Excerpt from Survey of the Kindergartens of Richmond, Indiana, Vol. 1: September, 1917Of rooms fully one-third Of the children were so seated, even when the class was small enough for all to sit on one Side Of the tables. When the number is too large for this, work should be planned for part Of the Class which may be done on the ¿oor, such as paper Cutting, building, clay-modeling, or at the blackboard, such as drawing. This would mean that for part Of the time the children would have to work more independently than they do at present. This is very much to be desired, as will be shown in a later Chapter.Decorations.-some of the pictures on the walls are entirely suitable from the standpoint Of subject, drawing, color, etc., and were evidently selected with the interests and tastes of the Children in mind. Among them are illustrations Of Mother Goose, by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Other pictures are decidedly inappropriate. Some Of them are photographs Of paintings the subjects Of which can have little meaning for small children. Pictures Of this type might well be replaced with some bright but harmoniously colored pictures Of subjects that would be especially interesting to the children at certain times Of the year and in connection with the special interests of the program. A few at a time might be put up and then give place to others. There are always quantities Of pictures Of this sort to be found in current magazines, which may be secured at little or no expense, attractively mounted on heavy paper of a neutral tint, and used as suggested above. Pictures of this kind were seen in one or two Of the rooms.Musical instruments. - Each room has its own piano and the kindergartner has the use of the school victrola a large part of the time. This is especially advantageous when there is but one teacher in the room, for it leaves the teacher free to direct the skipping and other rhythmical activities or to take part in them when desirable.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.