The Kindergarten Day

After arrival the day begins with a practical or artistic activity.  There is profound satisfaction in the luminous colours that come from painting on wet paper, or in making bread which is later eaten in the snack time.

When this is cleared away plenty of time is given for the development of imaginative play, not forgetting the importance of tidying up afterwards.  Now it is “ring time”: songs, finger plays and simple movements are used in rhythmic activities that the children do together.

For their snack the children sit around the table and talk quietly amongst themselves, or their teacher can introduce a topic to direct their thoughts in a fruitful way.  Later the children put on their outside clothes and go to the garden where no matter what the weather they can play in the open or quietly watch the passing miracles of nature.

Then comes the story telling, when the children listen to and fill with their own imagination the contours of the tale, sometimes the same one for as long as a week. At first the story is an adventure, then a new friend, then a companion; so the story becomes a gift for the child’s growing soul.