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adaptations in theireducation wing
and play yard to accomodate the
early childhood facility. Under a
hundred children participate in the
program here, with relatively the
same ages and hours as at Zaban.
A small summer program is offered
also for mostly 3-and-4-year-olds
but with no swimming. A special
feature at the Satellite is “Mothers’
Morning Out” where an average of
14 children a day are cared for.
To provide all these varied pro
grams at three sites, Sadie Sacks
directs a staff of about 100 people
whose work hours vary from 10 to
40 hours a week.
As her career has spanned the
years, Mrs. Sacks frequently ac
cepts into the program children of
children who attended the early
AJCC nursery school. While doing
a recent intake interview, she asked
a mother, “Why are you sending
your child to pre-school at the
AJCC?” The young woman replied,
“I was one of your kids and 1
turned out pretty good, didn’t 1?”
Over the decades director Sacks
also has had a chance to observe
and form opinions about trends in
parenting and in pre-school educa
tion. She notes that in the ’50s fewer
mothers worked outside the home,
but that did not mean that all their
time was spent at home with their
children. In those days women
were community-minded and many
were very involved in volunteer
services.
Then she witnessed a phenom
enon of parents who had been in
college in the '60s and who were
very “me” oriented. Those parents
were not interested in becoming
involved. Sadie felt they wanted to
do their own thing and almost said,
“Here’s the kid, I'll see you later.”
The rise of the feminist move
ment in the '70s meant more work
ing women. The ’80s are bringing
more lather involvement. Many
fathers now help with carpooling
and even come in to assist as parent
volunteers.
Concurrent with these family
trends were other definite educa
tional trends, says Mrs. Sacks.
The Civil Rights Movement
brought an influx of programs to
help the disadvantaged child.
Though the AJCC’s programs es
sentially serve white, middle-class
children, the emphasis on intellec
tual stimulation and language de
velopment had an effect on other
early childhood programs.”
The advent of television, she
feels, also played a part. In the late
’50s television became a part of
children’s lives, and today’s child
comes to early schooling with bet
ter language skills, frequently
knows the alphabet, and has more
awareness of the world around
him. That same child is also more
aware of violence.
Mrs. Sacks says she sees more
physically agressive play, more
body contact, and, at the same
time, less understanding of what
happens when a gun goes “bang
bang.”
The most disturbing trend that
Sadie sees is what is currently
called “hot-housing” the kids. Par
ents seem to be looking for schools
with greater emphasis on academ
ics. They are more concerned with
pushing the child’s academic devel
opment, and often the cost is to the
child’s self-esteem.
She feels pressures to achieve
academic success do not benefit
when other skills could be better
developed at the time. “Hot-housing
forces development of intellectual
skills in reading and writing when
these could be learned more easily
a little later. It is not to the child’s
advantage to be writing letters at
Increase in aliyah foreseen
JERUSALEM (JTA)- Magshimim (Zionist Eulfillmment), a
worldwide movement of Zionists who commit themselves to aliyah
within a specific time, recently concluded its first conference here
and, according to its founder, Eeon Dulzin, it should double and
even triple the flow of aliyah over the next few years.
Busman’s holiday: Sadie Sacks greets Ethiopian youngster during
visit to nursery school on mission to Israel.
18 months when this would be
picked up easily at 3.”
Before coming to Atlanta Mrs.
Sacks majored in education and
did special course work in early
childhood education at the Insti
tute for Child Study at the Univer
sity of Toronto. This background,
plus the dedication of her staff over
the years, the support of the com
munity and the agency, all con
tributed to her success as her duties
grew.
When kindergarten was added,
and then full-day care, she always
found the challenge exciting and
rewarding. Even now, having made
her retirement decision, she is
wondering how she can stay in
volved in long-range plans. Not
satisfied with her influence on the
thousands of young people who
have learned and played and
grown in her schools, she is ever
mindful of meeting the needs of
those to come.
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