Show t l' l p. p 1 in r I. I t- t t. t w A 6 t h i h t t t i Training T Little 1 e Ch Children 1 Id ren It I t t I ti T f 1 r J Suggestions b by Y Yby Mothers Who Have Been Kindergartners t Issued by the tho t Q United States Bureau of Education and the National Kinder Kinder- Association It 1 gart Earten garten n M J. J I l J DY DV Ins uns LL Li onE it U. RANUS R. er E knows that n a normal child jt 4 Everyone ono I t j T- T I t f has lias an active mind but many p parents i jt do nothing to strengthen or train this i. i vital part of ot their childs child's life liCe leaving nil all mental development to the teachers In Jn tho the schools Those parents are arc ini in- in nia n- n ii ia i des deed d fortunate who have have kindergartens 1 I r Jn In tn their town or city for the kinder kinder- i 1 F t garten gives Ivos systematic mental training train train- 1 ing to children as early as the fourth o t f j year earThe ear I t The easiest way ur to teach tech a D child to toi i think is through play The mother can 5 r begin to sing Bing Mother Goose rhymes Infant ln An s the I i t to 0 to the mere j child gr grows ws he recognizes the words word i and often the tho tune tunes Later he will ask asle J l for tor his hils favorite or rhymes rhyme an and 1 then thon begin to sins sing and recite himself r Up lip to this point tho mother has f t pushed three things things' s Strengthened the i J i memory cultivated an ear car for tor music J and the ability to carr carry a simple tune tunc I PI fOr t t and enlarged tho the childs child's vocabulary t t F Limit Your Talk r Be De sure to use only the tho best grammar grammar gram- gram T. T mar when talking with a child nab Baby 11 talk Is funn funny for tor tho ups grown-ups for awhile a ar 1 r while but tho the difficulty tho the child faces J In overcoming this Is tremendous As the child grows older a story hour I should hould become a n. part rt of ot each day This Is r really a n. lesson In lan language Tho mother should begin with the finger I J j plays plas when the child is 8 S or 9 3 months This and ond andI old such as is the church I 1 this Is the steeple Pat a e and the tho counting lesson Tho thumb is one tho the pointer two the middle finger 1 71 three ring finger four our little finger ringer 1 i five the and that is la all you ou seo see What J i. i i the child Imitates he begins to und understand under under- rr r- r r stand That Is 18 tho great purpose of oC II the finger plays plas t As the child grows growe other stories can canI I be added to the story hour A normal I. I I child from about 2 years ears of or age on JL f I loves the stories of ot The Tho Three Bears Dears j f f The Tho Three Pigs PIg Little Half Halt Chick JJ j J Little Reel Red lien Hen and other similar i simple tales n a list of or which will bo ho bot i. i t I. I t found at the conclusion of ot this article I J In telling stories to children cape cape- f dally to ver very young children avoid 1 I r i J the element clement of ot fear tear I Child nM nil Narrator I Children love lovo best the stories the they I have e heard before A good rule is to let the child choose his own stor story I r Mother can Introduce a a- a anew anew new stor story when i she deems bet best Another good plan isto Is to have ha the child tell mother a l story sometimes as ns this wl will 1 aid self seU elon and be a lesson In language r. r 1 To teach counting make use of ot the i I t play spirit again In bouncing a ball baIJ 1 I repeat the time old-time Jingle One two buckle bucklo m my shoe You will be surprised surprised sur- sur at nt how quickly the little ones will begin to count A Again aln In tn building build build- ing blocks make malee a gamo game of or counting by saying Give mother one ono block then Give mother one two three blocks block etc It is unwise to teach a n child under 3 i numbers higher than ten The They are arc well started If Ir the they arc able to count ax as hl hight h as this correctly To develop the power power o of concentration tion without which no human being can cnn be bo success successful CuI In life there must mut be a 1 certain amount of ot directed pl play each day Children arc aro given this in kindergarten and the mother can cnn also alfo give It to them In the tho home When hen mother sews the opportunity to direct pIa play pUy Is at once afforded b by having tho child chUd sit close by and sow SO a n. piece of ot woven loose-woven cloth such as 18 canvas or scrim A big pointed blunt-pointed needle should be bo cho chosen en for the tho purpose and tied securely to a heavy thread When Yhan tho the child shows evidences of oC fatigue ue the thc work should bo be laid aside for Cor another another another an an- other day a TA Tench Cone fOn f rn i f Inn I I n. n Large colored colore wooden kindergarten arten cubes and spheres one Inch in sl size e with a hole through h the center to toj j string on shoo shoe laces aro are also fine tine for tor fora a 1 le lesson on In concentration This occupation occupation pation should be bo permitted only when mother Is close by to watch and help For a n. child of ot 3 or older kindergarten ten sewing cards which are arc perforated and to be bl worked cocked In colored worsteds s are aro interesting and instructive An economical economical economical eco eco- way to procure such cards is for mother or father to cut squares or oblongs out of ot cardboard lightly trace an nn apple ball or some other object on onono ono one of ot the pieces and then perforate tho the outlines e ovary every ry Inch half making the tho holes as large large as the head of oC a I. I pin These outlines can then be bo sewed by bythe bytho bytho tho the child in bright colors working up and down In the tho holes Be Dc sure the ho outlines of or the objects to bo be sewed are large as as small objects are arc too trying for young oung hands h and eyes ces Helpful Hooks Books For the tho Childrens Children's Hour Hour Carolyn Carolyn Bailey Battey How to Tell TeU Stories to Children Children- Sarah Cone Bryant Stories to Tell to Children Sarah Children Sarah Cone Dr Bryant ant Childrens Children's Book IL Book IL E E. Scudder Half Hal a Hundred Hero Tales Tales Francis Francis Mother Iother Stories Stories Maud Maud Lindsey Lindsay More Mother Stories Stories Maud Maud LIndsey Kindergarten Stor Story Book Jane Book Jane L L. Hoxie Firelight ht Stories Stories Carolyn Carolyn Bailey nalley The Childrens Children's Reading Reading Frances Frances J J. J Olcott Three Minute Stories Stories Laura Laura R E. Richards Telling Story-Telling In School and Home Home- 13 E. N and G. G I 13 E. Partridge Tales of or Laughter Laughter Kate Kate Douglas and Nora ora Archbold Smith The Talking Beasts Beasts Wiggin and Smith Tho The Stor Story Hour Hour Wiggin and Smith Wonder onder Book Book Dook Hawthorne Tanglewood Tales Hawthorne Just So Stories Stories Kipling Jungle Jung Book Bool Book Kipling NI Nights With Uncle Joel Remus-Joel Joel Chand Chandler ICI Harris Harrl s. s In Story land land ElIzabeth Elizabeth Harrison A Little Book of ot Profitable Field Fairy Fairy- Grimm Tales Tales Grimm Anderson Fables Peter Rabbit Stories Beatrix Beatrix Potter Potter Pot Pot- ter Index to Short Stories Stories Salisbury Salisbury D Ii Myths I That Every Child Should I Know Know Hamilton Hamilton Wright right Mablo In the tho Childs Child's World World World-Emilie son eon P and Songs Song A Childs Child's Gal Gat Gordon don of oC Verses Verses Robert Robert Louis Stevenson The Ring Ring WIggin Smith Small Songs for fOt Small Singers Singers- Mother Iother Goose Set to Music J. Music J. J W W. Elliott Finger Plays Plays Plays-Emilie Emilic Poul son |