The Elbert County tribune., 1919-01-31
kindergarten
Helps for Parents
Articles Issued by fhe Department
ofHfe Inferior. Bnreog Of Edueoaon
and ffIe
Nofionoi khIderg0r
NEED FOR KDERGARTENS
BY MARIE K. cHAEEEE.

Der of mothers in small town petit
TONED their school board for a public
kindergarten. They knew that there
were at least % children in the com
munity who would attend and that
there was "A vacant room in one school
house which could be used for the
purpose. But the school board con.
tended that there were too many
other expenses for&he coming year and
that the town could not afford to es-
tablish a kindergarten
The mothers, however. persisted in
their idea that the need for kinder
garten was very great. and after many
months of patient work they succeed
ed in persuading the school commit
tee to give the use of the vacant room.
class of eight children has now been
started, and 1t is in charge of a young
pupil kindergarten who Is taking this
work as her senior practice teaching.
charging only n small sum for each
child. She Is fun of enthusiasm and
the work has been progressing steadily
under her inspiring direction.
The children who attend the kin
dergarten are nearly all from good
families 1t impressed me strongly as
I cnnyassed the town in search OF
pupils, that the very parents who
could and did give their children
every possible advantage were the
ones who were quick to realize the op-
portunities in kindergarten training.
Other parents. whose children were
running Wild, physically and mem
tally, Sc to speak. would say 1--WE
don't think our child needs to 20 20
kindergarten" or 1--WE cannot afford
to pay so much for just having Mary
amused"
Like Well Managed Home.
All mothers should know that the
kindergarten is not n place where n
child is "iust amused" nor is 1t a
school room where facts are drilled
into a child's head for hours at
time. well-managed kindergarten
Is like wel-managed home, place
where the children may develop nat
urally and normally In the kinder
garten they do this to the very best
advantage under the careful guidance
of teacher trained for her work and
In the companlonship of other chill
dren
After Kindergarten has been
started. mothers should visit It fire.
quently and attend the apthers'
meetings which the Kindergarten con-
ducts in order to explain to them the
purpose OF the kindergarten and how
they may help Its work and influence.
In this way they Will come to under
stand the value of the games and
other activities of the kindergarten.
and will gain many helpful ideas and
suggestions. which may be used
equally ms well in the home as In the
kindergarten.
And right here should be pointed
out the opportunity the kindergarten
mother or the mother who knows
something of kindergarten methods
has in her community. She can start
the right spirit among the mothers
and children all about her II she so
desires. She can form mothers clubs
and have -llindergarten training
teacher or supervisor give talks. The
spirit of kindergarten games can be
carried into the whole community.
gathering in the fathers nnd mothers.
and thus greatly helping the child well
fare movement.
How Mothers Applied Methods.
know n mother who never had
any kindergarten training but be-
came Interested in It when her babies
were small. She read all the books
she could find on the subject and