The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-12-01
By Mrs. Winifred G. McBroom.

For those who intend to teach lit
tie children OF four and five as 4
profession, a training in kindergar-
ten methods is required by law III
practically every state in the Union.
Why is such training not equally
necessary for those whose future
work will probably be home max
/ ing? The broad principles underIy-
ing kindergarten training have been
thought out for us by many great
educators and philosophers OF the
past and present, and these pTln-
cipleS viii hcly the individual parent
a, well as the teachers 10 interpret
. his surroundings, 10 form 4 wiser
attitude toward lie, and to love and
understand children. Such an edu-
cation is almost indispensable to
mothers who would give to their
children the best OF all opportunities
the opportunity to grow arlght.
But ii. As mothers, we cannot have
such training or cannot send our
children TO kindergarten, let us plan
their early education in the home SO
that it will be based As lar as pos
sible upon sound principles OF child
study.
The child between the ages oi
three and SIX years is very impfes-
sionable, and upon his early eNper-
icnces must be based his whole lu-
ture education. Therefore II is I'M
portant to see that he receives only
right experiences.
The child is and should be con
stantly handling objects and con
stantly inquiring about them. Such
inauisitiveness is the greatest aid to
education. How many interesting
sights we pass DER because We lack
the keen observation OF child! lie
who is interested in much has IN
adance great advantage over the
Indifferent person and remains
Younger even in age; whereas the
indifferent becomes old in the seas
ons Of youth .o,
Let the child live with you. Ihs
i, not easy for 4 busy farmers wife
,uch as | am. 1t does not mean,
Keep out OF my way while NIX
this bread" 1t means Roll up your
sleeves and wash your hands. Now
din out four quarts Of flour for me.
Perhaps some OF the flour may be
spilled, but only by using the hands
will the child learn motor control:
What If the biscuits are not all
smooth? BY making three rows OF
four each, he will be learning val
liable number facts.
The child may ask, 'Why is the
Hour white; The wheat IS not
white" This question brings out
the whole story OF bread. Don
merely tell it; see it if possible-the
the growing wheat
field. the reaping, and threshing, the
,lour-mill, the bakery. Enrich the
,hilds experience with pictures,
stories and songs relating TO TINS
subject, and alter this sIlce OF
bread will be an object OF new IN
crest ia the child.
Tell in the same way about the
strawberries that he eats with MS
bread. Where do they come from
II YOU cannot show him the grow
ne plants. lind picture or draw
me so that ne may not say, as
adv OF my acquaintance did, I've
.lways had such a desire to see
strawberry bushes.
CITY children ask, why IS there
picture OF i COW on the butter pa
,er?" Ii YOU cannot visit dairy or
creamery. buy a gallon of milk
md let the child skim it and chufn
he cream into butter with the egg
,eater. Then after he has salted IT,
ct him eat some on his bread. MY
,ountrv children ask, How did the
iremen know there was a tre:
Their father took them TO the ire
louse to see the alarm bell and the
,oots, clothes and brass pole ready
or the night alarm.
When fathers go TO the tieid 10
ee the oats planted, they should
axe their five-year- boy or girl
long and tell the story or the
,rowth OF the seed.
On the way for the COWS, sharp
yes may lind badger hole or see
ONE muskrats in the creek.
Is all this education? The begin
lings of education are started in and
bout the home in the child'S atti-
ude and reaction toward his envir-
All the time, he is learn
ng to see and hear and TO think.
The child whose mother and father