Education in health . to the larger community. Idoubt whether a great deal of community activityought to be introduced before the senior high schoolperiod, and certainly such activity should never beintroduced into the junior high school grades untilthe children have worked out their own school pro-jects in all their details, and such activity should notbe introduced into the first six grades at all. What then are the activities appropriate to the chil-dren of an elementary school? A full discussion ofchildrens activities with reference to safety are pre-sented in the monograph Education in Ac
Education in health . to the larger community. Idoubt whether a great deal of community activityought to be introduced before the senior high schoolperiod, and certainly such activity should never beintroduced into the junior high school grades untilthe children have worked out their own school pro-jects in all their details, and such activity should notbe introduced into the first six grades at all. What then are the activities appropriate to the chil-dren of an elementary school? A full discussion ofchildrens activities with reference to safety are pre-sented in the monograph Education in Accident Preven-tion referred to above and need not be repeated , I might say in a general way that the care ofthe children in the buildings, on the grounds, and in thestreets of the immediate neighborhood of the schoolaffords sufficient projects to insure to an elementaryschool all the activities necessary for developing habits,ideals, and attitudes of health and accident prevention. 222 EDUCATION IN HEALTH. *> 3 o Si P. M C C ?3 > 04 w P. 2 « 0 a u a > V V 2 •o H u u n aj u OJ ADMINISTRATION OF THE EEALTB PROGRAM 223
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