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December 15 1910 akc Tribune - y v r w n y?X- P7T M U v r' syn m W I xp v -- " ’ W 4 r I s&jna jw” V V !“ f x r V' 4v T ’ t rw 1 tk f £ aa StWx ja C tttovqfrifrWAk s Xato ' 3r X XV " x v v Hi '& & ) fi gum I X ?‘ ' x- Typical of Scenes In Toy Shops Evorywhero Is This Study In Concentration Adoration Hardly Describes the Little Fellow’s Emotion ' ? y A jA r Psychology steps in to correct the mistakes of fond parents in buying Christmas gifts for the very young i t t j i V VI c A nf group and to give them toys that are strange to their playmates usually U- r ( bels them as “outsiders” To aid children and aid mother and 1 vV fX ' 'M fathers in the correct purchasing of X- vv"’X $ ja toys manufacturers psychologists educators and child experts hava conducted clinics to test not only child acceptance -- but also how much benefit the child de’Sw rives from one toy rather than another ’“’ v V Prominent among these groups ia that of Ethel Kawin at the University of if Chicago who annually tests out many n items for manufacturers j? Miss Jessie Stanton is another well- -' own wW known to manufacturers for her toy labhood fruitrationi by parents also ocoratory work at tha Harriet Johnson To tho Little Lady In the Photo Above That Doll Is a Real Baby Child Contact! A Future Pilot Plays with One of the Latest Model Planes curs much too frequently- - Investigation Nursery School In New York and Dreams of Santa Claus Leaving One for Him on Christmas Day Psychologists Warn Parents Against Buying Them Too Big or Heavy has shown that in many instances chilTheir surveys have divided today’ dren find little pleasure in many toys four Into group j exercise toys roughly ly some ef their own— realities For it p education concentration and skill and that delight parents tion group These toys simply amuse and skill group which include Misurell By hag been found for every toy that it Then too there is the mistake some relaxation and contribute their bit to making the games items that test mentalto a and that fathers mothers fall Into of not In the exercise group are such toys bought genuinely appeals ity and building and craft sets This child slow down from the tension of too of young minds are child equally as many wil b completemuch study or too hard physical play as wagons autos velocipedes bicycles buying an educational toy either because group in many cases overlaps the eduwith MILLIONS occupied ly unappealing kiddie cars doll carriages and snorts there are too many parts to it or becation group so parents should road the Foa example on the market this year is and That’s the belief of toy manufacturday cause they haven’t time to learn how it a doll that looks and feels like real flesh When purchasing toys In Instructions usually attached to the toy equipment Visions of countless ers psychologists and child experts works Such persons forget that a child flight dreams In the education group— one of the this group parents are advised to conIt is a lightweight test-tub- e product overwho have closely observed tha care— and jolly St Nicks with haa unlimited time and imagination for made of plastic sider the age and physical capacity of most important — cornea chemistry sets relaxation rs stuffed toy bags slung over their shoulcarelessness — with which a good majorthe child for whom they are intended construction sets model building kits to almost all little girls of all ages thingi styled for his age ders fill the children’s hours with joyOften parents purchase toys to fit a ity of parents do their toy shopping etc for the older child and kindergar They must make certain that small ous anticipation items for the younger? muRCl er a re"p otgo tn gto b ffo v e rta xed “ten or Surveya hav diaclosedthat— many — child’s JQ rathss of the educators and psycholoage -arenta oveilook tha important fact that And almost just as often this is harm- Arthr These toys say the educators should bs gists will find that it isn’t too hard to or that “he will soon be big enough to ful Unless a child is in use it” make this year’s Christmas an extremeparents are rushing about frantically their children are really babies and rush bought for the child’s normal oige progressive school or under the care of a tutor they purchasing toys in a frenzied effort to out to buy toy that art too large for The age of the child should be care Novelties mechanical or otherwise ly merry one for both themelves and make those dreams — and unfortunate- them The youngster have to overtax make up the greatest part of the relaxa their 'children play with children in tho normal age fully considered in the concentration a their strength to play with them and soon grow tired of the object whether it be a doll an auto or anything else shopping failure to read instructions and listen to advice on the proper ages for which the item was intended are usually at the bottom of this mistake A Another frequent eirqr am Is made when parents choose playthings that are too elaborate They put too much of the toy budget into one item and this prevents the buying of a group of plivthinga that would give the child variety The purcnaslng of their owi child- £1 ’'’ - Last-minu- U - well-round- AV well-know- Edwin rfiarks-msnshi- rosy-cheek- and-offe- Parentawha-iollpw-lha-purchaiiing'-advi- pre-scho- sr yx y swajM£r £ ¥ j "if -- c- - "vV f I i i 1 i X ¥ 1 V I 10a r f f nftiaMlUrtyefc He's Old Enough to Know How to Handle a Saw Say the Psychologists So the Boy Above Merrily Pushes Away in One of the Toy Testing Laboratories ll Blocks Teach This Child How Play Constructively He's Built His Idea of an Elevated Roadway n WwM Blftit BmmS br Ktn SMturN InSletU 1m This Little Tot Decided to Build a Complicated Lumber Yard To Make the Scene More Realistic She’s Added a Couple of Painted Wooden Dolls to It |