Children's play and its place in education, an appendix on the Montessori method

Walter Le Burley Wood

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• Play

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 28
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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http://www.archive.org/details/childrensplayitsOOwoodrichCHILDREN'S PLAYAD MATREMCHILDREN'S PLAY
IN EDUCATIONAND ITS PLACE
WITH AN APPENDIX ON
THE MONTESSORI METHOD
BY
WOODWALTER
MIDDLE TEMPLE BARRISTER-AT-LAWor THB ;
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH,TRUBNER CO.,LTD.&
BROADWAY HOUSE, 68-74 CARTER LANE, E.C.
I913;
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" I leave to the children the flowers of fields, and the blos-the
soms of the woods, with the freely accord-right to playamong them
ofing to the customs of children. And I devise to them the banks
the brooks, and the golden sands beneath the waters thereof, and
the odours of the willows that dip therein, and the white clouds
that float high over giant trees. And leave the children thethe I
long, long days to be merry in, in a thousand ways, and the night
and the moon and the train of the milky way to wonder at. . . .
" I devise to boys jointly all the useful idle fields and commons
where ballmaybe played all pleasantwaterswhere one mayswim
;
all snow-clad hills where one may slide . . ; and all meadows with
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thereof, the woods and theirthe clover blossoms and butterflies
and strangeappurtenances, the squirrels and birds, and echoes
noises, and all distant places which may be visited, together with
adventures there found.the
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"And;! give and bequeath to the said boys each his own place at
the fireside at night, with all pictures which may be seen in the
wood, to enjoy without let or hindrance and without anyburning
and care."incumbrance
,Cbarles Lounsbury's Will...c ^.^ ^^
{By courteoks dbiifsent of' 'Messra. Harper and Brothers.)