The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-21
Training Little Children
Educational Material Can Be Bought Much More Easily
Than Mothers Realize.
ssxsss.sua s. n.aa lu~.as BY III. United States suvaor of Eh@atkn. 9wahts.aa
D G and the Naaons, Knaus4,sn Associations West AMh Street, New Ys.
-RY DOROTHY CaNTiEiD FISHER

carefully will give her i~nnutuefabls
suggestions. This is the catalogue OF
any arm handling kindergarten lnate-
rial such as the Milton Bradley Com
pany, Springfield, Mass, and Il. Stct-
ger & Co.. 40 Murray street, New
York. Most OF the country mothers
know nothing OF h material ao'd by
such firms and will be surprised 10
find that valuable educational matA-
rial is offered at prices which make It
far cheaper than common toys. hought.
at the stores, and that she will need
no training to make excellent use OF
much that is intended for class use.
At the back OF such a catalogue Ia q
list OF very inexpensive books for
mothers which will give her..sugges-
tions for paper-cutting, clay-model-
ling and drawing.
Blu the great, great beauty and
value of country life for the child Ia
too big q theme to do more than touch
upon in so condensed q sketch. This
is. Of course, his closeiless to nature
and all sorts of natural processea
he acc his mothers help, for with-
out 1t he must lose much time in mis-.
directed effort. When he Is so tiny
that he can only o on, his mother,
IL she is wise, will see to it that he has
q chance to look On, that he sees the
nurses WateT0O. the COWS mixed th0
chickens fed, the garden planted, the
butter made. the washing done and
the hay cut As fast a. he can under
stand she will give him a simple ex-
PLANTATION Of all these vital events, and
as soon as he fe strong enough to taxa
part In these activities she will uss
her ingenuity to devise ways for him
life. OF course he will bother more
than he helps at first, and nobody but
his mother will have the patience to
respect his bungling attempts to join
the work done about him. But to her
they will be inestimably precious and
necessary for his development and III
will take, the greatest pains not to dis
courage him. II. In addition to the
hand-work mentioned above. the
country mother will see that her chill
dren are not cheated put Of their
birthrfght Of q share in the processes
OF country life she need have small
fear for their healthsy happiness and
moral development.
A few maxims to hang up over the
kitchen sink and rec over while the
dishes are being washed:
Little children wish and need to
te doing something with their bodies
and hands every minute they are
awake.
2.-They reed a frequent change Of
oSSuVNI1OA. g-.a.4s.. SaaTlr rs
3.-If I provide them with Interest,"
ing things to do, they will not have
time to be fretful or to do naughty
things.
4.-When 1 see my children harm
lessly occupied and using their hands.
or bodies, I may be sure that they are
educating themselves even IL Cannot
understand the pleasure they take in
their occupation
b.-When child has a great desire
to do something in~convenicnt, let me
ask myself, why does he want TO do
it?" and try to understand and meet
the real need which is apt to Gnderly.
his unreasonable request.
Books which every mother should
own:
"Mo,toes and Commentaries OF
Froehel's Mother Play and Songs
and Games of Froebel's Mother play"
translated by Susan F.. Blow. Pub
1ished by D. Appleton s. Co, New
York City; s1.e0 each.
"As the Twig Is Bent, by Susan
EChenery. Published by Houghton.
Miff1in Company, New York' City; 81.
Fundamentals Of Child Study" by
r. A. Kirkpatrick. Published by Mac
MILAN Company, New York City;
$1.25.
I'm the Child's World" by Emile
Poulsson. Published by Milton Brad
ley Company, Springfield, Mass; So
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all the mother: cf country