Excerpt from Relationship Between the Kindergarten and Great Literature, Vol. 1 In the first place Kindergarten study leads to a realization of the influence of environment and the evolution of character. Froebel would have the mother understand the nature and effect of the surround ings of her child in order that she may avoid unwholesome and weak ening influences, and, in so far as lies within her power, surround him with a healthful and wholesome atmos phere of material things. This study of environment is just begin ning to be understood in our treatmentof the pauper and criminal classes. Of even more importance is it in the treatment of a sensitive child.

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