Show t. t j t EDUCATORS FAVOR iI THE KINDERGARTEN 4 t lJJ R r F Continued d from last issue ap r At first sight ht the beneficial results of or ori i kindergarten work are not so apparent c tY ent as is the work of the grades The children do not learn so much arithmetic arith arith- 11 metie so much geography so much I f. f history at least in terms of general t measurement measurement A And d partly for this vi r l-r 5 reason the service pervice which A k t the kindergarten n is rendering has r. r t been slow in securing due i tion tiou Year by year however it IsI is I t f becoming most apparent that this de t-h t t. t t of the school system is one I of the strongest socializing agencies t f brought into the life of the child i that it has very much to do with enabling en ex- l ablin abling him later on to fit not only into into in in- A to the life of the tho school but also into the the life of the community It hk hM t- t come to be bo pretty well understood K k i that hat kindergarten training has much v x to do with making useful citizens r i Doubtless the main reason reason why too too few kindergartens have been established established es es- 1 lies in the scarcity of school scho l i t funds fund There has been a determined qi q effort on n the part of our citizens i t ever everywhere everywhere to give their children rJ high school advantages Most of or the of-the the l local funds raised for school purposes 5 other than for the elementary schools J 1 have been used in providing from onor ono onoto r t f to f four ur years' years hi high h school training fort for forthe t. t the young men and women of our communities Now that the state is ilk r 1 giving iving y mill tax to aid the high highl l schools it is confide confidently expected j if v jv that kinder kindergartens will mil be established lj J and and nd equipped to mee meet fully all of the wy requirements contemplated by law It Itis j is believed that soon Boon the work of the f 7 kindergarten will justify the efforts of t f its ardent advocates especially of ir the good women who have worked j diligently for the promotion of the f cause throughout the state stat statI seta y I Among other Among other things the kinder kinder- kindergarten yr r t c g garten arten teaches children at an an earl early Y a 1 a age e to use their hands and fingers r. r which will result in greater skill in f all sorts orts of manipulation by the hand 1 1 and and fingers in later life By the work lt of f the kindergarten the surgeon will willbe willbe be able ble to use the knife with greater Y precision and accuracy the research J sy and laboratory worker w will l be more 4 exact and more skillful in the preparation preparation preparation of apparatus and performance I i of experiments and the mechanic i r more accurate in the execution of his I I. rJ I f work The kindergarten will enable l' l the home keeper to be more marc expert in the use of the needle and at aA a 1 A f f greater ease in the kitchen r Any employment involving the 0 use us of the hands hands and themay the fingers may be advanced to a highly 1 e. e perfected de degree ree through work of the Ian f t kind kindergarten The fhe ability to use with Th s ease and skill the fin fingers ers will p promote ff the interests of man beyond measure Y n PROP PROF PROFF F F. W. W R REYNOLDS Sa Says s 's s Prof F. F W. W Reynolds of the theY Y 1 University of Utah regarding the function of the kindergarten as it has come under his notice aYo My two little children n are in t attendance at- at at the kindergarten of the State Normal school and their kindergarten kindergarten kinder kinder- garten occupations proving are are proving to beof be beof beof of great valve in their development Centering in the activities of the home and of the kinds of work by which the home is supported they at once catch the interests of the children children chil Ihil- dren and at the same sarna time greatly broaden their acquaintance with things and their sympathies These occupations and the little tittle songs and gam games gamers ts which they learn easil easily come over into the home and are the source 9 there of very agreeable pastime and educational activity I 1 believe inthe in inthe inthe the kindergarten |