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dressed and undressed to go visiting and walk­ing and to be put to bed, as the game demanded. The younger one wished only to dress and undress the doll at random for the sheer love of the dressing and undressing and without relation to anything else. Clearly, then, the younger one could not play as the older sister did. For the older sister to have given up her game to play as the baby did would have meant that she was not playing at all. The games which children like to play at any stage of their development are the result of their interests and abilities. If they are at the period when manip­ulation and curiosity are prominent, these charac­teristics will be prominent in their play. We may expect children of our Beginners' Depart­ment to be interested in the following:, doing things for the sake of handling or finding out about them, imitating and playing imaginative games such as making play trains and other similar toys. If we are to make educational use of play in our class-rooms, we must remember these natural play in­terests. Just

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