The herald., 1896-08-27
KINDERGARTEN TRAINING
The New Department of the State Nor
nal School
Principal Pierce Has Issued a Circular Giving
the Conditions for Admis,ion-The
Course Of Study

Prof Pierce of the State Normal
school has issued a circular giving the
conditions of admission to the kinder
garten department of that institution
Recognizing the Importance of the
kindergarten as a necessary part of our
educational system. the board of trus-
tees of the State Normal schools of Cali
fornia, assembled in joint session April
TO- 1896, resolved that said schools es-
tablish kindergarten departments as
soon as practicable. The increasing de-
mand for thoroughly trained kindergar-
teners In Southern California Influenced
the board of trustees of the State Nor
NAL school at Los Angeles, at its annual
meeting, May 81, 1896, to establish
department for the training Of kinder
garten teachers. This department will
be opened September s, 1896. Miss Flor
ence Lawson. a graduate from the Nor
NAL course of the Chicago kindergarten
college, and one of the best trained kim
dergartners in the United States. has
been engaged as director. No effort will
be spared to make this one of the best
schools of the kind in the country.
Only one class each year will be organ
lied for the two years course. Those
wishing to pursue the work during the
coming scholastic year should apply to
the kindergarten committee, room c,
Normal building. September 8. Consul
tation may be held with the principal
any day before the above date, between
the hours of 9 and II a. m.
The conditions Of admission to this
department are as follows:
High School Graduates-1) The rules
and requirements governing the adinis-
sion of High school graduates to the reg
ular Normal course will be applied in ad-
hitting the same class of students to
the kindergarten training course. See
PIP. 24-25 of catalogue. 1896.
(2.) In addition to the above, these
applicants must have such knowledge
of music, both vocal and instrumental.
as will at the close of their two years of
training insure the qualifications in
music necessary for successful kinder
garten teaching.
(3) Variations from the scholastic
work referred to in No. l, above, may
be made at the discretion of the commit
tee on Kindergarten training; provided,
that the time gained from such varia-
tions be devoted to the special profess
s:onal work of this course.
a. If students that have elected the
kindersarten course subsequently show
by their work untitness for kindergarten
teaching. they will he required to take
the regular Normal course or to drop
out of the school
Applicants from the regular normal
course-First. Students applying for
admission to the kindergarten depart
ment. who are not high school gradu-
ates, or, who have not the educational
qualifications sufficient to admit them
to the two-years' course, will be as
signed to the regular normal depart
ment, according to requirements spe-
Gifted ON page 8, catalogue 1896.
Second At the end Of the first two
years of the normal course. any stu
dent may elect the kindergarten train
ing course. The work thereafter will
continue to be as nearly like that of the
regular normal course as the special
work Of the kindergarten course will
permit.
Students not classified with one of the
above groups will be referred for exam
nation to special committee consist
ing of the principal of the normal school,
TIE director of the kindergarten and the
professor of pedagogy of the normal
school Any advanced standing in the
required work for kindergartrcrs, in
dicated IL sections I and II above, must
lie secured in each case by the eXamina-
tion which this committee prescribes.
1t will be noticed that there is pro-
vision made for three classes of stu
dents:
First. High school graduates, for
whom a course covering two years will
be formulated.
Second. Those taking a course cover
ing four years, the first two Of which
will be the same as in the regular nor
NAL department.
Third Special students whose course
of one, two or three years will be de-
termined upon examination or from Gre
dentials other than high school diplo-
mas.
Course of Study-In addition to most
of the scholastic work required in the
regular normal course, the special kim
dergarten instruction for high school
graduates and those who have finished
the first two years of the normal course
is is follows:
First Year-Gift work. Occupation
work. "Mutter and Kose lieder," of
Mother-play Program. Games. Psy-
cholOgy. English. Drawing. Music.
Physical culture. Science.
Second Year-Advanced gift and oc-
cupation work. "Mutter and Kose lie
der" Games. Psychology. Literature.
Froebels Philosophy of Man. Science.
Nature study. Program and supervis-
ing. Drawing. Music. Physical cul-
ture. Practice in teaching.
The purely academic work Of the
above course will be pursued in the reg
ular normal department, as well as
such additional academic training as
may, on the part of the candidates, be
found necessary to well-roundcd and
thorough preparation.
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