Photo Album from Nechama Bernitzky's Kindergarten. Rishon LeTziyon 1929

Photo album documenting renowned kindergarten teacher Nechama Bernitzky's [Kolberg's] kindergarten - "Gan Nechama." 59 group and individual photographs of the kindergarten children beside "Gannennet Nechama" and her helpers, engaged in various kindergarten activities, are pasted to the album's pages.

A "membership card" from the second convention of kindergarten teachers in the Land of Israel, from the 15th of Av 1929, with Nechama Bernitzky's handwritten name, is pasted on the inside of the front binding along with her business card. Also, there is the program leaf from the convention with a page and a half in Nechama's handwriting in which she details the principles by which children should be educated.

Nechama Bernitzky [1907-1996]: Born in Rishon LeTziyon. In 1925, she was sent to Baghdad where she worked for a year as a kindergarten teacher. She returned to Rishon LeTziyon and worked in a kindergarten located under a synagogue for two years. In 1935, she opened a private Montessori kindergarten in the town, whose method she learned in Vienna. The studies took place according to the Paravel technique - Hebrew in Hebrew and according to the principles of the "natural method" which were established in 1898 in the first kindergarten opened in Rishon LeTziyon. The kindergarten ran until 1951. Many glorious personalities who became famous for their service to the nation in later years had learned in her kindergarten as children, including Yaakov Abramowitz, Aharon Rochovsky, Rena Levine, Yinon Tzlalichin and others. Refer also to The Families Album - Adat Rishon LeTziyon.

Album: 20x14 cm, stained cloth binding. Photographs: most are 9x6 cm, some are larger or smaller.