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With an Eye Towards the Future M arta B a czy n sk y M rs. O lga H n atejk o W hen B ranch 70 of th e U N W LA in Passaic, N. J., decided to sponsor a n ursery-kindergar- ten, th ey found th a t acquiring a teach er to comply w ith th eir s tiff requirem ents was a breeze. T hey sim ply approached Olha H natejko, w ho answ ered th e ir need perfectly, and agreed to tak e th e job. M rs. H natejko, an a ttra c tiv e honey blond, is one of those ra re people who can en ter a child’s world w ith ou t pretense, or d if ficulty, com m unicate w ith him on his level, and above all enjoy it thoroughly. M iss Ola, as h er 20 little charges address her, is a lite ra tu re m ajo r a t F airley D ickenson university, h as tak en courses in children’s lite ra tu re and worked in a children’s lib rary . The k in d erg arten class m eets once a week fo r 3 hours, in th e U krainian C enter in Passaic. D uring th a t tim e, M rs. H n atejko leads th e children th ro u g h a v ariety of activities, designed not only to teach b u t to develop confidence and self expression. Because she is fam iliar w ith teaching procedures of pro fes sional A m erican n u rsery schools, M rs. H natejk o has incorporated some of th e ir m ost effective m ethods into h er class. Children are encouraged to w ork w ith th e ir hands — fin g er paint, draw , co n stru c t; th ey are asked to speak out, to display th eir knowledge before o th er children. “All th ese th in g s help b ring out th e individual in th e child. It is im p o rtan t th a t a teach er recognize th is,” says M rs. H na tejko, “for it form s th e basis of a successful and productive teacher-child relatio nsh ip .” The k in d erg arten session is conducted in U krainian. Children are ta u g h t very basic U krainian h isto ry , geography, biographies of fam ous people, songs, poem s and dances. Because th e world around them is A m erican, M iss Ola does not sh u t th e children aw ay from it, fo r th e tim e she conducts h er U krainian class, b u t ra th e r tries to tie th e tw o w orlds tog eth er. She believes th a t th is encour ages a child to learn m ore U krainian and to add to his knowledge of E nglish, ra th e r th a n m ake him feel confused and differen t. Olha H n atejk o ’s k in d erg arten class has staged m any p erfo rm ances fo r p aren ts com m em orat ing holidays such as C hristm as, M other’s Day, Shevchenko’s b irth d ay , and others. M rs. H natejko, who is an ac tive m em ber of B ranch 86 of UNW LA, and holds th e post of education secretary in h er B ranch, has very specific ideas concerning U krain ian n ursery- k ind erg arten s, and th e role U N W LA plays and should play in th e ir sponsorship. She believes th a t th e am ount of m oney allotted by U N W LA fo r th is purpose is fa r too sm all. G reater funds, says she, could provide fo r steady school q u ar te rs and th e ir proper decoration and fu rn ishing s, w hich are so vital. She w ent on to say, th a t th e room w here little children learn and play should be gay and colorful and have fu rn itu re su it ed to th e ir size. T here should be plenty of books, constructive toys and o th er m aterials such as paper, and paints. T his would appeal to m any young U krainian m others, who know and appreci ate th e physical conditions of A m erican n u rsery schools. They, says M rs. H natejko, would glad ly pay a h ig h er fee, to see th a t th e ir children got th e b est from th e tw o worlds. In larg er U krainian groups, M iss Ola, charm ing m o th er of two, continued U N W LA should conduct tw o classe s: one for those children who speak U krainian and one fo r those who do not speak th e language a t all. M ost children are introduced in to U krainian society a t th e age of 7, 8 or 9, said M rs. H natejko, by joining U krainian y outh or ganizations. She feels th a t the sudden th ru s t into new environ m ent leaves m any children ill a t ease, especially if th ey are h am pered by language difficulties. A n early s ta rt in a nursery-kin- d erg arten would considerably ease th e later stra in on a child th a t speaks little or no U k rain ian. Olha H n atejk o is a young w om an who looks tow ard th e fu tu re w ith concrete, sober b u t w onderful plans. She hopes th a t U N W LA will consider creatin g professional n u rsery schools some day, staffed by profession al people of U krainian descent, fo r children of U krain ian h e rit age who will live th e fu tu re m od ern A m erican life. CO N V E N T IO N COMMITTEE N E W S It is already tim e to choose your delegate to th e XV-UN- W LA Convention w hich will be held in Chicago, 111. (Ju ly 5-7, 1968). E v ery B ranch h as th e rig h t to one delegate fo r each 25 m em bers. T herefore try to send as m any delegates as you are en titled to. U se th e form s (on sal m on paper) w hich you received in F eb ruary. C onvention C om m ittee НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — БЕРЕЗЕНЬ, 1968 21
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