If a glance at the series of plates gives the impression 

 that every one of them might as well be the appointment of 

 an area surrounding a private home as that of a kindergar- 

 ten, their objects are served. For that is the idea incor- 

 porated in my booklet, that the proper setting for a home 

 erected in the very midst of a busy city should be accom- 

 plished. We build and lay out for a family, the only difference 

 being that our family is rather numerous in the flock of 

 children. Necessarily, the buildings have restricted dimen- 

 sions and the area is divided into many playgrounds and run- 

 ways, but, aside from that, no home-builder could suit the 

 purpose of his family better than by adopting a plan on 

 lines as here laid down. It is possible to develop a mind 

 and neglect the bodily welfare of a child, but the reverse is 

 not imaginable if grounds like ours furnish the field of ex- 

 ercise for the forming body. 



In attempting to illustrate the proper planning of kinder- 

 garten-grounds, I naturally fell into systematic lines. Every 

 one of the plans accompanying this book relates to grounds 

 of a level, or nearly level, area. This is unfortunate and, 

 yet, unavoidable, as I want to address the largest circle of 

 interested people, not merely professionals. I distinctly 

 state that any slope to our grounds should be welcomed, and 

 that such may reach fifteen feet on a fifty-foot lot, or twenty- 



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