Arizona republican., 1921-11-27

are told, of the destructive toy. The influence of the constructive toy is found by Mrs. Stoner to be as strong in another direction
 gro be constructive" she says, "a toy must be more than merely not destructive. It should develop the child in some way, but not necessar- fly in an obviously educational way. So simple a thing as box of paints will develop control Of muscles and the use of colors.
 Balls and balloons are construc- tive toys. My baby played with a balloon tied to her waist in the era dle. She learned to love colors and to recognize them Tn these colored balls. Later she learned to remem- Der facts set to jingles. bouncing the ball as she sang them
 Dolls and doll houses. too, are constructive They teach a girl the ing. just as the toy soldiers teach the boy the principles of warfare A new doll, not yet on the market. has a phonograph motor inside. This has the endless possibilities of the pho- nograph for teaching the child. "A further extension of this idea to toy animals is also being planned The head of the New York Geological park is, I believe. going to make rec ords of the exact animal cries, so that instead of the COW, bird and lion all making similar mechanical squealxs the toy lion will roar and the blue bird will give its own trill This is a constructive development of toy making"
 Typewriter as Toy Mrs. Stoner's favorite toy for chill dren and adults alike is the type writer. She holds that child of two can be taught reading and spell ing on a typewriter, and that a grown person car improve a chron- ically poor memory by typing things to be remembered.
 q agree with Edison" Mrs. StoneI ] said, that what is worth learning is worth keeping. He says that Inc never knew a great executive who had bad memory. If club wom- an would only impress the facts ir her speeches by typing them. she would not torture the audience by speaking with her nose in a sheath of papers.
 "The typewriter makes nimble fin gers. too. One little girl had two helpless fingers after an attack oi infantile paralysis We cured her by the use of Q typewriter
 Mrs. Stoner speaks from expert. ence when she points out the use: of toys. for she educated her daugh- ter largely by ingenious use of play things. Mrs. Stoner became knowr as an educator when her daughter Winifred began to attract attention From the time the baby was borr  and centered all interest on educat- ing her by natural education meth ods. Toys played an important part
 The dolls travelled to foreign coun. tries and the customs. furniture ana clothing of the country were repro | duced to make the game realistic.
 By drawing with colored crayons l, comic man composed entirely of cir. cles, and others made of triangles anC squares, the child learned some of tn, simple principles of geometry.
 Jingles were a favorite device witl Mrs. StoneI. Altogether she esti mates she has made 10000 of them Her daughter learned much of he history, grammar and science b! jingles set to familiar tunes.
 That her daughter. who is now 1e is a prodigy or ever was, Mrs. Sto- ner denies. She claims that she trieC to educate her to be an all-arount supernormal person, an athlete a. | well as a student.