,
reer NAV depend ON this early direction
one way or The other, To give simple
instance, Charlie, aged FIVE, spends large
part OF his time in the garden, and will
persist in milling his mothers flowers
10 pieces, turning out the contents Of
flower pots 10 see how queer the
roots inside look, and tearing leayet
ruthlessIy from the shrubs, fruit tree,
and vegetables Of all the neighbors
He Is scolded and punished, perhaps
but bears his punishment with a for,
titude worthy OF better cause, and soor
repeats the ofTense. But by and by some
seeds and Bit Of ground are given hin
for his own, and he watches with interest
the seeds, as they send down the queer
rootlets he has seen. and send IN thei,
stalks and leaves, As the plants grow,
perbans he has some interesting talks with
his mother or teacher as TO how they do it
and how thew oct the wherewithal to do it
he compares the many different kinds o.
leaves, and is encouraged TO tell what he
finds out about their veins, the yariou,
sorts OF edges they may have, etc. HI
works over them, and, as he be
comes interested, begins to have loo much
love for them ever to needlessly destroy
them; and, owning them himself, Judging
how disagreeable 1t is to have other peo-
pie interfere with them, begins TO respect
the rights OF others little.
Children naturally like to work, so in
the kindergarten work is given them to
do. They like to play, so they have play
to do also play with yelled use, how
ever. To leave this theory as to aims,
which may seem rather vague-Froebel
has arranged a series OF objects, which he
calls gifts, to be presented to the child
The first gift is set OF six worsted balls
three Of the primary colors and three Of
the secondary. The ball is the first OBJ
iect presented, on account OF its simplici'
ty OF form, il presenting but one surface
and looking the same from all points OF
view. The six balls are not all given at
once, but successfully, that each impress
sion may be perfectly clear and distinct,
For example, first the red ball Is shown
to the child, He looks at it and is led
to tell all he can find out with his eyes
that It is round, small and red; that it is
made Of worsted, which last perhaps
leads to a talk about the difference be-
tween wooden and cotton,-the children
point out different bits Of each others
clothing which are wooden, and small
hands are raised as one alter another
thinks Of something to tell for the bcne'
iii Of the rest about the wool, how ii
comes from the sheep, and about the va
rious processes OF washing and shearing
that must be gone through with before it
can be used. Then the child takes the
ball into its own hand, and finds out what
he can with his fingers, viz: that it is soft
and slightly rougR to his touch. This
brings M the mention OF things which are
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