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Through such dramatics, the home, the school and the social center have excellent opportunities to bring themselves close to the children. Beginning with pantomime and continuing with originative story-playing, the child, by and by, in adolescence, comes to the period when he is ready to perform memorized plays. By doing so he gains a new form of expression and becomes capable of recognizing what is really fine in the drama.
The parent should crave, and the social worker plan, so that every child will have the opportunity during the “gang” period of belonging to some social club whose scheme is based upon imaginative play. In such organizations, young people live out together actual revivals of pioneer activities and virtues and of the days and deeds of chivalry. A similar opportunity is possible in the schools, through dramatic self-government.
The parent ought to be interested in the tendency that is manifest in the church to recognize and revive the sacred drama. Both through liturgy and the church festivals it is possible to make the strongest spiritual impression upon children.
REFERENCES
THE DRAMATIC FESTIVAL, by Annie A. T. Craig. (Containing plays and festivals for successive school periods.)
FOLK FESTIVALS, by Mary Master Needham. (Very practical and suggestive.)
PAGEANTS AND PAGEANTRY, by Bates and Orr. (Helpful introduction and five pageants.)
FESTIVALS AND PLAYS, by Percival Chubb. (For schools and other institutions. Valuable suggestions on the use of music in festival work.)
THE CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH OF JULY BY MEANS OF PAGEANTRY, by William Chauncy Langdon.
EDUCATION THROUGH RECREATION, by George E. Johnson.
* EDUCATION BY PLAYS AND GAMES, by George E. Johnson.
* PLAY IN EDUCATION, by Joseph Lee.
EDUCATION THROUGH PLAY, by Henry S. Curtis.
* THE KINGDOM OF THE CHILD, by Heinige.
* THE PLAY WAY, by H. Caldwell Cock.
* PLAY LIFE IN THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS, by Luella Palmer.
* THE NEW KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM, Bulletin No. 16, United States Bureau of Education, Chapter on Games.
HOW TO TEACH, by Norsworthy and Strayer. Chapter 9, on The Meaning of Play in Education.
GAMES FOR THE PLAYGROUND, HOME, SCHOOL AND GYMNASIUM, by Jessie H. Bancroft. (Gives graded descriptions of many active dramatic games for all ages.)
EASY GAMES FOR LITTLE PLAYERS, by Margaret Boughton. (An English publication, showing how to turn the nursery rhymes into dramatic form. This would be excellent for a children’s party or for any little circle that chances to be meeting in the home. The suggested dialogue does not need to be memorized.)
FUNDAMENTALS OF CHILD STUDY, by E. A. Kirkpatrick. Chapter 9, on Play.
THE DRAMATIC ARTS, by Caroline Crawford. Article in the Teacher’s College Record, September, 1915.
CHILDREN’S PLAY AND ITS PLACE IN EDUCATION, by Walter Wood.
MANUAL OF PLAY, by William Byron Forbush.
THE RHYTHMS OF CHILDHOOD, by Caroline Crawford.
DRAMATIC GAMES AND DANCES FOR LITTLE CHILDREN, by Caroline Crawford.
TIMELY GAMES AND SONGS, by Clara Sawyer Reed.
GAMES FOR THE SCHOOL, GYMNASIUM AND HOME, by Jessie Bancroft.
FESTIVALS AND PAGEANTS, by Percival Chubb.
PAGEANTRY AND DRAMATICS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, by W. V. Meredith.
THE USE OF DRAMATIC ARTS IN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, by Mary Alice Jones. (An M. A. thesis on file at Northwestern University.)
* The volumes that are starred will be found particularly helpful. The volumes listed above may be secured through the publishers of this pamphlet.
THE AMERICAN HOME SERIES
NORMAN E. RICHARDSON, Editor
1. THE NATION’S CHALLENGE TO THE HOME 2. HOW ONE REAL MOTHER LIVES WITH HER CHILDREN 3. PARENTHOOD AND HEREDITY 4. THE ROOTS OF DISPOSITION AND CHARACTER 5. THE FIRST YEAR IN A BABY’S LIFE 6. THUMB-SUCKING 7. THE EDUCATION OF THE BABY UNTIL IT IS ONE YEAR OLD 8. FIRST STEPS TOWARD CHARACTER 9. THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS 10. THE EDUCATION OF THE CHILD DURING THE SECOND AND THIRD YEARS 11. THE MOTHER AS PLAYFELLOW (YEARS ONE, TWO, AND THREE) 12. THE PROBLEMS OF TEMPER 13. THE PROBLEMS OF FIGHTING 14. THE GOVERNMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN 15. THE PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN 16. THE HOME KINDERGARTEN 17. THE RELIGIOUS NURTURE OF A LITTLE CHILD (YEARS FOUR AND FIVE) 18. THE NERVOUS CHILD 19. ON TRUTH TELLING AND THE PROBLEM OF CHILDREN’S LIES 20. THE GOVERNMENT OF CHILDREN BETWEEN SIX AND TWELVE 21. THE DRAMATIC INSTINCT IN CHILDREN 22. DRAMATICS IN THE HOME 23. TABLE TALK IN THE HOME 24. SUNDAY IN THE HOME 25. A YEAR OF GOOD SUNDAYS 26. THE PICTURE-HOUR IN THE HOME 27. STORY-TELLING IN THE HOME 28. MUSIC IN THE HOME 29. TRAINING IN THRIFT 30. “WHAT TO SAY” IN TELLING THE STORY OF LIFE’S RENEWAL 31. SEX DISCIPLINE FOR BOYS IN THE HOME 32. YOUTH’S OUTLOOK UPON LIFE 33. BUILDING FOR WOMANHOOD 34. RHYTHM AND RECREATION
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Transcriber’s Note:
Hyphenation has been retained as it appears in the original publication.
Page 9 Did You Ever See a Lassie? Farmer _changed to_ Did You Ever See a Lassie?, Farmer
Page 25 now a good boy, back again. _changed to_ now a good boy, back again.’
Page 28 high altar the Christmas créche _changed to_ high altar the Christmas crèche