. The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine. The tangram may be made on a plain white card orcolored pasteboard. It is sometimes manufactured inmetal and also in ivory. It should be carefully drawn,then cut on the lines into seven pieces. One puzzle is to put the square together again, buttwo smaller squares may also be made, two pieces beingused for one square and five for the other. Napoleon used the tangram for amusement. It is said that many hundred figures can be made fromthese seven pieces. A Chinaman is a favorite one. Any one who possessesa copy of that old but excellent book, Calkins PrimaryO
. The Kindergarten-Primary Magazine. The tangram may be made on a plain white card orcolored pasteboard. It is sometimes manufactured inmetal and also in ivory. It should be carefully drawn,then cut on the lines into seven pieces. One puzzle is to put the square together again, buttwo smaller squares may also be made, two pieces beingused for one square and five for the other. Napoleon used the tangram for amusement. It is said that many hundred figures can be made fromthese seven pieces. A Chinaman is a favorite one. Any one who possessesa copy of that old but excellent book, Calkins PrimaryObject Lessons, will find reference to this puzzle andseveral illustrations of its MARIA KRAUS-BOELTfi. After more than half a century of uninterruptedwork in the kindergarten field, Mrs. Maria Kraus-Boelte has retired from active teaching. In the futurethis famous exponent of kindergarten methods willdevote her time wholly to lecturing and writing. Herbiography is virtually the history of the kindergartenmovement in America. Mrs. Kraus-Boelte was notalone the pioneer in this work in the United States, butfor more than forty years has been the leading expon-ent of the teachings of Froebel. During this long per-iod of active service, Madam Kraus has trained hun-dreds of teachers, and throughout has been the inspira-tion of those interested in the movement. Mrs. Kraus links the present directly with the daysof Froebel, and serves to keep us, therefore, in touchwith the spirit and authority of this great teacher. Herbirth and education were especially fortunate. Maria Boelte was born in the Grand Duchy ofMecklemburg-Schwerin, November 8, 1836. Her an-cestors for genera
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