Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class; and Moral Culture of Infancy.

children, takes three quarters of the number, and forms them into a circle

house, and sings the song

e pigeon-ho

ed hands, so as to let all the pigeons out at the

the happy flu

the fields and

ith gloriou

hands up and down to imitate flyin

eturn from their

gain, and the pigeons go in. Then the pigeon-house

house and bid

e circle swings off and ag

over until all in t

nd singing the three verses, and when the words "jump and spring," in the last verse, occur, the circle stops, and the joined hands a

ckoos. The cuckoos sing "cuckoo," and those children in the circle answer; and when the words of the song indicate that the cuckoos

child being put in the corner as a drone, and at

e for another play, in which there is a large circle formed, and then four or six spokes are made by six crossing hands in the middle, and then one or more children lengthening each spoke, and joining it to the circle, which forms the rim of the whe

it consists in their minding the pauses and clapping in time. Whenever there are concentric circles, as is often necessary, whe

nd move their joined hands from shoulder to shoulder in time to the music of th

leaning over to imitate the barrow, and stretching his hands behind him, which the ch

efore him. The coopers walk round outside in time, at every third step pounding on the shoulder of the child nearest him in the barrel. Whe

turn stands in the middle of the circle, and makes

e in a circle, or in

march round freely within sound of the m

rds "swimming," "above," "below," "straight," and "bow," the fishes must make

em, like a pendulum, in time to the music, and with a strongly marked motion, while t

cock. Beforehand, the points of the compass should be defined in the roo

and, and throw the seed with the other. In the second verse, they kneel on one knee at the same words, and make believe hold the corn with one hand and cut with the other. In the third verse, they put the doubled fists at the left shoulder, and make the motion of thrashing. In the fourth verse, they make

European Kindergartens; and the music, with English words, will be shortly publishe

are much more than bodily exercises. It is wonderful to see what is made of them, in such a Kindergarten as that of Madame Vogler in Berlin, where the conv

ully, and the dancing is gentle, so that

uch to open the intellect to science, as to give moral training. The latter is ever to be kept in advance of the former; for

n my very pleasant room, looking full of expectation, I went forward with a beautiful rose-tree in a little flower-pot, and said, "Come, and I will show you what is beautiful. It is a rose fully blown. Now say the words-all of you-after me

ose is more beauti

iful, but He

round to the children; and, when each had

ably without flowers?" They answered spontaneously, "Because God loves us." "What else does the dear God give us to make us happy?" Different children answered, and spoke of different flowers, and of other things which gave them pleasure, and thus they were put into a grateful mood, without a word said about the duty of gratitude to God; for love of God comes spontaneously, when he is conceived aright, and forecloses the thought of duty. But duty to our fellow-creatures should always be suggested when the heart is overflowing with gratitude to the common Father. I went on asking such quest

nd Mrs. Barbauld's prose hymns afforded other subjects for similar lessons, as well as whatever other hymns they learned to recite or s

must be kept by the child intentionally, that it may cultivate the intellectual principle of which it is the manifestation. Some plan of play prevents the little creatures from hurting each other, and fancy naturally furnishes the plan,-the mind unfolding itself in fancies, which are easily quickened and led in harmless directions by an adult of any resource. Children delight to personate animals; and a fine genius could not

nd's power is balanced by instincts of body, which should have priority, if they cannot certainly be in full harmony. The mind can better afford to wait for the maturing of the body, for it survives

of either mind or body, but to harmonize them. They can a