The Ordway new era., 1919-02-07
kindergarten
Helps for Parents
Articles Issued by fhe Department
OF the Interior. Bureau of Education
and the
National ktndsrgorfe
BEING A GOOD MOTHER
BY MRS. ISABEL S. WALLACE.

BY MRS. ISABEL S. WALLACE.
The education of young girls should
prepare them for the greatest work in
The world--wifehood and motherhood.
and wish they could all have courses
IN home-nursing domestic science and
kindergarten training.
My training as kindergarten
taught me many things. among thea
keeping strictly to schedule; so my
baby was fed, bathed and put 70 bed
regularly. Habit is formed early In
life, and can help to make or mar
character, depending on whether hab-
It's are good or bad. This carrying out
Of a regular schedule was hot al
ways easy, for it meant sacrifice of
many pleasures. But wanted to be
good mother first of all, and l was
rewarded by having happy. good
baby. Even now ut six years old
there is no fuss at nap time or bed
time. One of. the things taught un-
consciously in the Kindergarten is reg
llarity and promptness, and these can
be taught in the home just as well.
Long before baby could talk she
knew the little play for the fingers,
Here's ball for baby
: Here's bali for Baby.
Big and soft and round!'
Here is Baby's hammer
o, how he can pound!
Here is Baby's music
Chipping. clapping so,
Here are Baby's soldiers.
Standing in a row!
Here's Babys trumpet.
Toot-too-too. Too-too!
Here's the way that Baby
Here's at "Peek-a-boo
Here's big umbrella
Keep the Baby dry!
Here's the Baby's cradle
Rock-a-baby by!
Emile Poulsson.
The ball Is made with the two hands
rounded together; TIE hammer by
doubling up the hands and pounding,
one on top of the other. Baby's SOL
Hers are made by holding all the
ingers up straight. The hands are
clapped together for the music, and
doubled UP, one in front of the other
,or trumpet. For peekaboo the
fingers are spread in front of the eyes
so that baby can see between them.
The umbrella is made by placing the
palm of one hand on the index finger
If the other and the cradle by put
ting the two hands together. insides
Of the palms touching and outer sides \
open.
Baby TRIES to Initiate.
As 1 said the words of this little
play and made the motions, baby
would try to make the motions, too.
She also knew "Five Little Squirrels"
Squirrel Living Here" OF course she
could not play them perfectly, but
she loved them and wanted me to play
them for. her over and over.
Bnby also loved music and even
when very tiny would stop crying. to
listen to soft music. She has always
loved stories also. First we took up
"Mother Goose Rhymes" I would re-
peat them tover and over to baby as 1
sat sewing and she played on the floor,
and before she was two years old she
knew a great many of them. She also
knew the words of several little songs,
such as "Rock-a-bye Baby" 1t was
enchanting to hear her say them in
her sweet baby way. l never actually
taught her the songs, however, simply
singing them over and over again.
Baby played with two other little
girls from the age of three until over
Tour. One was younger and the other
older than she. The two little girls
did not have much home training as
their mother was a society woman and
left the children to the care of a maid.
They almost lived at our house. When \
the children grew quarrelsome, 1 usu-.
ally suggested party. The little
table and chairs were gayly set on
the piazza, weather permitting, and
milk, graham biscuits and dates were
served or grape Juice and arrowroot
biscuit. Sometimes an apple or an
orange was carefully prepared for the
occasion. Such party always stop
ped the Guarreling. Sitting down
rested them and eating quieted them.
Then after they bad finished I left my
work and told them story. oh, how
eager their little faces were!
One day, the younger visitor, who
was spoiled and selfish and conse-
quently quarrelsome. was making
things unpleasant for the other two.
I entered the room and quietly took
her on my lap. She knew she had
been naughty and was little afraid
of me and also curious as to what was
going to happen. The other two chill
dren watched with awe and wonder
on their little faces. Very quietly
told a story my grandmother used fo
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