The kindergarten building gifts . No. 18. Showing the next two moves of the blocks in this same se-quence of forms of beauty as radiating and encircling. is turned so that its long narrow face is towards thecenter instead of the short narrow face, we have thestarting point of the opposite series of encirclingsymmetrical forms (see Fig. 18b) ; in addition to. No. 19. Showing the last three movements of the blocks in this samesequence of forms of beauty. 1st—As the encircling within the radiat-ing. 2nd—As the radiating within the encircling. 3rd—as the radiatingand encircling balanced. these the


The kindergarten building gifts . No. 18. Showing the next two moves of the blocks in this same se-quence of forms of beauty as radiating and encircling. is turned so that its long narrow face is towards thecenter instead of the short narrow face, we have thestarting point of the opposite series of encirclingsymmetrical forms (see Fig. 18b) ; in addition to. No. 19. Showing the last three movements of the blocks in this samesequence of forms of beauty. 1st—As the encircling within the radiat-ing. 2nd—As the radiating within the encircling. 3rd—as the radiatingand encircling balanced. these the child soon discovers .that he can makeintermediate forms (see Fig. 19), namely, (a) radi-ating forms inclosed within encircling forms and(b) and (c) encircling forms closed within radiat-ing forms. 124 THi: KINDERGARTEN BUILDING GIETS. These are frequently called by the TWO GREAT , ., , ^^ ; ,f , ,, , FORCES OF children star forms and wreathTHE WORLD, forms. Any thoughtful mother orwell trained kindergartner knowsthat the child is now playing with the visible illus-trations of two of the mightiest factors in the wholephysical world, viz.: that marvelous force whichsends the life within pulsing out, and that equallymysterious force that limits or circumscribes this ra-diating power. In fact all forms from the tiniestcrystal to the most complex


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