NOTES FOR WOMEN

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10057, 23 August 1918, Page 8

NOTES FOR WOMEN

- LEARNING BY DOING kindergarten work. The third: of the domonstrationn by children of ilho Wellington Free /Kindergartens was given .-yesterday;, afternoon in . tho Masonic,;: Half/ by ■ tho! Brooklyn’school- under tho direction of Miss D’Oyly/ The subject for the day was ‘‘Earm Lif© and. Its /Products/’ and this :Wa* carried out. by.’ games and song’s about milking, etc. ,and" action rythm; representirig cutting grass for -the cows ’ to ! eat, digging and putting in posts. The table work:included.- butter-making, -and- after/ the "teacher * had * ©xplai ned * the/process, /reaf butter- was"'made ■ in giass jars,- . eveiy child "having: a.;,‘‘shake.’’. " / i v : ''lt'.is- a- noticeable; thing at thesojdembhstrations how- keen’ the.cluldren afa at : the; practical things.; -Making butter./ hadr!inuch: ; more fascination •■foir them. tha n"' threading ( beads which, • by the: way.-, were all’ picked but,in' yellow, the colour.of. butter.Picture-u'ork was done by on© /class, representing. .fnilk-ing-time, .. and : . the train/ .that .brings the : milk ; to/the /city. was/built at another- table With blocks. There wasva very large /attcridahCe, and the game* and action- songs ■ particularly were watched(with much jintcrest... ' Before; the afternoon’s work began Airs Gorlisa - gave- a ; brief address on kindergarten work. She-described th* start; of the kindergarten’s in. Now Zealand." .the first; being. in - Dunedin, and, how. much" prejudice had to- ; be overcome, many thinking it; ’the wrong thing to take- these tiny- children’ away* from?.their/homes.. .Now. thekihdergarten had become : part' "of " Civne. 1 life all . over New Zealand. ■ ■/-’ ■'During the afternoon Air - GAughley, Assistant , Director of: Ednoa-tten/ mads a'".snort speech (pointing- out' that kindergarten work 'had :a‘. social’ as well .as an educational value. ’ .It meant more than just •, playing games,' etc. ; ■ there was a • purpose underlying all v that i was done;- as an.ydne would'seeuf they;lcoked at the week’s -wort,’ and this" purpose had,, an-educational’ value.. ’-Iri/had been said that: the 'children - learnt more: in’ the kindergarten years; ’throe to six, than in any other .three years of their lives. . In the towns with their congested ■- areas the kindergarten had a*/distinct .. sqciai value, the children. getting' companionship, and* if was so.often jmposs/ble for the children: to get any such training .at’iiome" in thoee years.’ It sounded stra.ngo. but was ;a fact. : that the most; progressive., parte in 1 the university training to-day v were realty an' ■’.-extension--of kicderg'artfcyi rmethods. v toilearn- by... doing! Air/-Caugtdey.,'mentioned the teaching of :* science s and/ modern languages, as -.illustrating this. H» spoKe of the better conditions, preyailing. in other citjes; ' Wellington:,was at. 'a great’/disadvantaK© ; in tbe work. Ho hoped it; would not be long before this city also had a weltecfnipped' kindcrten for/the--little 1 ., 0ne5,. ■ f ; ; The. demonstrations , conclude to-day, when the snbiect/taken, Wiili he ."Soldiers,” which is always fascinating to children. ■ • WEDDING AT TAKATAU. ; : A:military wedding .was-- solemnised at- Takapau on August 1-lth,’. by tlie Rev. Father AtcLaughlin,; when .Lance" Corporal fW. ,G. Jolmson, of , the 43rd Uoihforcement, was- married, to -Alise Ida Margaret Ellingham,-third daughter .'of ’..MriW. jEllingham; .of ■ TakapauThe wedding-was; a/quietmueii only,-im-Tucdiato- relatives -being; present. -'- Tho bride; who'* was/given ..away./-by.*; father/iworo -aismart /trayoUing,-: costume .of; navy., -gaberdine,;- with; pretty hat ■to match •of tagcl'. straty.'.-'-She.; was attended 'Ey -’the' Misses f Margaret; Johfison (sister of 'the, bridegroom),-Patricia Roach’/ and' Christina Elimgham' (nieces of the -bride).The twd*.elde'r'. bridesmaids wore brou-n an.d ’navy..gaberdine costumes ', -■ .wjth tagol straw bats/, while tho-’'.third ’ maid 7 wai attired -'in va ■ dainty ywhite *eilk • and ;wjiite silk hat, to./match. Corporal W.' R. Goldfinchy’. of. Napier (ai're'turned ‘soldier) .was-the: best/man.; /.v,--After" the/ceremony 'the ’guests, wer« entertained by'Alf, and Mrs- W/ Elliagham •/-at; fheir hresidence, and.. later LancOrGorporal' and-. Airs-. AV;tG.- Johnson Jeff by- car for-’-their wedding' trip, followed .by tho • good -wishes’’of "their many fnonds in the. district. • . _■ V .