Sites,Buildings,and Equipment

Alschuler Rose H. , Editor. Children's Centers. New York: Wm. Morrow & Co., 1942.

Though, written especially as a guide for those establishing nursery schools in wartime, the chapters on buildings and equipment describe standards for all-time use. Contains lists of equipment and a bibliography.

Blatz William E. , Millichamp Dorothy , and Fletcher Marguerite . Nursery Education: Theory and Practice. New York: Wm. Morrow & Co., 1935.

A frontispiece sketch shows the adaptation to nursery-school use of a house and backyard in a city. An especially good feature is the very large combined cloakroom and bathroom which opens directly onto the playground. On the playground the designing of the cement walks and cement platforms for block-building should be noted.

Clapp Elsie R. Community Schools in Action. New York: Viking Press, 1939. The chapter on “The Nursery School” has a short description of. a nursery-school building and some good photographs. An interesting detail of this building is the sleeping porch.

Cumpston J. H. L. , and Heinig Christine M. Preschool Centers in Australia. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth Department of Health, 1945. (Available free.)

A handbook on the building, grounds, and equipment of preschool centers complete with line drawings, photographs, and itemized lists.

Faegre Marion L. , and Anderson John E. Child Care and Training. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1946 (sixth revision). Chapter xiv describes briefly the environment for play with special emphasis on equipment.

Foster Josephine C. , and Mattson Marion L. Nursery-School Education. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., Inc., 1939.

The chapter on “The Nursery-School Plant” gives excellent practical suggestions not only for setting up an “ideal” nursery school but also for remodeling or rearranging parts of an old building. The section on “The Playground” is especially helpful in its consideration of all the details that must be kept in mind when planning for children of nursery-school age.

Haskell Douglas . “The Modern Nursery School,” Architectural Record, LXXXIII (March, 1938), 84–100.

An extremely good article by an architect. Illustrated by photographs of nursery schools in different countries.

Landreth Catherine . Education for the Young Child. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1942.

Contains an excellent chapter on housing and equipping the nursery school.

Updegraff Ruth and Others. Practice in Preschool Education. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1938.

Provisions for safety and health in a nursery-school building are discussed under “Building Provisions” (p. 52) and under “Buildings” (p. 57). Heat pipes under the floor and exposed radiators near the ceiling are interesting ideas.

Wright H. Myles , and Gardner-Medwyn R. The Design of Nursery and Elementary Schools. London: Architectural Press, 1938.

This is written by and for architects and is the most comprehensive book in English on nursery-school design. Includes European, English, and a few American examples.