Children and families -
1890s to 1940s

THE KINDERGARTEN COMMUNITY

1890s to 1940s

c 1940's Rickshaw given by Chinese parents Taranaki St K. Pat Ridding Collection, WRFKA

1890s to 1940s

22 June 1889 Walker St Kindergarten, Otago Daily Times (pdf 51KB)
1895 – 1908 Dunedin Free Kindergarten Association (pdf 1.7MB)
1900’s School Kindergartens (pdf 1.5MB)
(very early) Taranaki Street Kindergarten WFKA (pdf
1909 – 1912 Auckland Kindergartens (pdf 1.3MB)
1913 WRFKA Picnic at the beach (pdf 1.3MB)
c 1915 Taranaki Street Kindergarten above shop WRFKA G. McDonald Papers
1916 Sunbeam Kindergarten Kidsfirst, CWKA (pdf 1.8MB)
1920’s – 1930’s Rachel Reynolds kindergarten (pdf 1.7MB)
1920’s – 1940’s NZ Kindergartens in Auckland Weekly News (pdf 987KB)
1923 Phillipstown Kindergarten – album (pdf 1.3MB)
1930’s Ponsonby Kindergarten Auckland (pdf 866KB)
c 1930’s Taranaki Street Kindergarten Marjorie Connell’s Kindergarten Friends WRFKA (pdf 1MB)
c 1930’s Marjorie Connell’s Kindergarten Friends (pdf 978KB)
1933 – 1938 Richmond Kindergarten – album (pdf 1.6MB)
1938 – 1941 Richmond Kindergarten – album (pdf 1.6MB)
1940’s Pre-School Education Centre, Dunedin (pdf 838KB)
1940’s Taranaki St Nursery Kindergarten, Pat Ridding Collection, WRFKA (pdf 1.1MB)
c 1940’s Tararanaki Street Kindergarten Sandpit WRFKA (pdf 457KB)
c 1940’s Rickshaw given by Chinese parents Taranaki St K. Pat Ridding Collection, WRFKA (pdf 175KB)
c 1940’s WRFKA Miriam Baucke collection (pdf 3MB)
1940 – 1957 Pat Ridding – album, Wellington, Wellington Region Free Kindergarten Association (selected) (pdf 3MB)
1944 – 1945 Polish Kindergarten Pahiatua (pdf 2.2MB)
Froebel blocks (pdf 611KB)

"Play is the highest expression of human development … The child that plays thoroughly, with self active determination … will surely be a thoroughly determined man … The plays of childhood are the germinal seeds of all later life."

Friedrich Froebel (1782-1852) The Education of Man, 1826

Children and families - 1890s to 1940s

1890s to 1940s

1890s to 1940s

Children and families -
1890s to 1940s