The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-04

snAsteh reWafding them In It's
Iirst early shoots. And soon the flow
90 earoen VIII blossom for them. Mas
turtfunis and daises were planted a
rev days ago. and the other beds PLAN
tea year ago have received proper
attention with the comma OF spring.
Not all the little kindergarten chill
dren have q garden like the Temple
children. While the plans in all the
klnoergartens are the same. all chill
ones In Miss Gelders, Kindergarten.
where there is q real garden In which
the children work.
With the city beautiful IDEA now
dominating Birmingham, the spring
plan at the Authorizations Is quite
abreast with the present municipal
plans to make Birmingham such a
beautiful city. In fact. the city beau-
tiful idea originated with the kinder
gartens.
The Temple children on Monday
VIII have q general cleaning day. Not
. piece OF waste paper viii be seen,
and all about the little gardens and
the lawns on which they have their
spring games will be as clean as thsy
can be made.
With the warm sunny mornings the
children now have their kindergarten
games ont OF doors. And the games
areatn. -themseixes such B. >aeffk1it that
they form the most attractive part Of
the work because each game Is an IL
iustratton- OF principle. It not only
teaches the children to play. but 1t
means. something in the general Froe-
bel system that q Kindergarten child
never forgets.
There are about eighty children at
the Temple kindergarten. Several ma
tfonaiities are represented. Syrians.
Russians and Americans. Some OF the
children come q long distance. One
little girl comes as far as Ninth ave-
nue. and Nineteenth street. Another
little girl, about five years old, comes
third street. Another child trudges
over from Eighth avenue and Fiji
teenth street. A baby comes from
Fifth avenue and Twentieth street.
The kindergarten Is spiendidly
equipped. Miss Gelders Is one OF the
best trained Undergraduates in the
South. She has had superior advanta-
ges and Is admirably suited for the
work. She 10 assisted by Miss Bern
helm, splendid kindergartener. anu
there are three young women from
the training school. NJ
The growth Of the kindergarten
movement in Birmingham is most in
teresting. The success OF the kinder
gartens through trying years has been
due to the brave efforts of the Bir-
mingham Free Kindergarten Associ-
alton. which has at last seen the frui-
tlon OF its plans to open kindergnr-
lens in almost every section Of the
city.
Miss Agnes Wilson.
Miss Agnes Wilson. supervisor of
the kinderEartens Is recognised as
one OF the best and most efficient wo-
men in the country. She is most
scholarly in her methods. Thoroughly
posted on the growth of the kinder
garten movement In the United States,
she Is able 10 give accurate informa-
ton regarding it's developments. What
she said relative to the development
Of the kindergarten idea In this city
Is also OF special value
The Free Kinergarten Association,
after holding for the past ten years
TO a high standard for both training
class and teachers, Is now seeing the
result Of good beginning" said Miss
Wilson.
"one of the dangers that threatened
the kindergarten during the period Of
its introduction into America was to
let 1t drop to plane of q. day nur-
nery by permitting poorly equipped
teachers to merely entertain the chill
dren." she continued.
But thoughtful education saw that
k1nuGEkdTLSHGE
Outstanding of educational principles,
knowledge OF facts with regard to
the development of the child's mind
ind body, and a sympathetic Insight
into the chlld's plays and interests
which would bring her in touch with
the child from the mothers stand
point
'srhis standard led to the require
tnent Of a good preliminary education
on the part of the applicant for kim
derEarten training. and also to two
years course OF special training for
her work.
THE seniors are now realizing the
Importance of having studied ancient
and modern history, for in the history
OF education they are considering
whole periods of Oriental, Greek. Ro-
man, medieval and modern history,
and II the facts were not already par
tally familiar to them, they could not
master them in a brief time in their
relation to education.
"As a result of good work done by
well prepared teachers all over the
United States" said Miss Wilson.
f'thare is an increasing demand for
kindergartenS.
1.-THE principal OF the Ensley
schools. Mr.. Baker. with the co-oper-
alton OF intelligent parents. organized
a board for the support of kinder
garten there which was opened In
January Tt is not operated with
public school money. but has tho en-
dorsement of leaders in public school
work
"The same thing occurred at Elv-
ton when tina new school building was
nu@nsd there March I. The kinder