Show I i i iI I T Training raining Little Children i I Suggestions by Mothers Who Have Been Kindergartners Issued by the tho United States Bureau of Education and t the e National Kindergarten Kindergarten Kinder Kinder- I garten Association JI ly OH II n n. n it IU VMS l' l Most children ha have too loo many to toys con consequently they are aie not stirred to tomake tomake tomake make to toys s 's for and 1011 their powers po-el's o of Invention lin are arc retarded There arc are two classes of or tUg toys useful and anI useless use use- less Those are aie u useful l cl which answer the needs of child life A ball Is Iii a most useful to toy because It ll Is about aboul th the first lr t a n child can play with All 11 moth moth- era I know no how a n t babe as IS an as it il is old enough h to use Its Ill hands loves 10 a I soft MOrt colored bright ball Flom Infancy practically through th the whole of or life tho the hall hail plays Illas an active part Tennis I ol football football nil all sports spoilt of or later hater life lIe center around a ball Jan I Next comes the thc building liK J with blocks 4 A ten-cent ten box boc of or dominoes Is 18 excellent material for building and I for or making tables tabled chairs hC beds H and soldiers In a row Th- Th nin o oC es 1114 limit Imitative e of oC to toys Every err child boy or girl wants to tb do trO as father or mother docs A tenc ten ten- c ci nt sweeper and a ten cent broom are arc always a Joy jor In to a childs child's heart and enable the little one to lo actually help m mother a t h o I Doll t er I I The loll doll also pla s an important part partin I in children's childrens lives for fOl it answer answers the Iho I for nurture which Is Inborn in Iii I children Good serviceable dolls not too many man many at once arc are most useful Children also need sets o of dishes with I which to learn to lo set table tahl and to lo pretend pre pre- tend to cook and which the they can also learn harn to lo wash and dl dry a again nain Imitating mother father children CUI can U I I play with wilh toYs tort of construction such auch an as assets sets Bets o of stone slone blocks and trains automobiles auto auto- mobiles and anti other that go Toys TOH are useless which are arc easily broken such uch ns as expensive mechanical tOys tova These are arC generally m more re interesting Inter Inter- esting to ups grown than to children Huje horses hobby largo large dolls and ant I too ninny many toys tos are useless also E Every n little girl lon longs H for a hl hi big doll which doll which is 18 rl and good Lood but for babies of or two years cars or younger such to toys 11 ar sri sri- not only useless but bul lead head to lo tilE the bored child which of all timings Is lh tilt most pitiable a Pitiable a child to lo whom nothing is now hOW W nothing interesting Though h play with toys loys should be taught the care are of or toys loys A child who Is taught laught to pick up his his toys tos and put them away in their proper places becomes be he- comes neat and orderly Often children children children chil chil- dren arc careless with their toys tos and unless carefulness is Instilled In them the they become wantonly destructive and have hn no respect for the thc property of or others If a little bo boy has a stuffed do dog that barks and he Is found investigating investigating cst hn-cst- gating alln the tho reason for the barking heis he heIs Is II not destructive c so o much as ns curious and It II must be that through h Investigation tho Iho rr great at dis- dis co rl o of the th world have ha been madeA made A child with wit wita a mechanical mind will often orten take talce his toys apart to see c how they are made malic But curiosity Is strong stron II In all children therefore before beCore punishing punishing pun pun- a child for Cor destroying a 1 to toy be sure ure that t Ie la has been guilty of or something something some some- thing more than pure thoughtlessness Io loi I Ia I Heit Tenc Teacher Happy Happ and contented these contented lc are the two iwo words which de describe the con condition o of children in the kinder kindergarten l and antl should describe the condition In the home homed too loo You cnn can accomplish so NO much more through h love lo than you can through force The hus busy mother Ii In the horn home can caim have Just as happy children as the time kindergarten but hut she must devole devote de- de vote vole a ji part of oC eVer every da day to th thorn them m conscientious con con- Sc I e I t I U Li sI y Be Dc rea reasonable with a n child and ho he will ho bo reasonable too Remember that thai the desired re results from fron training child depend first upon upon the physical condition condition condi condl- tion lion of or the child an and 1 secondly upon time the time lime thought and antl care which you vou give I e to himA him A dear old Ind lady said to me once after I had remarked with discouragement discourage discourage- ment meat that all I seemed to accomplish In a da day was sas to care for or my hah baby's needs My h dear deal you OU are doing a woman woman's womans wo wo- mans man's greatest work right now tho time training of or your our childs child's mind mint ann ami morals mo mo- rals mis Tho time spent ma may show no Immediate results but bul you OU arc are In laying Iho foundation for a n character that will stand a monument to our work and wisdom in years to come |