The Educability Level

the requirements which a Kindergarten in the city system would have had to meet. The neighborhood in which this kindergarten is located is one of the worst in the city, and the children coming from the homes in this district are not representative of the great mass of children entering the first grade. There were thirteen children in the class. Of these three were from Polish homes where the language was predominantly Polish, and two from Yiddish homes, where the foreign language was spoken. One child came from an Italian home but in this case the family all spoke English. The children with whom the experiment was made were all past five years of age. Four were six years of age, and one was seven. The kindergarten where their training for the past year has been, is a most attractive place, with the best of pictures on the walls, a piano, goldfish, plants, and clean walls and floors. The teachers are well-