Show fi to I I 1 ij i 4 1 f i The Christmas s round merry-go-round Who can forget the Christmas that Dad bought year six-year-old Jimmy a twenty-dollar twenty chemistry set It was forgotten before th the mistletoe came down from the chandelier Jimmy was too young to understand things like ammonium ammonium ammonium am chloride Its It's three years later now and that chemistry set is still perched on the basement shelf next to Aunt Gwen's plum jam that nobody will eat DURING THE TilE next few days when youre you're buying toys for children you dont don't have to tomake tomake tomake make the same kind of blunder You'll have help available First theres there's no scarcity of educational toys Just make certain the gift you buy isn't too or advanced-or too for elementary-for the child who will find it under the Christmas Christmas' tree are are helpful Many if not most toy boxes will tell you the approximate age range of youngsters who would use and enjoy the toy TOY CLERKS can counsel you too The toy store isn't just justan an enterprise that operates during poinsettia season these days Many are year-round year operations and the clerks know toys and kids Some e educational toys are so obviously useful you can make good judgment without help from anyone What about a magnetic set of letters that your grader first-grader can use to form words by sticking them them- themon on the refrigerator Or a dial that points to any letter in the alphabet and when a string is pulled tells by recorded voice a word that begins with that letter Or a telescope for the teenager who wants to see firsthand firsthand firsthand first first- hand those things the astronomy book describes U If the container label the toy clerk or personal judgment arent aren't enough to satisfy you theres there's another r expert eager to assist This would be the youngster for whom the gift is intended Listen Usten to him or her O Of course the child may want something Impossible Such asa as asa asa a real round merry like theone the theone theone one at Lagoon Nevertheless children can be persuaded to expect reasonable presents that can be as up up- building as they are entertaining en en- |