The mothercraft manual . Unhygienic, Inartistic, Anti-social Hygienic, Durable, Constructive, Social Toys. THE TOY AGE 291 Especially to be avoided under six years are toyshaving : sharp points, corners, edges ; small bells or detachable ornaments; paint which easily comes off; flimsy toys easily broken; woolly animals (unless washable and washed); popguns; fine material, sometimes sold as Kindergarten ma-terial , , sewing cards, paper mats, straws,small beads, sticks, peg boards, crayons, blocks. Mechanical Toys. Doctor Hall comments on this: Mechanical toys, more than any others,
The mothercraft manual . Unhygienic, Inartistic, Anti-social Hygienic, Durable, Constructive, Social Toys. THE TOY AGE 291 Especially to be avoided under six years are toyshaving : sharp points, corners, edges ; small bells or detachable ornaments; paint which easily comes off; flimsy toys easily broken; woolly animals (unless washable and washed); popguns; fine material, sometimes sold as Kindergarten ma-terial , , sewing cards, paper mats, straws,small beads, sticks, peg boards, crayons, blocks. Mechanical Toys. Doctor Hall comments on this: Mechanical toys, more than any others, seem tohave the shortest existence in the hands of bright, activechildren, a fact which suggests that toys so constructedas to show principles of motion and elementary phys-ical laws, without involving their own destruction, arean educational need yet to be supplied. This destruc-tive form of curiosity, due to normal development ofmentally active children, needing guidance, and to befurnished with a proper outlet, but not repressed, isnot to be confused with the
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