Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-29
FOR KINDERGARTEN WORK.
Big Convention Will Be Held in New
 York City.

New York, April 29.-The child
 hood of large sections of this coun-
 try and of some foreign countries as
 well has both it's trained and untrain-
 ed intelligence represented in the ex-
 hibit of kindergarten work that is
 now being put in place in the Ameri- can museum of natural history for the convention of the International
 Kindergarten union, which begins its sessions Tuesday at Teachers col lege. There is also a valuable his torical collection of the works of Froebel. the father of the kindergar- ten, as we'll as some of the original material used by him.
 The first impression made upon an observation viewing the mounted collections is expressed in the excla- nation:
 What paradise for children"
 For here is the world in the little. There are little houses complete in detail and furnishing, littie chairs, little tables, little animals, little peO- pie, little carts and little fire engines.
 The modern kindergarten has a theory that the child should be taught first to observe his own environment and to express that observation in pictures or other mediums of express sion.
 That part of the exhibition space that has to do with the children of New York city shows an instant ap- preciation on the part of the chil- dren of their surroundings. There are lamp posts with the surroundings of the tenement house districts sug- gested in the background, city houses and the washing hanging on the roof. Lighted windows and lighthouses suggest that the children have been down the bay, while boy flying a kite is mute evidence that some of them have gone on fresh air excur- sions to the country.
 A fair geographical idea of the na- ture of various sections of the coun- try may be gained by study of the exhibits for in many is presented the objects which the children see every day.
 The children of New Haven reflect their nearness to the sound. which must be an important factor in their lives, by pictures showing stretches of blue water. In Pittsburg apparent ly there is still smoke and dirt for the skies of some of the childish draw ings suggest that these things are not unknown to the small artists. About the work of some of the Phil adelphia children there is n touch and a finish that well beft a commu- nity of it's age and reputed tastes. The children of Charleston $. C., have used the cotton in the fields in raw and refined states, while from Boston there are pictures of the com- mon, of battleships, and of cars that | are typical of some of the New Eng land railroads.
 The Philippines exhibit expresses | the state of the people. The forms | of the articles sent are those taught | by the American teachers, but the substances used are native bamboos and flores.
 But of quite as great interest to | the kindergarteners attending the as the work of the chill l dren will he the work of the teach CTS. For nearly every exhibit from a place where there is also training school for teachers has space for the teachers work. In some cases it is merely the work of students who are to become teachers in kin dergartens. in others it is more ad- vanced. The latter shows great deal of attention to art work. Some of the teachers in little colors and crayons show that their art has l.een strongly affected by the Japanese.
 The exhibition will be formally open ed on Wednesday. and will remain In It's present quarters three weeks.