My Visits to the Kindergartens of Paris

Before beginning this brief word about my visit to the kindergartens of Paris, I must address a special word of thanks to Mr. Bonour, who had the greatest share in smoothing my visits to the schools and my movements about the French capital, and my profiting from what is still unknown among us, or little used.

My first visit was to a school called the Open-Air School. It is built on the crest of a high hill, far from the city and its noise, so that the child may enjoy the beauty of nature and its stillness. At first I imagined that this school had no building at all; but great was my astonishment when I saw that the school is one of the most splendid buildings I saw in the French capital. They have given it this name because its construction always leaves the way open for sun and air through its great glass windows, and because the lessons are given in the garden whenever the weather is fine.

The school is surrounded by a broad garden carpeted with sand and adorned with leafy trees, in whose shade the children rest at recess time. Birds of every kind are placed here and there, so that the child can watch them and learn their names and their traits; the fish, likewise, are kept in glass tanks that allow

1 — In this charming way, by means of the spiral staircase, the children of the Open-Air School can take in all the continents of the terrestrial globe during the geography lesson, while enjoying the bright sunshine.

2 — A quiet nap in the kindergarten garden, among the trees and under the rays of the sun.

3 — The picture shows one of the modern classrooms, where the children sit half naked in a room the sun enters from three of its sides.

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