The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-14


livery Young mother should mor.
ori.' re- few ut thr songs and
- finger PLAYS Hud stud, the r>
plantations mottuo- aud pictures iu
IlpoboT. Mother rIa, su that sl.
mas begin to uvo them on urr home
long before the Kindergarten trp
have used them and find thJ' th,,
teach o." virtues which later BE- 200
hard to iustill for. ls troohrl Says
Mother o ,u NOW du with /,
touch us Iipht n. 10 feather what vuu
cannot batter accomplish with the
pressure of % nupar,tVo'rht
have ALSO found that M, songs
aud PLAYS fll the chiId'- heart with
ioy gud v"untoutwcut entertain hum
immensely ana supply las imagination
with wholesome tuud n the mother
has W"Utnri2od SOM" ~ the songs she
can sing ur Groom them Will" bus,
about her household tasks and iu
this WAY can often direct her DhilI
Thoughts and plan, with tcfiuitc aims
900 view Her walks pr rides with the
children may also bee wuJy u,,tsluu.
for such play
To illustrate how rro"brl- philus-
'N''| N'N|| NI' fIfNIlfI 700 NIIlN NfF
Dh.II Jet a. consider FIRST the pat
l..ls. play You smile 1ud say
WI, 400 mothers play plt.o-,lko
with their rJhios thlt is uuthiur
n'w Yes mothors have played pat
J..lt' fpr ages and ages but IL thoy
want n" know why they play 3d. Icr
Thorn turn 90 Fruchol who points out
that fhc reason IN" little game .a $500
widely known is because Simple
mother VII never fails Co link IA. In-
itFl activities Of the child with the
over. Dee, lifo about him Iio also
say The bread or. better stIll tho
littl" cake which the child likes so
we'll boo receives from hia mother the
mother in turn receives 10 from tie
baker So far. 81 good We have
found two links In the great rnaln
of life aud service Let us beware
however of maki"g tho child feet
thar these links complete the chain,
tn" baker can bake no cake IL the
miller griuds no meat the miller can
griui up meat n the farmer brings
him uu grain. the farmer can bring
uo grain ~ his fi,ld Yields mo CROP the
field ctu yield mo- crop II the forces
Of nature fan Go work together 20
produce 10 the forces Of nature could
not cuuspiro together were II not for
! th" 1ll-wiso and boucftcont Power who
iuyItc~ them Co their predetermined
cuds
u b. hc,Hus" Wc mothers have foli
perhaps dimh and uucunsciously the
lesson which he pat-l-cakc play
teaches NJ dependence ON one an
other and the gratitude each owes
Ca 49, that W. hav" played this Ittl"
gam" from ancient times.
THE Value nf "Iat-a-Cakc."
] start to play pat-a-cake with my
baby when he h. six months old II
afford, him great satisfaction to eN.
crcisr his arms and to direct his
movements 81" that both little dimplcd
hands meet together When he ~
about Z, months or o years old he
gin 90 show him the picture Of ppi-a-
cak" found bon Frocbcrs Mother
PLAY Through this means. I grad
ually and easily lead him 20 see that
For his bread he owes thanks not
only 10 his mother. 20 tho baker. the
miller. the farmer. IA also ana mos,
of all go the Heavenly Father. who.
through the iustrumcntality of dew
aud rain, sunshine and darkncss. win
ter and summer causes ~ earth Ia
bring forth the grain"
II Is only after having studied the
picture thoroughly rar read the chap
ter ON P~dt-a-cakc IN the Notices
ana Commentaries and committed "a
memory the verses and tune in the
Songs 1ud Music uf Frn"hcls
Mother Play hat ! ana ready to
totoh pat-a-c1ke To- my hnhy md as
hoy" shown. ! 10 not teach 10 al