New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-18
ONE NATURE STUDY PLAN.
TIM Sorers and Reapers at Play
Work an 4mitg kindergarten.


Vow. I'm going 10 heaven ssid one OF the tots
who waited outside the parish house Of Amity
Baptist Church. on Monday morning. for the kin
ds-garten 10 open She had heard from older
brother and sister q the Joys that were theirs who
attended Auity kindergarten. ana she stood there
M her two stout little bare legs confidently ex-
peetart these ,oys would soon - hers. too.
AZ was % be expected. there was q gust OF angry
tea-s or so from some who did not think kinder
ss-ten vas 6 biz Ike heaven, Il their mother was
going 70 be left out But the kindergarten teacher
has many resources al her fingers ends, and the
10Uls and walls soon gave way 70 sunny smil IS
and a sense o. happy proprietorship.
Ttis Amlty kindergarten is. II not quite heaven"
AZ least an agreeable place spend part of each
day. u IS q big square room on the ground floor
leading out on grassy yard the size OF Eve city
lots in Il there are pictures. and piano,
aquarium. window b0Xes-but they are taking
vacation ou, in the grassy yard Il present-a loan
library O educational books and magazines for the
mothers. and cabinet filed with specimens Of the
chidEcu'E haudlwork
Mss Elizabeth Helm the principal. who has
been connected with this kindergarten nine years
De- the olitirns friend and playmate % half the
Cd. Iren i1 thar nei-hb1rhood
y hardly ever go Uut "a the street" she says
"yhat do not meet some OF my 90 scholars"
lisa Hlm and her assistants mike a great deal
o. he.- nature work with the children.
we DOM teach che children anything said
Kiss helm. I'VE Just bring nature 10 Them, and
et them Grru their own conclusions. We have diff
fe-zt kinds q rature-the birds thar dy over the
garden and the tiny fish and po.lvwoEs that swim
among the grasses and weeds ia The aquarium.
Rut ere garden affords the best scope Tor nature
observation. 100 you see this long inclosed bed -?
Ir the spring The children planted Il with corn.
radishes potatoes. heets and string beans The
summer was not "a uropiti9us one for gardens and
ours tt-ove tetter than was 20 he expected. es-
pecial.y vher one considers that for three months
there was l0 one TO tend r. But We picked four
ra6lshes as the fruit OF our labors. Vow on COM
ING back me children WI see several fun ears OF
corn or The stalk surrounded by their silk and
strong s1caths. beans In The pod. tomato vines. and
ol.
They planted e lot % morning gl9rtes "a the bed
1ier t1e c1aucl windows. and ulst o. these
came up ard have beauridsG The plain brown walls
o. the church All that were morning gl0ries are
now seed pods These the children gather care
fully sC thar nor "a seed is lost, and We label them
and rct tlsm away uu next spring Then they
VI PLANK them again. thus completing the circle
q nature
sUNFL0wEBs AS OBJECT LESSONS.
-They so the same with the suuaowers over
wonder. sl-f1vers are particularly useful. oy the
way. f1r such % purpose as showing children ne
way nature works. everything about them is so
large and strongly accented and clear cut We
pluck the sera5uer seeds and next spring the chii-
drsu WI have tie pleasure ~ planting them and
seeing what happens.
~0nca each spring we give party for the chill
cren ard their mothers. when each child brings
cone kind rs 11tted plant as d present 10 the
Endo-ga-ten. Tass, plants are placed in the gar
oen beds lrt.l cold weather comes. when sush as
are suitable are ported again and decorate the KIN
deTgarter COON. Most az the ornamental feTfls'
rubber plants and palms that we have came 20 Is
n this way. Our window boxes also help In in
isresrlg che little ones ln the mysteries that 60 va
b the EARTH and l1 the .roWth ~ slera. ieat bid
and a5ue-"
In one corner O. the yard there is bis square q
ARTIFICIAL stone with "a concrete cu-biug around d.
anc he-e rrere b. r. sard garden where one caI
houses Dr. tre k.lderEarfeu room there = A
smaller sand Earleu tnT rlUCtiiU-- ! he sane out-
sFery white and fine a-t esther way it y perIeclN
lovely. & sos ere q lttie West side ehiio a7d 50 TO
TIE i-saer-e - A--itv kindergarten does not
eesse when E.rTercar-eu hours are over Miss
HELM and her assistant make between thirty arc
10Y calls each ruolta 'n me nQiless ~ ne
= e. situated make their calls eesira PIE roi
sons reason. they SEND one ~ TIE AlnlIy deacon
Once month there is party - tie kiadersarien
To- ne uo-Ie-s IN order t.lai TIE -le~is e. coz
ENJOY. the parties are held in The evening. on
Us ere night -I the U lrtl tlt latIl-i- a. eA-
eetec - stay ~ home and min1 ne tsl5es. ne
i 90 a- some toiie 'ef,... t-.- -
= evening wines up inf..r.ab-E aita AZ lo1f 'l
Aility kindergarten come from t1e y fklis .-t1-s
- Le-r parents are pros erolr ail sr.i-. --it
--s The Fathers are etlhs @ ilei~- ti 'i'i -i','.
N---l-ciors mechanics ana tat -Ae .. -. ..,
any ~ de-elrfurrs when A-1ffE haptloL th-.
bulbs its new institutions. church or its Plo-
esrsarten children DO for place 90 SOW AMI ffip