would rattle her little pail with all the nuts and the marbles and the
quack-quack and the fish and the frog.

Then mother would call, "Breakfast, breakfast. Anyone ready for
breakfast?"

And Jack-o would call back, "I am, I am, I am ready for breakfast."

And Peter would run as fast as he could calling, "I am, I am, I am ready
for breakfast."

And last of all would come little Marni Moo calling, "Breakfast,
breakfast."

Then the two boys would chase Marni to the breakfast table saying:

"Marni Mitchell,
Marni Moo,
Run like a mousie
Or I'll catch you."

And Marni would scimper scamper like a mousie until she reached the
breakfast table.

Then they would all have breakfast together.

THE ROOM WITH THE
WINDOW LOOKING OUT
ON THE GARDEN

In this story written for a three-year-old group, I have tried to
present the familiar setting of the classroom from a new point of view
and to give the presentation a very obvious pattern. I want the children
to take an _active_ part in the story. But before they try to do this I
want them to have some conception of the whole pattern of the story so
that their contributions may be in proper design, both in substance and
in length. That is the reason I give two samples before throwing the
story open to the children. If each child has a part which falls into
a recognized scheme, through performing that part he gets a certain
practice in pattern making in language,--however primitive--and also a
certain practice in the technique of co-operation which means listening
to the others as well as performing himself. I have not tried to add
anything to their stock of information,--merely to give them the
pleasure of drawing on a common fund together.

THE ROOM WITH THE WINDOW LOOKING OUT ON THE GARDEN

Once there was a little girl. She was just three years old. One morning
she and her mother put on their hats and coats right after breakfast.
They walked and walked and walked from their house until they came to
MacDougal Alley. And then they walked straight down the alley into the
Play School. Now the little girl had never been to the Play School
before and she didn't know where anything was and she didn't know any
of the children and she didn't even know her teacher! So she asked her
mother, "Which room