. Mothercraft . excellent par-ent. Experts had canvassed the toys of-fered by large and small manufacturers,designers, and dealers, and had selected 200 MOTHEBORAFT those best suited to the childs mentalgrowth. The result set mothers to think-ing. The most notable feature of that exhibitwas the total elimination of what areknown as mechanical toys. The dog thatwags his tail when he is wound up, thecanary that flutters, the bandmaster whowaves his baton, all were missing. Thesehave one vital fault; they require no efforton the part of the child. Dont mistake the meaning of dont
. Mothercraft . excellent par-ent. Experts had canvassed the toys of-fered by large and small manufacturers,designers, and dealers, and had selected 200 MOTHEBORAFT those best suited to the childs mentalgrowth. The result set mothers to think-ing. The most notable feature of that exhibitwas the total elimination of what areknown as mechanical toys. The dog thatwags his tail when he is wound up, thecanary that flutters, the bandmaster whowaves his baton, all were missing. Thesehave one vital fault; they require no efforton the part of the child. Dont mistake the meaning of dont want to deprive the littlepeople of play, to turn life into a prosyschoolroom. But the normal child likes tomake an effort. Buy him a monkey thatbows and takes off its hat at the same timethat you buy him a set of tools; you willfind the monkey lying despised and forgot-ten while the tools are still freshly busy atplaning and sawing. This is what these child-psychologistsannounced as the purpose of the toys: To. MOTHERORAFT 201 make possible the reliving, under make-be-lieve conditions, the domestic, social, andindustrial life of society. Youll find thatthe thing which makes for the childsbroadest development makes him laundry set with which your daughtercan really wash her dolls clothes with realwater, a kitchen set Avith which she can al-most cook real food, delight her domesticinstinct, and incidental lessons will occur—explain to her the reason for basting hermeat, for not boiling the tea itself, and youwill find her far more keenly interestedthan in mere fictions. If a safe device forheat in the toy cook-stove ever develops, weshall have a toy of immeasurable value. The carpenters and the gardeners out-fits will appeal to the industrial interest ofthe boy. Engines, automobiles, and aero-planes, although they demonstrate me-chanical laws, at the same time deprive himso of activity that they might better giveway to tools which he can use for himself. 202 MOTHEKC
Size: 1157px × 2160px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectinfants, bookyear1915
