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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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nd box, a swing will be STANDARDS. found to be the most popular diversion foreither boy or girl. We never ciuite outgrow the pleasurable sensationresulting from our bodies travelling through the air. Itmay be by means of a swing, a broad jump, a pole vault,a dive, or riding in an automobile or an aeroplane, orjust one of the mechanical devices of the amusement parkor carnival. Once fear is overcome, the pleasure isuniversiil. The first consideration therefore in the constructionof a swing is safety. It should be built by a good work-man. Iron pipe is preferable for the Iramework but withcare a s;ife and substantial swing frame may be built ofwood at a considerable siiving. Ten feet is a good height.The accompanying sketch indicates a sale method ofconstruction. 52 Swings and standards may also be purchased from thefollowing manufacturers. Frost Playground Equipment Co.,500 Notre Dame St., Montreal. Kiddie Gym Co., Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A. H. Wilson & Co., Sporting Goods,Toronto.
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WALKINGBEAM. SWINGS AND STANDARDS This piece of apparatus is best made athome. A board ten feet long, four incheswide and two inches thick is used by screw-ing wooden cleats on the under side, at the ends and under 63 tlie middle. The board should be firmly fastened to theirround (o prevent slippinir. This will take the place ofthe curb stone walkinu:, in which all children takei^reat deliirht. and irives opportunities for pleasant practicein balancing with increase in self-confidence and bodycontrol. The heiixht of the cleats may be increased withthe increasing dexterity of the child. SANDBOX 1 In sand j)ile is without doubt the most OR TRAY. popular play facility of childhood. Even up to the age of ten years and older, both boysand .L^irls enjoy the unparalleled opportunity for play ofthe imagination in the construction in sand, of caves,lakes, rivers, highwavs, railroads, farms, villages and thelike. Not only does the attraction of the sand box keepthe child in its own yard, but at

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