Begin at the Beginning
Pamphlet advocating for compulsory kindergarten as a means to Americanization. Written by Philander Priestly Claxton, former United States Commissioner of Education, and David Starr Jordan, Chancellor Emeritus, Leland Stanford Junior University. <br /><br />Excerpt:<br /><br />"THE CHILD IS THE FATHER OF THE MAN <br /><br />The way to 'Americanize' foreigners as well as the native born is to commence at the beginning or as near there as possible. The idea of a kindergarten, like that of any other form of garden, is to give proper culture and to give it early, when it is most needed. The most important duty of any people is to care for its children. In the schools of today the future of the nation is written. And to the kindergarten all higher schools must look for the initiative of their work. All other forms of 'national defense' dwindle into impertinent insignificance when compared with the training of the children."
Claxton, P. P.
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National Kindergarten Association
[1921?]
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/kindergartens-a-history-1886/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kindergartens: A History - 1886</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/americanization/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Americanization</a>, Social Welfare History Project
National Kindergarten Association Letter, 1922
Letter from Bessie Locke, Corresponding Secretary of the National Kindergarten Association, addressed "FOR YOUR RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE" and refers to an upcoming local [state?] convention. <br /><br />Excerpts:<br /><br />"RESOLVED, That the [National Kindergarten Association] urge its members to circulate petitions for kindergartens in their public schools, and write for information and advice on the subject to the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th Street, New York."<br /><br />"RESOLVED, That the [National Kindergarten Association] sponsor a bill providing for the establishment of kindergartens upon petition of parents at the next legislative session. (California, Arizona, Nevada, Maine, Texas, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin have already enacted petition kindergarten laws.)"<br /><br />"For the sake of the country's neglected little children, we hope it may be possible for you to have the above resolutions passed at your next convention. We shall appreciate news from you of the passage of either or both of them."<br /><br />The letter is stamped with what is likely the date received, April 13, 1922.
Locke, Bessie
<span>M 9 Box 103, </span><a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=oai/vcu/repositories/5/resources/279.oai_ead.xml" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978</a>, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
1922 April
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/the-kindergarten-as-a-child-saving-work/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Kindergarten As A Child-Saving Work</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/kindergartens-a-history-1886/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Free Kindergartens</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/child-welfarechild-labor/place-kindergarten-child-saving-1900/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Place of the Kindergarten in Child-Saving</a>, Social Welfare History Project
Kindergarten Legislation
Pamphlet promoting state legislation to include kindergartens for children aged four to six years in public schools.<br /><br />"LOOK FOR YOUR STATE IN THE FOLLLOWING LIST...<br /><br />If there IS legislative activity in your state, write to the National Kindergarten Association for names of organizations sponsoring it, and give them your support.<br /><br />If there is NO legislative activity in your state, will you not initiate it?"
National Kindergarten Association
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/the-kindergarten-as-a-child-saving-work/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Kindergarten As A Child-Saving Work</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/kindergartens-a-history-1886/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Free Kindergartens</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/child-welfarechild-labor/place-kindergarten-child-saving-1900/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Place of the Kindergarten in Child-Saving</a>, Social Welfare History Project
Why Should the Kindergarten be a Part of the Public School System?
Pamphlet promoting the benefits of adding Friedrich Froebel's Kindergarten curriculum to the public school system. The pamphlet lists six major benefits of kindergarten and expands upon each of thes points with a few paragraphs. <br /><br />"1. The Kindergarten forms a natural bond between the home and the school."<br /><br />"2. The Kindergarten considers the whole nature of the child -- physical, mental, moral -- and gives every aspect of that nature a chance for exercise, training, growth."<br /><br />"3. Kindergarten education is motor, and its aim is to develop human power."<br /><br />"4. The Kindergarten furnishes a mental background for the formal study of reading, writing, arithmetic, and geography."<br /><br />"5. The Kindergarten promotes the happiness of children. They delight in its activities, all of which are based upon their natural instincts."<br /><br />"6. The Kindergarten promotes the physical well being of the child."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Reprinted by kind permission of Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Association, Savannah, Ga."<br /><br />[original article by Hortense May Orcutt]
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National Kindergarten Association
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Learn more:<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/the-kindergarten-as-a-child-saving-work/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Kindergarten As A Child-Saving Work</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/education/kindergartens-a-history-1886/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Free Kindergartens</a>, Social Welfare History Project<br /><a href="http://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/programs/child-welfarechild-labor/place-kindergarten-child-saving-1900/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Place of the Kindergarten in Child-Saving</a>, Social Welfare History Project