The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-08

balls against the ceiling or wall, ana so prlhg
4 threaten the destruction ui home crockcry and
brio q braC, but II n the making 81 the
| clll.d, aud u, is a rather pathetic TACT that
many Of the children who come 10 The klnueIRarlcn
haven't the least idea what 10 do with a ball when
it's first given 10 them. he modern kindergarten
games are adapted ~ bring into play a. many as
po'slble u III" fundamental or large muscles OF
the body.
The work that has been most emphasized In
the hlndergartens durng the last year has IN,
cludcd ball playing, building, gardening. sand
ana clay modelling, music, housekeeping We uSa
ui odds anu ends Of material, drawing ana nfush
WORK. Every kindergarten has liz indoor garden,
ana each child has the --I,..'ge al planting At
least one seed. and caring for the plant that grows
rom IT. These plants arr used as me OASIS l"f
very simple study Of botany, as suggestion for
fancy aud creative power and a. models Tor bfcSh
work. The kinde rgartens IN he Bronx are
blessed With outof door gardens, and, even some
"i the East Side, wherever he kinGergar,ens
are held IN houses, the Tiny square Of backyard ~
converted INTO \ garden, where each child Ii u
landowner and agriCultunst
Some 81 the kindcrgartens have small
tlenag"fieS Of their own, inqulSiiye white rats,
trembling, noSed rabbits, and, in one case, a,ftiend-
~ hen with a flock 81 downy yellow chickens:
but when space doesn't permit privat collections
.! birds and beasts, the nearest city play ground
supplies pigeons and rabbit acquain'ances' ana
occasional visits 10 Central Park, broaden infant
Ideas. There's n man down at the Hester street
playground, who is pronounced by unanimous
vote OF the children in a certain kinderga rten,
The best manin the world - \ 81 y reporter heard
NV WV ldh'l anu ffHllI'N lHdl NdnuiHk WI"
laur"ls had been rent from his brow. The Hester
street man has won the fame by furnishing corn
To- all kindergarten children who want To iced
pigeons
LAST spring the New York Kinderg arten AS
ISOLATION was able 10 supply all its branches with
wei, stocked aGnariuns, and the delight OF the
children who, for the first time. made acquaintance
With tadpoles and snails and frogs and fish, was
beyond all description. Any observan, person
VINO visited The East Side at ,ha, time would have
ht"n struck by the change in the play OF the niue
children. Fully half Of them were vigorously
TRANSFORMING, themselves into tadpoles and frogs
and fish, 10 The detrimen' Of their clothes, but the
linfledSurab!e content Of their hearts,
This tendency To dramatic all kindergarten
instruction is one Of the amusing features OF the
work Whenever a new thing is shown or a
new story IL told To the children. their first desire
; 10 drnw II. their second 10 nc. it. Each school
has lis favurite story and illustrative game, and
me TEACHER sense Of humur, as well as her psy-
CholuEical faculty, must I've moved by The results
~ nef instruction. One klncntgafltn Gown on
Henry. street J., especially addicted 70 Wagner
Si'glried is he Henry street hero, but he = a chas-
i,sn,d, and w~hitewashcd Siegfried, lie was a
Knight that is"a man who did good things with
ont being told H." So says the kindergarten
version, lie didn't kHl the dragon, because death
ana killing are 'aboued in kindergarten circles,
but he chased Fafner away and got tle ring,
"llch answers the purpose Just as well as The
%oririn.l version It's To be hoped the Henry street
amendment will not b. adoptcd AT the Melropoli-
tan, tor the public could Ill spare the Staying
Of the rarler mache monster Mime is a great
card down al the kindergarten. So is the h.r,
s''' w .bli lli| a INnl l'l't a. Nhf A. VI
!'rlnhhild" and the magic fire, they are equally
beloved, though perhaps the fire does vii, ont
hN a neck In The race for approval. Siegtried
doesn't have the least trouble with the fire, be
CalN" knights Can do any brave things-and
he Kisses Hrunnhllde, following the regular tale
men De marr!"s her at once, 70 satisfy inlan'ile
IDEAS 81 nrOpnrty, and the children, not having
been brought w upon "Gotterdhnmerung he
hey" that the harry rair live happily ever after
word one ambitious little genius illustrated
III" story, with the aid u renoil, brush, colored
paper ana u big char. First one sees Sieriiied
the d%aunlleSs, tail, we'll armed. and golden brown
m Color ON one side Of lin is the bear vhHh
h" holds by a string It's n splendid beast that
no Thinking person could mistake Tor anything
rN''Ii a bear Standing on It's HIND. legs NJ
Si'r'rNt's l"lt is The dwarf Mime. It's quite as
distorted ms Herr Nreuer's representation Of him,
and h" has n green face that suggests treHChery,
AZ first clan'" The small artist cut a very hid
euIs ,IaoN ~ lanterns face tcr Mime out Of green
pau'T hut the teacher thong Ut II TOO large for The
e:ISrmhr
Newer mind, said the infant philosopher
itll max" n lovely park bench"
=" Nh" rui II down among the green paper grass
alni ruN'"s and trees at tle bottom Of the chart
IN" tir' is an u~ncommonly good one, flying up
int" The blue sly, ard The fire. done In hilrht vel
low points, around . gray Tarcr fil, could give
hlnlS f. The NetrUrc tan article; but lrunnhlldc
Is III" bright particular star She has a gray
geocr dress and her feet are very much in cyl.
sound asleep. Altogether, the illustration does
great crcCit 10 the child'S artistic taste and he
Teachers ability as a narrator The gan" of
. y Hlf - " nun 'Ift anu llilhll' tAl'
l'runnhildes are Dolly rescued in Fast Side iene
nI"uts, hui, when the cast " the drama is large,
there's usually y mos, unkrightly row over tho
PARTS. Nj the boys want N be- either Siegfried
OF the hoAr
liIayHtha is n serious rival 10 Sierfried and
H." children can draw or model almost any object
PERTAINING {, lrdian lie.
In mo- d 'nartm"nt ~ the kindergarten work
has there bean spmuCh nrog r'Ss a. In the brush
work. ard. whil' all IT the crude efforts toward
att tic expression are interesting. n great many
- them Ar actuHllv remarkably effective. The
children hay" developed no critical faculty To
hHnD'r :hoir courage; and cither by Artistic sense
or hHnDv acid M th'y often obtain fnrcihlr
AND slrE '~tiNe effects that q .N!l"d artist might
nv for ia win. There's an odd lRpaH"s' quality
10 most II ne h'St work, a direct simplicity ard
an mp-rSNionlstir suggestion that should be
inte-"-'I0g 10 a"v student 4 MT.
"NO''t might have done tNAt" said \ visiting
arti' I t. n StN rppNrter rs they met over \ pile
Il tn" chiidrrn'S sketches. u wouldn't have
thought Il getting the effect that way, but it's
fhora
IN exhibition Of the kindergarten work of
Manhattan and The BrDnN is 10 Ia made Al he
Paris Exposition, and he charts are now being
preparad for shipping. Some Of The subjects
10 b." Illustrated, by brush work. pencil, cutting.
thristuAS,' The Harvest" "Churninr Dav,"
How wood Is R-ourh, 20 Is" How Woollen
Goods io Oh'ai"rt,' i light lv nav ard Light
Nv Nirht " Np Fast Side Ou' Of Door PLAYGROUND"
"Iho ppStman" and The BlaCksmith's Shop"