, 1923-06-21

painting and working with clay;
children looking at pictures: child
rem playing house. This Is the mod
ern kindergarten. 1t is difficult to
make a work picture describe the at
m%osphere. "Whole-hearted, pur-
poseful activity proceeding in a so
cial environment is a definition OF
the method"
AS to the scope of the work car
ried on in the kindergarten, the fol-
lowing paragraph taken from the
Rawlins Course of study will serve
to indicate the plan: The aim of
the Kindergarten is to create and de-
volop interest; to give the child an
opportunity to exercise judgment
and self control; provide for
activity; to encourage individuality
n originality; to teach obedience,
courtesy, meekness, concentration,
responsibility, cooperation and good
daily living habits; to continue in
the school in as normal a way as
possible life's activities outside of the
school.
The subject matter of the Kinder
| garten cannot be given in any set
form for both method of procedure.
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ed by the purposes of the children.
However, the purposeful activities or.
projects can be classified under four.
distinct headings, namely:-G)
Play: (2) Socia, Experience; CD
Nature Experiences: C4) Construc-
tive Activity.
Tho chief materials used are wood.
and tools, sewing materials, plasti-
cine and clay, water colors and cray
olas, building blocks, scissors. paste.
and construction paper. But the
kindergarten program is much more
extensive and comprehensive than
it is possible to indicate in a para
graph or two as attempted above.
The best way to find out what the
kindergarten attempts to do, is to
visit it.
The one thing that the Kinder
garten needs for next year more than
anything else is a cupboard 90 inch
es deep and 8 feet high across the
entire south wall of the kinder
Earten room. The top of this cup
board is to be used for exhibit pur-
poses, the ends for supplies. and the
middle section for %children's indivi6-
ual lockers. This cupboard should
be finished so as to match the rest
of the room as 1t will be a perman-
fixture in the kindergarten. 1t
is a much needed addition both for
the teacher and for the children.
II used to be thought that kind
erEarten training was superfous.
the home life supplied all the
training of that sort that was neces-
sary. II is now generally recognized
the home is not prepared or {
equipped to give this kind of train
ing. and our leading educators agree 1
such training is desirable and 4
necessary. The kindergarten bridges
gap between the home and the {
and makes the transition from J
home-life to school-life seem less alb
rupt and therefore easier. Child I
who have had Kindergarten
training do better work in the pri-
mary grades than those who have
not had this training. This TACT
can be established by observation
and comparison. Tho Kindergar-
ten as an educational organization
has come TO stay. and practically all
or the more progressive school sys-
have now established one or
more kin%dergartens.
b. The Library. For a school no
larger than ours we feel that we have
a very good library. The library
contains about two thousand volum-
es. most OF which are well-select-
ed. The library is open during the
entire school day and is In charge
OF n librarian who is always ready to
assist the pupils in finding any par
ticular book or reference. At pres
ent there are two lac reading ia
bles in the lib-lr- v''h chairs suf-
hcient to accommodate twenty pu-
pills. We ind that this Is inadeou-
ate, rs there are certain periods
when more pupils than that need to
use the library. More room is need
ed but II IL scarcely probable that
II can he mad until va get the new
high school building.
c. American Education Week. The
week OF December 40 1922. was set
aside by proclamation OF President
Harding rs American Education
Week and was quite generally and
appropriately observed In Rawlins.
the various schools. churches. clubs
and other organizations cooperating
heartily. On Sunday services were
held In the churches q emphasize
the topic OF education in the home.
school and church. Monday was
known as American Citizen Day"
the topic assigned to that day be
Ing h problem OF Americnnizinr the
foreigner In our country. Patriot
Ism Day" on Tuesday. was devoted to
the subject OF country's history.
what patriotism means. and what, our
Nag was designated for. Wednesday
known ~ schools and Toachcra'
Day This day was designated for
the purpose OF examining our school
system, its and prohioms