The goals and functioning of the Hampstead Nursery School for the Blind are demonstrated through the use of detailed descriptions of how different blind children interact with staff and with other blind children. The staff fosters and utilizes optimal auditory, tactile, and olfactory stimulation to enhance reality testing, cognitive development, and personal relations. An essential staff task is to help the mothers with their many problems; e.g., denial of the child's visual impairment, intolerance of the problem, and inability to talk to the child about his/her blindness.