THE FREE KINDERGARTENS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 690, 15 December 1909, Page 4

THE FREE KINDERGARTENS.

■j'i\Vhari v v a., kindergarten v school ■. breaks i up;" it adopts;;*' method very' different many^older-schools.. -In ;rhe>more .academio Schools tho,' pupils- sit; still. and . listeriavery qnietlyMvhile; their'; elders; read; Ion? .reports, and luako.VspMchea'jridicio'uslyr'.spriDklfld-. with' humorous remarks, which., are; always' applauded 'very; heartily;'.;and- .the prize-winners : ;hurry through .'.thoir 'part . : o£'-'-;the'.'programthe; 'the-re-ceiving ;.or^rizes,': : as v ,ijieekly'rarid ..rapidly -as i.v;ithiirbung; children■ it:is different;; the ■ -younger; .they are ; ;'the moro they do' arid say, -and; the ,kss ponspicuous,'are : their tldSrs'till you reach' the'schoolsfor.tho tiniest children,:-whent.'/the'; elders "almost,.'reach :tho ideal of -being .Seen;and•:not heard.,The 1 .children; do'everythirigAari'd the parents "simply; go. to ; .watch ; : the more: or'less;;BUCcessful efforts; of Tomhi'y.'or'Betty to,"carry through th*"'impart-' ant., part's that.; have: been; assigned,'-That.' is why ; a kirider'E'ar'teri'exQibitibn'is'so delightful. Ono'.stfatohes. dozens'; of ...intent serious little faces,; arid '.-always 'here and .there,; the .naive child ;'nature;:breaks!;throngh .'.the training in sonio.'original'iashioni ;.as,, for : instance; 1 -! when one .very, small'boy,'.yesterday,'stood; in; front of all his companions, doing drill, trying hard to manage the tv* flags, .which he was supposed td : .hold ;m either;'hand, : and'also/his. pet hat,' ironi-which he could not think, of parting.; Ho was irigenious.in his'contrivariees, buta-watch-ful; teaoher, leaned'over, his shoulder, and took the.pf<wjious;.hat;awa"y;.Theii the soldier .drilled with >v"rK.' ; ; ; ;■■;:■.". /^''■!:■■ ].-^ v '-.''. ]: