# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S95
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

SEMINARIES AND COLLEGES 95

there are 419 kindergartens in The Lutheran Church — Mis-
S synod. In the Texas District alone 37 congregations main-

dergarten. There is good reason to believe that the kin-

n trend will continue and that closer scrutiny will be given
dards in preschool teacher preparation and to standards in

h with a problem. These kindergartens must be staffed. They
. Not only must the teachers
tfained; they should be trained specifically for kindergarten
sing. Kindergarten teaching demands specialists. It requires
mphasis in teacher preparation also because it involves the
s first. contact with the Church’s full-time educational services,
ce most kindergarten teachers usually spend half of their
the classroom, we feel that they should be equipped with
um skills necessary for effective parish and secre-

it the present time no institution in Synod is in the position

te special attention to this necessary and special type of

Curriculum

A,-preliminary curriculum study indicated that the following
could be given consideration in the program:

id ‘Development
ish
anization and Administration of the Kindergarten

anization and Administration of the Lutheran Parish
tt.for the Preschool Child
ic for the Preschool Child
ods in Religious Education
féaching the Kindergarten Curriculum
and/or Philosophy of Education
dren’s Literature
ical Education

‘Studies in the Kindergarten
ing and Language Arts in the Kindergarten
g of Kindergarten Arithmetic
ratory Program
e Teaching
ation
ier Field Program (if possible)