. Babyhood . ng. One is sung to the tuneof Away with Melancholy. The words are •. Roll the clay, roll the claySo gently as gently can be ;Roll the clay, roll the claySo gently,And make a ball with me. Or it maybe Roll the clay so softly, slow-ly, or quickly, always doing and singing inagreement. When the pupil succeeds in making a goodball there follows a series of lessons to teach theformation of simple objects made from the ballform. Apples, pears, potatoes, grapes, a bunchof currants, also other fruits and vegetables, canbe made, always starting from the ball the differe
. Babyhood . ng. One is sung to the tuneof Away with Melancholy. The words are •. Roll the clay, roll the claySo gently as gently can be ;Roll the clay, roll the claySo gently,And make a ball with me. Or it maybe Roll the clay so softly, slow-ly, or quickly, always doing and singing inagreement. When the pupil succeeds in making a goodball there follows a series of lessons to teach theformation of simple objects made from the ballform. Apples, pears, potatoes, grapes, a bunchof currants, also other fruits and vegetables, canbe made, always starting from the ball the different shapes of eggs, and seeds, andmore complex objects which we will speak of ina later number. Clay Day is one of the happiest in kinder-garten. The faces of the children permitted thisnatural plaything picture the pleasure they takein being taught its use. Merry songs accompany the work and a spirit ofI kindness and industry presides because a naturalj orderly vent isgiven to their desire THE MOTHERS Little Ones in Church. To the Editor of Babyhood : As your readers have brought up the subjectof childrens behavior in church, will you allowme to say a few words ? I cannot see what goodit does to children under six years of age to go. to church at all. I think they are much betteroff at home. If parents wish them to learn thehabit of going, is not six or seven years of agesoon enough to begin? If there is no properperson to stay with Baby, cannot the father andmother take turns in staying with him? Somepeople think the restraint is good for children,and I believe it is well for them to be quietsometimes, but to require them to keep still anddo nothing for two hours is asking altogether toomuch, I think. I do not blame the poor littlethings one bit for being restless and full of mis-chief. If the parents were obliged to sit andlisten to a lecture in some unknown tongue foran hour or so they would find it rather hard. Asermon usually lasts at least half an hou
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