There are two kindergartners who can succeed: the one 

 because she has mastered all there is to be learned; the other 

 because she has learned nothing. 



A kindergartner a sister of mercy of the holiest order. 



The child is like the traveler in foreign lands: each day 

 opens new continents to his vision, each day brings vast dis- 

 coveries to him and not till after his return home does he 

 sift his observations. So should a child not enter upon the 

 age of thought till it has become accustomed to scenes and 

 changes and can rest its mind in quiet meditation. 



The merry brooklet as it passes dancing from rock to 

 boulder, do you expect it to do more than furnish playground 

 for the swift finny crowd, or a mirror for the golden faces 

 of nodding flowers? Not till after it has gathered volume 

 and settled down to a quiet stream do you think of harness- 

 ing its power, and using its element to wet the thirsty gar- 

 den. So the child. Give it healthful play and joyful pas- 

 time, surrounded by the most cheering environment your 

 mind can develop and your means can employ. As age adds 

 to its strength and new fields are opening before it, it will 

 become conscious of its enlarging abilities and seek employ- 

 ment to accomplish the best in the widest influence possible. 



The smile of a child is a gleam from heaven. 



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