South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-12


however. that Il is the way feel and
not the chil6's naughtiness thai is
the cause. DO you ever stop TO
think that today you scold your
child for something that yesterday
passed unnoticed? 1t was a wise
person who said. always count 10
before beginning 70 scold. That
gives you a chance 20 think who is
in the wrong. and how much he Is
IN the wrong.
have just finished reading an
article by Thomas l. Mason, the
subject OF which was, can Parents
and Children Get Together" This
question was answered in the few
words: Yes, through love and pa
tience" The article showed that
parents as we'll as children need
bringing up; that the child is not
only what he makes himself, but
what he makes himself plus what
the parents makes themselves.
Therefore parents need 20 watch
themselves. in order to understand
their children better.
We say, Come let Us live with
our children" Children without
knowing it say. come let US live
with our parents" Where is the
little girl who does not want to
make cookies like mother. who does
not enjoy having an apron and cap
To put on when she dusts2 Where
is the boy who is not proud TO have
a box Of tools like fathers Bob
said 70 me the other day, Mother,
when can I have collars and neck
ties like daddy's?" In all things our
children copy US. What a respon-
sibility for US.
II is "a great thing 10 have kin
dergartens in the public schools, so
that We can share our responsible
ity with the teachers. When we
send our children TO kindergarten
ten we are placing them for few
hours each day in the care of some
che who has been trained through
years OF hard study to give TO them
mentally. morally and physically just
we are placing them for a few
what they need Perhaps all moth
ers do not know hove to live with
their children. II is a great thing
then that their children can go to
kindergarten and come in touch with
someone who can live with them. A
well-trained sympathetic teacher
will do more for a child than an
unsympathetic mother. Teachers
also have a perspective on a child.
while mothers have only the close
view. AS soon as mothers realize
that they can learn from many
sources. there will be better boys
and girls in the world.
Send your children to kindergar-
ten. They will come home and tell
YOU what they did Some day the
teacher will call on you and invite
YOU 20 go and see the children in
the kindergarten. Accept the in
vitation and / am sure after spend
ins a morning there you will under
stand what a valuable gift Froebel
gave us when he started kindergar-
tens
While I was teaching. mothers
would come and ask me how John
or Lucy behaved. When I said
splendidly. they were most sur
prised They could not understand
il. for their child was so naughty at
home. 1 found that the fault was
mostly with the mother. She was
not sympathetic with or interested
enough in her boy or girl. In kin
dergarten the child was allowed
more freedom 10 express himself,
and his interests were carefully OBJ
served and fostered.
Another experience had while
teaching was with a child who did
not want TO come 10 kindergarten.
Z
suasive powers; he would come as
far as the door and no farther. The
fourth day I got him into the room.
but he would not sit down. The next
day he took his chair, and after
that little by little he became a
part Of the kindergarten. In the
end he was one Of my most helpful
pupils When / went to call on his
parents / found that he lived over
saloon and that both his father
and mother were heavy drinkers.
He had been brought up with
whippinEs. and that was the reason
for his extreme distrust when he
drst came 10 the kindergarten.
Many persons have said 10 me,
all that children do in kindergar-
asking if they have ever been In d
kindergarten and almost always the
answer Is no. Then I tell them 10
10 and visit one and that after that
/ will talk 20 them.
or course children play in kim
dergarten What ought children
from four 10 six years Of age do
The play. however. is SO carefully
selected and guided that throughout
il all, the children learn many
things. They learn from pictures
games, blocks ard so on. Ny Bob
by. though only four, knows the
simplest forms and shaPes-the
sphere. cube and cylinder. and the
circle. square. oblong and triangle
Direction is also taught in the rim
dergarten. Through plays, pictures
and games the children learn about
the various trades and their benefit
10 US These are only few OF the
things they learn and I wish
could 20 on and tell all But even
IL I had the time I could not d.
60 for 1 DO not know all myself