Babyhood . during the free play. Another play is in imitation of a young birdin its nest. The child holds the ball in the palmof the left hand, which is hollowed like a nest ; 39Q BAB YHOOD. with his right hand he raises it, playing that itflies, and sings : Up, op in the sky The lit - tie birds fly; Down, down in the nest The lit - tie birds rest. With a wing on the left, And a ?wing on the right. Well let the dear bird - ies Sleep all the long be true to nature the little bird must hopfrom its nest and find a comfortable perch uponthe childs arm, which imitates the branch of atree h
Babyhood . during the free play. Another play is in imitation of a young birdin its nest. The child holds the ball in the palmof the left hand, which is hollowed like a nest ; 39Q BAB YHOOD. with his right hand he raises it, playing that itflies, and sings : Up, op in the sky The lit - tie birds fly; Down, down in the nest The lit - tie birds rest. With a wing on the left, And a ?wing on the right. Well let the dear bird - ies Sleep all the long be true to nature the little bird must hopfrom its nest and find a comfortable perch uponthe childs arm, which imitates the branch of atree holding the nest. Where there are two or three inmates to yournursery the Good-day song will be found veryattractive. The children standing in a circle orline, the ball is passed briskly from hand to hand,every hand being used. A child receives it in hisleft hand, passes it into his right, and then to theleft hand of the child next to him. The song is :—|*—i—-— The ball conies round to meet us. And. Say Good-day. While we sing the ball doth m wan-der, Now tis here and now tis yon-der; 1 But in one thing we a - gree, m .- .- I love ball and ball loves me. This is a favorite game when played quickly andcheerfully, and may be varied by the differentways of standing to pass the ball. When, through daily play, the child knowsthe color of the red ball, the blue is added, andthe games include both balls, and so on until thewhole set are used ; then many new plays canbe introduced, and the child taught to arrangethem in the order of the rainbow. (Indigo isomitted, as it is a shade of blue.) The arrange-ment may be displaced by the kindergartner oranother child, and the child on trial, whose eyeshave been closed, looks, names the missing ballor mistake in the arrangement, then replacesthem correctly. It enhances the delight of this gift if eachball has a small square box in which it belongsof the same color as the ball it contains ; theboxes are also helpful in the plays to devel
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