The Doll House Project

 

The Doll House Project

What kindergarten or school is complete without a doll house? Nothing gives more joy to the child than making furniture, and rugs, papering, cutting and framing pictures, and doing anything that grown ups would do for a home. 
Secure two orange boxes for the house. place one on the other lengthwise, making the house two stories high, with four rooms. If a larger house is wanted, place another box at the end for an ell which can be used for the dining room and kitchen. The two lower rooms in the house are the reception room, and parlor. One upper room is furnished for a bed room. Place a cardboard partition through one room, and use half for hall the other half for bath room.

Instead of painting the house, brown laundry paper may be effectively used for covering the outside. Real wall paper may be used for the inside walls. Suit boxes bent in the middle length-wise, and inverted may be used for the roof. One of the boys in the manual training department could make the stairway, or cardboard might be bent into shape for steps. And last but not least, this lovely house can be lighted by electricity, furnished by two toy batteries. One of the older boys in the school can wire the house, and connect the batteries or the teacher might teach understand how to do that .Use miniature bulbs. Of course the house can not be lighted for any length of time, but what a joy it is to the children to have the house lighted for a few minutes at the time. 

References: 

The Kindergarten Primary Magazine 1919

CHILD'S PLAY

 

CHILD'S PLAY - A POEM

By the Author of Earth's Many Voices 

WITH care and cunning we shaped a boat, 

My brother Robbie and I; 
We rigged it next with sail and mast, 

We said it should be quite safe and fast,

My brother Robbie and I.

We made fast to it a slender rope, 

My brother Robbie and I; 

A rope by which we might guide its way,

 When we launched our boat in our tiny bay, 

My brother Robbie and I;  

The bay was set with perils, we knew, 

My brother Robbie and I; 

We knew them well- the thickets of reeds, 

And water-lilies, and tangled weeds- 

My brother Robbie and I. 

The day when we launched our little boat, 

My brother Robbie and I, 

Our playmates watched on the other bank; 

Oh! what if it sailed, and what if it sank, 

Thought brother Robbie and I. 

We sailed our boat right safely across, 

My brother Robbie and I; 

And when our boat to the shore drew near, 

We heard our comrades raise a cheer, 

My brother Robbie and I. 

Now we are old and grey with years, 

My brother Robbie and I. 

Many a venture we've sent afloat, 

Many a one since our tiny boat, 

My brother Robbie and I. 

Many a time we have wrought with care, 

My brother Robbie and I; 

But never success has seemed more dear 

Than the day when we heard our comrades cheer, 

My brother Robbie and I. 

Yes, we are old and grey with years, 

My brother Robbie and I; 

And we tell this story for those who say 

Of some careless task, 'It is mere child's play!' 

My brother Robbie and I. 

When folk say so, we shake our heads, 

My brother Robbie and I, 

And 'Oh, not so! not so!' cry we; 

'For child's play, it is done earnestly,' 

Say brother Robbie and I. 

References:

Chatterbox 1877