Show P y BY MYRTLE WORK FOR SMALL CHILDREN SHOULD BE MADE INTO PLAY TIme Tile mother may get more satisfaction satisfaction satis satis- faction by ordering Jetty Betty to run and make her b bed d ar and seeing her fly to do it it bu but we must look at It atIt It fr from m Betty's Bettys tty'S angle angl Work is often drudgery ery cry even to adults and they have havea a personal Interest in getting it don done Not so the child Work Is something that Is thrust upon her herby herby herby by adults and after fter the time first Jew few doings is without interest and glam glam- our Small children may enjoy I tasks when the they are arc new and novel I but as as soon as a's as they have learned I how to to- todo do them well their Interest dies They want to do something else eIe And Arid beds still have to be made whether one enjoys doing It or not When hen this stage stae i is reached the th mother has another string to belbow her bel bow Instead of ot whining and scolding scolding scold scold- ing the child because she doesn't want to help her and expects her herto to do everything all aU the tha familiar plaints she can use her Imer Imagination and try and make malte the work attra attract attract- t- t ive It gets itself done much more mote quickly and the child emerges from It with a cheerful spirit It Isn't so softening the time child to make his work pleasant Instead of ot dull and ana painful duty because as he grows Vs older he assumes responsibilities with less JesS distaste He lIe sees m u rea- rea on for them It is right to try a and d j I lighten the small childs child's necessary tasks in every even possible wa way Mrs 1 C. C G. G Writes This plan works well with our girls who have to do the evening dishes I 1 suggested to them that one s should play that is visiting the other and Just arrives es as the dishes are being done The rhe visitor helps and they talk of their homes babies serving and canning and soon the dishes are washed Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times I have a little little- surprise for them jf it they do it quickly and antI ne neatly h. h Fear Implanted in the Child Mrs 1 F. F o H. H It seems quite natural for chIldren children chil chIl- dren at t about 2 years of age to begin be- be gin to exhibit fears This comes about because they have been meeting meet ing lag new new nesy situations daily which they d do not always understand l Persons to b funny lunny are always telling them things that most often are arc not true They Tiley may be playing with older children who fill ther timer ears ars with fanciful fanciful fanciful fan fan- tales t ta ty r see them stare st. and the they are listening to stories which may terrify them when the lights are are- out The Tho child who is told the truth always who Is as used to a adark adark adark dark room at night as he Js used to lo light ight I ht In the daytime who is not frightened by the ill m considered tales of adults or other children should not be a subject of or fears If H he Is do not think of shaming him bins but help him hum him to an nfl understanding of his strange nc world so that his Imis fears will di disappear |