The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-11
WURK fUR
CHILDREN
kindcrgartsnFact
From Maui
Isle.

April Let celebrated the nrst amt
NtrfufY - thp 90 uIng ~ Alexander
ilnusr Manuku. Maui department
~ Which boz the kindergarten.
The kindergarten enrolment the nrst
daY vas twenty -rine. which has now
SHOWN to seventy. with an average at
tendance ~ niiy-sIN
'iN natinn1.iurs are Represented, the
liaNuiiAut leading n numbers
Mrs kuoWltuu has the beautiful
ku4yI Ctft,n spirit. tCcpcued by the
knowledge Of the prcciousncEs of these
little ONES OF the three as. stants
two ar 1lawaiians and one Chinese
Miss Minerva Langford. a Maui Sem
mary pirl has her home with the
workers. Miss Celia KING lives in
Waikiki and Miss I'm Ming Young
lives With the Chinese minister.
The kindergarten room rs large and
airy with a fine Wow. Window boxes,
plants, nfh and bird make the room
homo-like and give the children some
lessons I'm Carc-takiug.
The plano box, converted into "A
house stands In one corner. 1t has "A
sitting room. dining room and kitchen
ON the FIRST floor. two bed rooms and "a
bath room on the second floor. Appro-
pirate furniture FOR each room, cur
taius, etc. We're made by the children.
walls papvred and house painted inside
make real the housekeeping.
The children are now cultlvating
their second crop Of vegetables.
The first class has graduated into the
public schools. Flattering reports are
given by their teachers.
Baldwin Kindergarten, Lahaina. OPP
sned Sept Bird, with thirty children,
and now has an enrolment OF nifty
nine, with an average attendance of
nifty.
Here the Japanese outnumber other
nationalities.
Miss +. $. Barker has az her assist
ants Miss Rachel Hazelden and two
Hawaiian girls. Misses Rose Akeo and
Fanny Adams
The kindergarten building and
grounds We're the gift OF Hon. II. T..
Baldwin. on consecrated soil the real
missionary work Is going on.
situated in the most congested part
of the town, the child garden meets
the local need.
The large room, 80 AZ. with IL foot
vcranda, gives space for occupations
and games. The Gilbert Island moth
ers spend many mornings on the We
randa weaving hats. At the sound of
the piano they are in the room, enter
ing fully into the spirit of the games.
What have our kindergartens done ?
They have entered the homes. The
happiest relations exist between teach
ers and parents, kindergartens and
homes. The monthly mothers meet
ings, of a social character. with re-
freshments, the weekly visit in the
homes, the visits of the parents to the
kindergarten and through all the mu-
tuai love for the child IL realizing the
best things into which "A little child
| shall lead them"
Often is the statement made by Wis
itors, your children are from the best
families" Yes. we have from all
grades and all are OF the one royal
family. The exceptiontis so small that
we can say all the children are neatly
dressed and show the mothers care.
In our cosmopolitan kindergartens we
have the first complaint to be made OF
moral contamination. AS the first
| months Of the babys life records mar
velous development of baby mind and
| spirit in like measure does the kinder
| Gartcn witness the changes from alb
normal to healthy growth.
A visit to last mothers meeting
would nave revealed the tie that binds.
Thirty-five mothers were there eight
Chinese. II was a model social
Most nobly are our plantations help
| ing solve the problem they have ere
ated. How to make citizens of the
Hawaiian born Asiatics and Porto
Ricans. our land at Wailuku Is the
gift of the plantation: il also gives $5C
per month toward the support OF the
| kindergarten. At Lahaina the planta-
, non gives $50 per month and has do
| mated six months use Of "a teachers
| cottage.
Gathered in our kindergarten are the
little ones from the one-room house
! the one family bed. Others are from