The Republican journal., 1898-04-14

of Bangor.
| The Kindergarten system equally trains
| the head. heart and hand. The public
| schools tend to make the child believe
1 that the highest and noblest way to get
| living is by his wits. He is taught indi-
rectly to despise the trades The ten
\ dency is to dispense with the training Of
the hand, and we leave bis heart to his
\ pastor and his home.
In the kindergarten we do it all. Many
average business men will tell you: "Why,
yes. the kindergarten is a nice place for
the children to 50 and romp all day and
/ have good time And then when the
/ child gets home at night he is little
more troublesome than he was before be-
cause he bothers his mother by saying
why why? 'why?' y
Well, that's inst what the kindergarten
| is for It's TO make the child ask ''why?"
| The mission of each one of us is to find
! out why we are here, The kindergarten
! James teach him to live withhis neighbor.
| They teach him what his human relations
are like.
The kindergarten system is not strong
er in one department than in another. A
chain that is weak in one part is not
strong chain, no matter how strong the
rest is. The occupations are not stronger
than the other parts. If we had the
kindergarten spirit in all tue schools of
the country, God only knows what the
future of the world would be. 1t would
/ be wonderful country We're every man
and woman from the kindergarten. The
occupations. for instance, bring out the
skill of the Ii ,nds What would you and
7 er;,- : boI III f,,l1 Oh - IL.
| hands that is possible. We can think,
can We use our hands in all the ways they
| are capable of being used?
What is more wonderful than the cum
ming Of the human hand. | see the little
kindergarten children going home on the
sire Is of Bangor, carrying the little clay
! bird 5 nests they have made to their
mothers, and think 1 d like to see what
kind OF a birds nest she or the child
father could make
l have seen the children modelling pus-
/ sy-willows from the first ones of spring.
l remember one boy who would stop
every few minutes and stroking the real
pussy willow on his face, would say.
'Deal pussy willow" ! went ont lifted
/ up and elated. My moral tone was height
ened by listening to the dear little ones
who are taught to love everything. That
spirit is all through the child garden We
/ see the cunning OF the hand later in school
] life. And OH the teacher who gets kim
/ dergarten children is happy indeed.
Aud you d be surprised to know how
much more brain power Your four-year-
old has than You have. He calculates and
estimates with lightning like rapidity.
/ 4 NJ tbat, no ~ Nf
ated thing of beauty teaches him that he
can accomplish things. 1t gives him be
lief in himself, and shows him that per
lection is reached only by symmetrical
and careful building. 1t is my delight to
follow these children along the street and
listen to their talk as they 90 home with
their nurses. The other day two little
| gins and boy We're going home when
OF them suddenly looked up and said.
''See that window. L is a circular win
dow. NO" said the other girl, 'it's
an oval Window The little boy looked
up and said: SIT is elliptcal," and sure
enough it was. What do you think of
that? And the best of it was they had no
disputing-yes, when the man spoke, the
Others kept silence They believed it.
Y on see the child grasps the meaning first
The words are nothing.
| Excuse me for adding one more person
al observation of Bangor kindergartens.
] My neighbours little girl was on her way
home from the kindergarten with her
nurse
The child was talking, talking, talking
and asking questions. 'iWhere shall we
see a bluebird, Elise?'' is that blue
bird?' But Elise failed to see bluebrd.
'Miss B. says that bluebird sings
more sweetly than Mr.. Adams plays his
tlute.'' l made up my mind as | went
home that when the bluebirds came |
! would take my neighbours child to see
/ that flash of sky across the field, and to
hear the bluehird' plaintve note.