Evening star., 1936-02-03
i'd Numbers of Leftover Egg Yos May Present Culinary Problem
The Nursery
Must Have
TrainedHead
Tact and Patience as
Well as Teaching
Ability Essential
RY ANGELO PATRI.

bI ANNEAO FA1hl.
THE teacher selected to teach the
beginners, usually known as the
baby class, should be peculiarly fitted
by nature-and training for her very
important work 1t is this first teacher
who sets the child's attitudes toward
school for years to come. It is her
manners. her code, her character that
Is impressed upon the little one for all
the days to come.
There are still communities that be-
Neve that anybody who can read and
write can teach the beginners. They
reap their reward in backward chill
dren. children with school fears and
breads, children with poor school
habits and attitudes. And what is
more, children started on their book
education with unsound fundamental
instruction.
A little child is mystery. Nobody
knows just who and what he is. His
secret is buried within him, and only
time and experience will bring it to
the surface. If the hand that works
upon him during these first cropping
years is unskilled, unfirm, unknowing,
not tender, there is grave danger that
the hidden personality of the child
may be blighted and the gift that is
his precious possession brought to
naught.
The teacher of the beginners should
be q woman of some maturity. Her
health of body and mind should be
evident in the tones CT her voice, in
the spring of her body, and the light
in her eyes. She should be a master
Of primary education, and by that I
mean one who has studied and prac-
ticed under wise and understanding
supervision the art of teaching little
children. The baby class is no place
for the inexperienced beginner.
This teacher should know how to
dress simply and attractively. There
should be color and line and style
in her clothes because they speak
to the children for her. They love
the trim dress and the bright touch
Of color. Her manners should be as
perfect as manners can be, for courtesy
persuades little children, but rough
gesture, a harsh tone, rude speech
will repel them.
Fear should have no place in the
baby class. Force, its creator. should
never enter there. This teacher is
q mixture of mother nurse and
teacher, personality at once aloof
and yet close. Once new teacher
arrived to take the place of one who
had served out her lifetime in the
first room. Nobody knew her and
the others were anxious. It rained
hard soon after she had taken charge
and Mrs. Magory, whose little son Pat
was susceptible to Group if he got
wet feet, could not resist going to
see if Pats feet were wet.
Softly she tip-toed down the hall
to the door of the first room. opened
1t crack and peeked in. She saw
Pat, his feet raped in little woolen
shawl, sitting on the teachers lap,
reading his primer lesson aloud. His
shoes and stockings were hung to
dry by the radiator. Those stockings
had been washed out. Softly as she
had come, Mrs. Magory stole away,
wiping the mist, it was a rainy day,
you know, from her eyes as she
went forth to spread the news that
the children were safe.
Such teachers are rare, and they
should be paid the highest salary
on the schedule when they are found,
treated like the queens they are and
persuaded to stay forever. The baby
class holds the key to the babies
future.