[1] By late 1927, the association reported that 206 kindergartens had opened across the United States over the course of the year, bringing the total up to 942.

The big task still before the National Kindergarten Association is to disseminate sufficient knowledge to make such irreparable mistakes impossible.

[5] The organization was affiliated with the General Federation of Women's Clubs and the National Congress of Mothers (which became the PTA),[7] and its field secretaries in each state worked with the women's clubs to inform the public about the kindergarten's importance and to promote improved state legislation relating to kindergartens.

[7] In an attempt to raise awareness in areas where no kindergartens existed, the NKA published education materials and distributed them nationwide between 1917 and 1954.

[7] In 1920, Talks to Mothers: Reading Aloud to the Child was published, a collaboration between Lucy Wheelock, NKA and the Bureau of Education.