Show BENEFITS OF kindergartens SOME MORE ON THE BENEFITS OF GOOD kindergartens it has been bald by the ignorant class of people regarding kindergan tens they do nothing there but play while the initiated able to look at the power behind the throne knows that a childs play strengthens the both of and of the body provided wo know how to make the first self occupation of a child a freely active that is a or a productive one we all admit that the first impressions which a young child receives ara stronger and more lasting than those in later life therefore the kindergarten age of the child Is used to direct the of mind and heart to prepare the mind to love truth and goodness and to love our fellow beings the kindergarten introduces him into a community of his equals in which the usual collision of child life are constantly occurring in tho adjustment of which he gets experience that has much to do with the formation of character character Is a term often used for kindergarten work and justly so he learns and makes the habit to respect the righta of others and to be himself celt asserting when need requires it he Is treated justly and tenderly and learns to treat in the same way those younger than himself he represents in games bongs and occupation cu every face of life and respects therefore one man as highly as any other and no one man nor his occupation above another one who can watch the kindergarten performance for mance with a critical and understanding eye and not declare that it Is simply development guided and controlled troll ed or it you please activity of tha child directed and controlled Is there one parent who does not know that his child has a superabundance super abundance of activity and that when this power Is misdirected his Is given the name of a mischief a nuisance etc froebel was the first one who discovered the great secret how to direct this the greatest of all gods gifts instead of letting it go to waste or to be used wrongfully he utilized it and gave it the fullest development I 1 want to make a strong appeal to the public to demand kindergartens tree public kindergartens for their children demand them tor all the children alike tor they have all the same claims upon the love of god being hh children without any distinction and upon the love of man being all brothers it you realize the value of kinder bartens gar tens you will be fully aware that it is not economy but reckless waste to grudge the money nete essary for kin dergar tens I 1 assure you no professional and art schools open for grownup youths only can repair what was lost in early childhood no matter how good the teaching the neglect of childhood the enormous waste of childish time and childish power is one of the most fruitful sources of crime insanity and poverty it Is easier and cheaper and a million times more glorious to form childhood than to reform manhood and womanhood whole communities of people may some day understand that cheap primary schools are worse than cheap high schools kindergarten education Is primarily a spiritual education it makes the loving heart of more importance than the thinking head or the skillful hand these have their own great value but this has greater in the innocent and orderly th e children are taught to enjoy and enhance each others enjoyment and the training of their creative powers enables them to make something to give and by giving they learn to love to give washington allston says the only competition worthy of a wise man Is with himself competition with themselves Is the only competition permitted in the kindergarten and besides this how foolish wicked and hideous appears the selfish emulation fostered in our schools by the place taking and ranking and marking of children even in lower classes those teachers who cannot inspire children with a love of learning without these stimulants so deadly in their effect upon the soul have mistaken their calling and those who have the grave responsibility of school committees may well ponder the probable results one more I 1 would exhort the people to secure kindergartens for the children do not feel satisfied until they are secured to you by law and enforced 1 by law and that with tho best endowments too send your best and most intelligent men and women to the legislature and keep the alre of desire for them burning in your own hearts and in the hearts of others until you have reached your most precious end and I 1 know no better way to keep all these fires ablaze than by paying many visits to your own free public kindergarten where Fr spirit is as near carried out to perfection as it can as yet be accomplished A LOVER OF CHILDREN |