Kindergarten Teaching

Te Ao Hou, June 1967, Page 53

Kindergarten Teaching When she completed her training at the end of 1964, Gloria Thompson of Auckland, the writer of this article, was the first Maori student to gain her diploma with merit. She received a special award, enabling her to visit kindergartens where there were large groups of Maori children, to find ways of encouraging Maori parents to take a more active interest in the work of kindergartens. The Kindergarten Teacher today has a great responsibility. She must be mature enough to work easily and intelligently with parents and adults. Her professional duties are considerably more than child minding. The quality of the work that is carried out in her kindergarten will depend upon her suitability for the teaching profession, so she must have a warm personality, an eagerness to learn, clear speech and an interest in music and other creative arts, as well as fondness for children.