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Show J j - ! Playthings Ranked With Bread N As Vital Childhood Necessities Variety of Toys Held Essential to Child Education "p VERY American youngster must have the toys and game3 required for normal child development." develop-ment." With this slogan for equal play opportunity, communities in every part of the country are organizing to provide under-privileged children with the toys and games suitable for their age. The everyday need for constructive play opportunity is recognized to be as vital to each child's development as bread arid thelter. Babies need stuffed animals, balls, bath toys, baby walkers, play pens and chine toys. When baby learns to toddle, push, and pull toys, blocks, picture books, dolls and wheel toys help him to adjust to the strange new world. Youngsters from two to four need easy construction toys. drawing boards and blackboards to help them co-ordinate their eyes, minds and muscles, modeling materials, ma-terials, weaving sets, skates, express ex-press wagons, little autos, sidewalk bikes. Toys that produce housekeeping house-keeping and business activity arc play essentials for children from four to six, and are educational too. Doll carriages, doll furniture and wardrobes .encourage imaginative play. Electric trains, more difficult construction con-struction sets, board games that help with school work, chemistry and microscope sets and carpentry tools direct the energy of children from six to ten to wholesome educational educa-tional play. Because play is the serious business of childhood, toys that efficiently reproduce grownup activities have great educational value. Children require a balanced va: riety of toys to stimulate constructive construc-tive interests which are the best insurance in-surance against delinquency. |