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Show I Woman's Page dl0T KINDERGARTEN HELPS FOR ALL PARENTS By Florence A. Pardee. fn uv Th.e kindficirirn ;- h- . -.pi.- n:.-1 n:.-1 J link between the honn and Hit-school Co-operation between kindergarten aDd home may sound rather fonn id-able, id-able, but it really Is just thinking over Haiti hat your precious four year-old Ik doing every da In his new environment. environ-ment. He is no longer a baby, but a i boy. Are ou helping or hindering i tun in his effort 10 establish his own 11m Ol identltv aruong thirty other little s.Whi folks, aDd to lhe happly with ihom" ti&ts. Pfrhap? ho has never played with children and is different or masterful. ' In the little social world of the kinder-Sirten kinder-Sirten he finds that each child hae iila' riFht5 a rlht ,0 skip or plav bnll - for Instance, and that every child has a "urn and he must wait for his sorae-at sorae-at if, times . Orderly way ar learned here. Hi -, bt and coat (with sleeves right side out) must be hung on his own low got took. Have one at home fur his spe o 0)11 use. rutting on and taking off oolK rubbers is another way of self-help cieui vblch mother as well as kindergarten ie.ii may foster Toy--, blocks and serap-0 serap-0 books used during free play periods to kindergarten must be put back Inhere they were taken from. Cultivate this habit; It is a good one. hiU 1 ..Ur oav& always begin happily, with iSIH friendly greetings, songs, lovely music S or stories and picture-. A ' gmwn-up i calendar this year says ' Be ph-asant "ry morning until' 10 o'clock; the t, Test of the day will take care of it- p j " ji . Help the cfclld'a memory and vocabu-I vocabu-I wry by encouraging him to repeat the Kindergarten songs and stories Then I I1" tell him a new one. In the nwtl yls marching and games of the kln-lt kln-lt I 7 cergarten the natural impulse to be 'is- ' anything, from a hor-e to an airship. Is i gratified Help to develop the imagination imagin-ation and imitative faculty in this way at home sometimes Help us answer the eudless questions which it is the child's right to have answered. A promise for good or evil niut al ways be kept, so please don't threaten to give him to the policeman, who Is the child's best friend when he is I lost. i So often a bit of neat pasting, good j paper folding, a crayon sketch or cut out picture done in kindergarten Is quite ignored b the busv mother I ("ould you have seen the absorbed interest, in-terest, the Bcrewed-up mouth or the twisting tongue necessary for a -small person to accomplish this real work for your pleasure, surely you would have given praise where it was due. Besides, the training of eye and hand is invaluable, and should be encouraged encour-aged in every possible way. Above all. visit the kindergarten 'without waiting for Christmas invita Hons. Compare notes with the kinder gartener, and you may be surprised at the dual nature your bov presents, and the help it will be to see him from another angle. For the mother who lives in a neighborhood neigh-borhood without a public kindergarten, there is this message. Try to get all the mothers in your vicinity to petition peti-tion the school board for one. Inter est influential men and women Of the community in your plans Write to the United States Bureau of Education for a petition form and leaflets Keep in touch with modern kindergarten kinder-garten literature, this is listed in the free catalogues of the kindergarten j supply houses Milton Br&dly Co.,, Springfield. Mass.. and E. Stelger & I Co.. 49 Murray Street, New York Keep on telling stories from Mother, noose classics. Plan systematic occu ipations for the children and sit by and work with them daily Play games yourbelf with them and invite Othei children to come to Join in. Take walks and enjoy the great out-of-door school at all times of the year. Help to reach all the parents of the I country by cutting this out and passing pass-ing it on to a friend oo 1 |