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Life in the making: 335 total pages.

He likes to play ball because he enjoys the physical activity. When he succeeds in catching the ball, he does not think of putting anyone out, for his chief interest is in being able to get the ball. The other two enjoy the physical activity also, but they have reached a stage in their development when it is natural for them to organize their play about a definite end. They are not simply playing; they are playing a game. True, their games are not very complex, and in the eyes of older children they would probably seem "silly"; but they are games nevertheless. In our study of the child of four and five we saw that he lives in a world of make-believe. Some-times he is a fairy, sometimes, half in play and half in earnest, be copies other people's actions. Does our sturdy Primary child indulge in any such fanci­ful play? If so, how does it resemble and how does it direr from the games be played when he was younger? A small company of Primary boys and girls were having a party. One of the girls had brought with her a beautiful baby doll,

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