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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. ©ARTLITE ^COMPUTER FURNITURE & ACCESSORIES 1860 Cheshire Bridge Road • Atlanta, Georgia 30324 Mon-Fri 9-5:30 Computer Furniture Lamps Ergonomic Chairs Diskettes Diskette Files Surge Protectors Dust Covers Printer Stands Print Out Paper Copy Holders Air Line Transport Carrying Cases Security Cabinets Anti-static Supplies 872-8925 —, A DIVISION OF OFFICE SUPPLIES & FURNITURE 1851 PIEDMONT RD NE • ATLANTA 30324 $6 9 ! 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