. Babyhood . stretching out his fingers as far as possible, thenrelaxing them. Let this be done several timesin succession to the directions, Stretch, rest ;stretch, rest. Also the arms in the same way at the sideand in front, also above the head. In the last BAB YHOOD. H3 exercise care must be taken that he does notstrain himself, as he will be likely to if he is tooeager in his effort to stretch. The legs may bestretched in the same way, and even the toes,though they are enclosed in stockings and stretching exercises quicken the circula-tion and rest the nerves, besides making th
. Babyhood . stretching out his fingers as far as possible, thenrelaxing them. Let this be done several timesin succession to the directions, Stretch, rest ;stretch, rest. Also the arms in the same way at the sideand in front, also above the head. In the last BAB YHOOD. H3 exercise care must be taken that he does notstrain himself, as he will be likely to if he is tooeager in his effort to stretch. The legs may bestretched in the same way, and even the toes,though they are enclosed in stockings and stretching exercises quicken the circula-tion and rest the nerves, besides making themuscles more graceful and ready for work ofdifferent kinds. Many of the prettiest finger plays are inFroebels Mother Cosseting Songs. The fin-gers represent five birds or butterflies, and the. rhymes describe their goings and doings. Theringers are woven into a nest ; the thumbs, turn-ed inward, repiesent two eggs, which, during therepetition of the rhyme, are changed into twotiny birds (Fig. 7) : In the hedge a birdie dearBuilds a nest of straw and hair,Lays two eggs so small and round ;Soon wee birdies there are found. They call on mother : Hear, hear, hear,Mother so dear, mother so dear,On mother dear, hear, hear, hear. Madame Kriege says in The Child, speakingof this rhyme : The Birds Nest is made themeans of showing the relations to father andmother, and it may also be used to convey tothe child first ideas of the protecting care ofthe Heavenly Father. I have based my edu-cation on religion, and it must lead to religion,said Froebel. As we make the young child
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