Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-21 | Page 13 | Real Toys Give Child Chance to Develop Mind and Body

Real T Toys Give Child Chance To D. D Develop Mind and Body By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON The Tho psychology of or th the tho toy L Lj is interesting in- in cresting beginning g with Ith the baby's fIrst rattle and rubber doll Perception and coordination of mind and muscle are developed b by Just such simple things at first lr t Sven Even the wagons ns and arts carts he ic hauls around later haveS have a 3 decIded decided decided de de- de- de place in lit his growth both mentally and physically although we may not notice It ft His blocks drum and toy animals animals' are all an doIng doIng do- do Ing the same thing the latter on he the emotional side particularly For to him they are real When toys toS are of or the type tha that Rive give I e him a a. chance to experiment practice and something he can put himself into we wo have In ln We must mURt learn the tho dif dit ference ferenc between h real Interest and Just surface Interest or 01 excitement DEVELOPING A HABIT Excitement lies in novelty it never lasts That is Js why the child who is given chen new toys constantly da day after day keeps up his de de- dc- dc mand Excitement has supplemented supplemented supple supple- m Interest It seldom tal takes cs time to go Into things and c. c exam exam- amIne am- am ine me them It is an easy cay habit to fall taU into and we conspire to aid It it H. This is due partly to oversupply ply but also to lack Jack of or knowledge on our part concerning suitable playthings S The real toy provides activity of ot otono ono one form or another It should give l 9 tho the child a chance chanco to develop his own find and his body not bodY nol something to look at but to do We Ve do not not sec c ec many n meaningless SS toys nowadays I am glad clad to say Gay A A. glance at the shops will toll ten us that But often orten a child docs does tire of even the tho best type tope of or toy Furthermore Furthermore Further Further- more mora he be may do so in a short Um time A NEED TO BE MET Perhaps this is because he lie has outgrown the blocks or pal painting nUnc book or modeling clay cay graduated so to speak He lIe has worked out his ideas of form torm and proportion as far tar as those things will wUl take talce him Or he needs outlets in other directions His Ills other mental faculties faculties faculties fac fac- fac- fac are clamoring for fOl attention a 1 a puzzle to work something to remember His brain may be sending send send- lag Ins out calls for something to develop develop develop de de- de- de Its Us wiring system to certain muscles for 01 instance Roller skates sen In express wagon hammer hammerand and nails a n. ball baIl This ia Is an nn honest need Rn and we wc C t should meet it as az nearly a as ns' ns we can If U. a a. achIld child has a n. variety of the right kind of ot toys toos suitable to his hla age and nd needs even homo home madcone made ones one or or oi simple inexpensive ones ho wont won't be demanding new ones ories every day unless wo we 0 ourselves have conditioned him to live on temporary excitement which Is is bad If it It chronic and a desperate desperate des des- thing to control then for later on it It leaves the to toy world and extends itself bigger things NEA S