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T t 1 I l Q I lt t. t r JIt fL A o f f if I i st If f I It t 0 i 1 kill t I. f 1 tl y 1 I I IIo I t 1 I bd 1 11 jJ z It I o I l 1 f h S t r. r ti i X l' l S t Some children have never neverseen neverseen neverseen seen farm animals We pre- pre trained them before we brought them to visit the farms but I think some of them still confuse horses and cows said Miss Eva May Green Head Start director di director dl- dl rector for Salt Lake City Schools Two farmers In your county gave generously of their time during their busy season she added appreciatively THOMAS Williams of Centerville Centerville Centerville Center- Center ville and Golden Webster of West Kaysville were hosts to I nearly children in groups of 40 brought to their far farms InS during I July In many cases curious and interested parents also accompanied panted their offspring I Miss Green said the five ve year olds enrolled in the week eight-week summer program for Head Start generally lacked breadth of experiences rather than a lack of native ability They tended to have lived jived under environment deprivation conditions all their short lives crowded in quarters with a high noise level large family where members of the family rarely exchange Ideas M I 33 MOST OF THE Head Start children in the program In the Salt Lake Schools come from families averaging bet between wee n seven and eight people Miss Green said All fall below the theOffice theOffice theOffice Office of Economic Opportunity poverty line which is designated at annual income for a family of f four and for each additional child In some few cases the a actual cash during the year is less than 1000 Before visiting the farms the I I staff working with Head Start cl children thoroughly schooled them In theories of farm life and the ani animals mals to be found there They were taught to ex expect expect expect ex- ex different kinds of or animals from the type they saw on a visit to the zoo THEY LEARNED what comprises comprises comprises com com- the farmers farmer's work the duties of a farmers farmer's wife and what their children do to help The tea teachers teachers' c her s' s preparedness lessons were so effective that when the day to visit the farm came the little five year olds were tremendously e ex excited x c i 1 t e d about meeting and seeing the things that they knew about only from discussion One child said excitedly I I knew what were we're going to see Were We're not going to see a bear Were We're going to see a pig ANOTHER child seriously asked one of the farmers Do you have a garden and grow your own carrots f I The children felt very close and very friendly to the animals they saw Upon leaving one lit little little lIt lIt- tle tIe girl intently waved goodby to a cow and said Good bye Cow One little boy found a ayoung ayoung ayoung young kitten and cuddled 1 it t close to his face talking to It and fondling It for nearly the whole visit THE CHILDREN first met the farmer and his Ws family and were then taken to visit the livestock They were fascinated seeing ducks swim hens sitting on eggs calves and kittens It was a remarkable first first- hand experience for the children children children chil chil- dren Miss Green commented From this we can now build a alot alot alot lot of or vicarious experiences e for them when we are In the classroom classroom classroom class class- room reading about farm ani anI- ani- ani mals EACH FARM offered its own special highlights to the children children children chil chil- dren without pre-planning pre of any sort At the Webster farm the highlight in the childrens children's memory was the pigs the ride on the hayrack to the meadow and cows licking their hands At the Williams' Williams farm chIldren children children chil chIl- dren remembered most excitedly excitedly excitedly edly sliding down a haystack which they completely scat scat- They remembered too helping feed the horses hay THE CHILDRENS CHILDREN'S visits be began began began be- be gan at am a.m. By noon they had assembled In either Kaysville Kaysville Kaysville Kays Kays- ville city park when they visited the Webster farm or Centerville city park when they visited the Williams farm The city School Food Service brought them a hot lunch which is part of the Head Start Program Their trip was Vas over The value of Miss Green explained lies in helping helping helping help help- ing the children develop experiences experiences experiences exper exper- suitable to their age group so that when they start kindergarten they fit In the rest of the class has enjoyed IN NOISY crowded quarters a family learns not to make unnecessary conversations the mother is and often does not give each child Individual individual Indi indi- vidual attention In time children children children chil chil- dren learn to tune out the noise but it also tunes out their lis listening listening listening lis- lis ability and span of attention atten atten- tion the tion the foundation of learning The process of learning lies in association The word horse or cow or pig can be learned easier if the child has had personal personal personal per per- experience with the ani ani- mal The difference between a hayrack and a haystack is un understood understood understood un- un if the child has had the experience and has talked about it afterwards THE SUMMER program In Salt Lake encompasses five year olds who will be ready for J kindergarten on Sept 15 There are 16 teachers assisted by paid aides and a number of 17 16 year old year volunteers Ik lk |