South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-14
rRAINING LITTLE CHm.DREN.

8 TRAINING LITTLE CHILDREN.
Kindergarten activities afford
!. profitable amusement 10 little folks
4 az home.
The kindergarten is more than
a. mere place Of amusement The
home may be more than this also.
by Mrs. Alice Wingate Erary.
The mother OF small children who
does not live within reach OF
kindergarten need not feel compel
led 70 deprive her little ones of the
. pleasures and benefits OF systematic
s training. il IS true that the stimulus
j Of cooperative work and play so
s vital a feature Of the kindergarten,
4 Is not so apt 20 be found in the
: smaller group at home and is en-
. tirely lacking IN the case of the only
child. Nevertheless many Of the &C
s. Invites provided i'm kindergarten can
be carried on not only by the small
! group but by the lonely child as
& we'll
Come le. as live with our chill
& dren," is the old familiar Froebelian
slogan. We might paraphrase 10 by
Il saying. Come. let AS sing with our
a childreni"
why shouldn't children sing
q morning greetings TO father and
mother as we'll as 20 teacher? Even
3 -year-olds that / know can sing
n them and delight in doing so. The
good morning songs 20 various
\ .neruber Of the family. 90 the new
day. 20 san or clouds, sung while
d dressing. do much 20 create a sunny
. morning atmosphere. There are
songs 10 accompany many Of the
home duties. besides a wealth Of
4 nature songs At bedtime the devO-
4 tional spirit Of the evening prayer
& may be enhanced by the singing Of
a ~hild's hymn. Songs such as those
can be found I'm Games and Music
q Of FroebeTs Mother Play" and in
& other kindergarten song books. ANY
good library would have some of
1 these. or e would be possible to buy
4 copies through a bookstore
a kindergarten calendar may cas-
lily be made at home For this pur-
pose a sheet OF white cardboard is
4 ruled off into a sufficient number Of
4 blank squares for the days OF the
aAl
endar each day with a suitable en-
E blem. Yellow circles should be pro-
f vided for sunny days and gray for
cloudy Tiny umbrellas denote rain;
"a gray circle partly covered with
white indicates snow. Advertise
ments furnish pictures for special
occasions little church. a toy, a
birthday cake. a Christmas tree. etc.
The particular emblem is less inn
portant 10 the children than the
pleasure they take i'm attending TO
the calendar regularly, and the fact
that they are being helped 20 a
realization or divisions of time. The
card should be large enough 10 allow
!. for a suitable picture for the month
s TO be mounted outside or the ruled
norton Landseer's Squirrel and
. pair of Nut Crackers may be used
1 for the October sheet. Coreggio's
holy Night" for December Wash
ington or IIncolu's portrait for
\ February
Games train the senses az the
same time that they afford keen
pleasure & mother can play many
8 games with her child without inter
& ruptine her work Decentralization is
a wonderful stimulus TO the mag
a nation. and numberless stories lend
4 themselves to this form OF reproduc-
4 ton barbara Fritchie" was en-
s Enthusiastically PLAYED by the children
of one kindergarten A chair
. formed the PATRIOTS house. she
4 leaned over the back waving her
Il flag soIemulv- Stouewau led his