The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-06-07
4 kiudcr l,arlcn in Londoa.

the first Impression is th,t there are
no books, p,Aythings b"ing substitn-
ted :,the second that there are neither
dolls mar animals. trumre,s nor
swords, hoops nor whips, Wagons nor
clock.works tie usual furnishings Of
Il nur, cry,--but unfinished and mex
pensivc materials. The children give
their own Lessons and make their own
toys. 1t was-what | saw-in a
word, play organized into system Of
labor for tho child, 30 that while he
is amused and delighted, evcry facn!-
ty of body and mind is properly
educcd. There was no fau!t.Gndiny
nor need Of it, Cor there was no
wrong.doing. Tlc,c was no crying,
nor need for that, for every baby WAS
doing what it wanted to do. Even
the punishmen's, If they would be
called such. were sources Of pleasure,
The whole scene reminded me ola
story the good Dean of Care Town,
the late DR.. Newman, used to tell Of
his experience with tracts. He gave
them to areprobate who happened to
like reading when he was sick aud
sober. Tnc charity inculcatcd in
them was so absol bed into the
mans system that he one day remark
ed ''Pm changed man, am, Sir
through them tracts. Once | cared
for neither God nor Devil, aud now
loves them both alike"
The lirs. thing shown to me was a
numocr of balls, Of all tho coso:s ct
tho rainbow. This, which is called
the lirs, gift, is intended for very
young c, ildrcn, and belongs to the
nursery rather than the school. 1t is
used to teach motion and color.
The second gift consists Of n ball
cube, cylindcr,-a stick and striug
Games of this gift are so simple that
the weakest child can find delight il
them, 50 instructive that they afforded
information to the man Of science, an,
so diversified that the baby of tw
years and the girl Of ten arc allk
ABUSED.
With the third gift, cube divide
in every direction 30 as to form ciel
small cubes, the child begins L
const, uct garden seat for one pcrSo
then for two pcrsons,- io
three n bcdstcad, an armchair,
pair OF s cps, and Il tower are pr,
Scnted succcssivcly to his natural Low
of building.
a cubc divided into eight plane
cut lcngthHiS", forms tho fourth Hit
with witch still higher forms, "A So;
with back sides, and foois,onl,
stable, dungeon, IA sheltered walk,
leaning tower, and the like highc
forms produced.
The fifth gift is an cxtcn>i"n of Il
third. The cube is divided in
twcnty-scvcn equal, cubes. Three ,
these arc divided fu thrr into halv
and three further still iuto quarter
This Introduces the triangle and CT
ablcs the child to produce more COZ
plcatcd forms, snch as house vi
roof, an ancient arch, n church int
rior and Il gothic window.
Tho same relation which the fit
gift bears to the third, the sixth bca
to tho fourth By blocks still furth
subdi>idcd, bare legged urchins ""
constructing, amidst shou,saud !"u.
ter. sofas with pillows, baths vi
steps, school-rooms with places {
boys and gills and churches wi
pulpits.
Then came tho stick.work, cons
ting in laying little pieces of sti
--undirped luciier matches in &c
tain fo.ms, commencing with two n
rising to an indefinite number.
means of these the children tea
themselves tho alphabet in their pla
The following letters nrc taught
plain sticks
A Il Il II X l. NJ n 'rV w y v
The Whole of the letters cannot
made without uniting the site
and this is accomplished by sharpe
ing the points and inserting them
peas. Peas and stick,woik, ho
ever, are not confined to The form
tion of letters. Strange strnctur
forms of beauty, anatomics of nnim
trunks, roots and branches of trc
arc made in almost infinite varie
BY this simple contrivancc.
Every one Knows how fond childr
arc Of cutting with Scissors. Frol
taking advantage of this propcnsi
has turncdit to uso. Paper. cutti
becomes in his system branch
education. The child IS taugh,
fold paper in mathematical forms n
cut it in vertical dsr,ctions. 1t
result the child is aiming after in
rude. efforts at Clipping. = Each ono
ngrouhFofIGvo four.year-old gitls ,
cutting busily a'ta iohled newSpa
sheet as approached them. One al
the other opened her work and spr'
it on tho floor. Five beautilulpat,c
were tho Z seSults.E no each ST.
girls the discovery was like the sec
that made the old Greek cry Eure
In the chattcrinv that the compari