. Babyhood . on. Onepart of the cube, therefore, must never be left apartfrom or without relation to the whole. The childwill thus become accustomed to treat all things inlife as bearing a certain relation to one another. Never permit carelessness to pass unnoticed,neither allow yourself to assist manually in cor-recting er/ors. Oneparticular in which thesmall hands advance inusing this gift is thecultivation of a delicatetouch, and patience inbearing failure to meetthe proper standard atonce. At the end ofthe first lesson the tinycubes are placed togetheras a whole, either by separate directi
. Babyhood . on. Onepart of the cube, therefore, must never be left apartfrom or without relation to the whole. The childwill thus become accustomed to treat all things inlife as bearing a certain relation to one another. Never permit carelessness to pass unnoticed,neither allow yourself to assist manually in cor-recting er/ors. Oneparticular in which thesmall hands advance inusing this gift is thecultivation of a delicatetouch, and patience inbearing failure to meetthe proper standard atonce. At the end ofthe first lesson the tinycubes are placed togetheras a whole, either by separate directions or a general command. Thebox and cover are now disclosed and must re-ceive their share of attention through eyes andfingers before they are used to enclose the must not overlook the use of the checkedtables, which is very important with this gift aswith all that follow. The little cubes are tostand nicely on the squares made for them, andthe squares are to be recognized throughout allthe 70 BABYHOOD. When the cube is properly constructed again,the child is directed to hold the box carefully inthe right hand over the cube, then to lower itslowly until the cube is quite covered. That thecube should come and depart, as a whole, is veryimportant, and must never on any account beomitted, or the impression of its unity would bemarred. Care must be taken that the box is put on withits front face—which bears the colored label—to-ward the child, then, at command, it is slippedforward on to the cover, which is held ready atthe tables edge by the childs left hand. Greatbenefit will follow attention to every point oforder and politeness in the distribution of thegifts, and the slightest omission of these pointswill surely bring sad results. At the second lesson the cube is presented inthe box, with the cover onThe box is placed (by directionalways) a given number ofsquares from the child withthe papered face away. Then,with folded hands, the childawaits the follo
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