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Life in the making: 335 total pages.

cause these disadvantages to be forgotten. The school gives the child an opportunity to mingle with a large group of boys and girls of his own 60 MIDDLE CHILDHOOD 61 age. He is able to enter into games and projects in which he never could have participated in his limited play group at home with only one or two children and perhaps a grown-up to help him. The Child at Play. The very best way to become acquainted with the Primary child is to watch him at his play. Perhaps some of your acquaintances are of Primary age. If so, the following incidents will suggest others with which you are familiar Kenneth, Edwin, and Ivan are neighbors. Ken­neth is five, Edwin is seven, and Ivan is eight. When the two older boys come from school, Kenneth is waiting to play with them. One of their favorite games is spinning tops. Kenneth watches the older boys spinning their tops and tries to make his spin like theirs. When he finds that he cannot do so, he coaxes them to show him how. His ambition is satisfied if he can make his go like theirs. But not

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