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The kindergarten; (1891)

Miller, Lida Brooks. [from old catalog] · Chicago, Philadelphia and Stockton, L. P. Miller & co. · leaf 171

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here v/ere about fifty pupils present, and at least half of themwere colored. Their ages range from three to seven, but almost allof them are under six, and the majority not over five. Kindergartenwork, as everybody knows, is all play, but it is play with an object.There are no books, and no tasks,… … everything interesting, without being tiresome. The whole sum ofKindergarten teaching seems to be: It makes the children bright. Miss Pine struck another note on the piano, and every child putits hands behind its back, and grasped its little chair. Now, then—ve-ry qui-et-ly, said Miss Pine, and…

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