A Preschool Visiting Program

THE kindergarten visiting program for pre-kindergarten pupils described below was worked out during the past three years under the supervision of Miss Ethel Tucker, principal, and put into practice with splendid results by Miss Fitzpatrick who prepared this account so that all kindergarten teachers in the system might consider it for adoption. Besides the evident soundness of the idea in so far as it permits pupils to make a better start in their school life, there are two reasons which make the plan have much more than local appeal. In the first place, this improvement for the pupils does not call for an increase in the school budget. Furthermore, the plan is one which tends to ease the load of the teacher, particularly during the first week of school, rather than adding to the load.-S. M. Brownell, Superintendent of Schools, Grosse Pointe, Michigan.