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Title: Play and play materials for the pre-school child
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Mitchell, Harriet
Subjects: Play Children
Publisher: Ottawa, Canadian Council on Child Welfare
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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black-board five and a half feet by four feet gives ample spacefor the large arm and hand movements characteristic ofthe pre-school period. A new Canadian made black-boaiding is obtainable by the square foot. Smalleiframed blackboards ready to be hung up var\ ing in size,can be obtained from the toy department of man\ stores.These are perfectly satisfactory, reasonable in price and 33 durable. Ii is well to keep in mind i hat a board smallerthan two feet by four feet is not uood for younir childrenas it does not allow scope for the lar.ue muscles in draw-ing. Dustless chalks can now be obtaininl and in theinterest of health should always be piovided. APPARATUS FOR ti the > ount^: child, active tloor play,ACTIVE PLAY. with blocks, trains, wai;ons. and other to\s,LADDER AND sliould bc supplcmentcd by detinite provi-^^^^^ vision for vi<2:oious muscle exercise, through the use of gymnasium apparatus. Children all like toclimb, swing and slide. A slide gives excellent and en-
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FLOOR PLAY WITH LARGE BLOCKS AND WOODEN TRAIN. joyable opportunities for such exercise. Climbing thesteps that lead to the slide develops muscular co-ordina-tion and the child gets a gr€\at deal oi pleasure in lookingaround from the height. \arious slides in sizes suitablefor indoor use are on the market. They can be boughtin several sizes—the smallest only three feet high. Aslide can easilv be made at home by father or a carpenter. Even mothers ironing board has been utilized. A springs-landing mat placed at the bottom of the slide avoids thepossibility of the sometimes unpleasant thump that seemsto account for the occasional childs unwillingness to tr\it again/ Almost without exception a slide is the mostpopular piece of play apparatus in the room. SWINGS. Since standards for swings take up more room than is usually available in the homeplayroom, one company has designed a piece of simpleapparatus—a steel hanger that fits over any door-frame,with adjustable trapeze, swing, fl;

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