Excerpt from Kindergarten Magazine, Vol. 18: September, 1905-June, 1906 The introduction of voice training as a conscious exercise in the kindergarten is not consistent with our knowledge of the child's stage of development. The transition from the period of symbolic thinking into that of formal study marks a definite change, and any anticipation of that change results disadvantageously. Anything so spontaneous as the voice can not be prematurely harnessed into drill without gross loss of freedom in power and expression. The fact that children are interested and like it (as they may possibly do sometimes) does not change the fact that premature exercise weakens in the final result instead of developing into larger power. The gesture of the song has been and still is a much abused exercise and critics have been justly severe in their criticism, though seemingly themselves no wiser than the erring ones as to the real wrong done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.