.

In opening the boxes, it is well to observe some simple form. It is
not irksome, but, on the contrary, rather pleasing to the children,
who delight in doing things in concert.

BOXES IN CENTRE OF TABLE.

1. Draw the cover out one half space.
2. Fingers of right hand placed on left-hand side of box.
3. Turn entirely over from left to right.
4. Withdraw lid and place on right-hand upper corner of table.
5. Lift box gently and place on top of cover mouth upwards.

READINGS FOR THE STUDENT.

Reminiscences of Froebel. _Von Marenholtz-Buelow_. Page 152.
Child and Child Nature. _Von Marenholtz-Buelow_. 145, 146.
Education. _E. Seguin_. 95, 96.
Lessons in Form. _W. W. Speer_. 23.
Pedagogics of the Kindergarten. _Fr. Froebel_. 108-44.
Education of Man. _Fr. Froebel_. Tr. by _Josephine Jarvis_. 40, 41.
Kindergarten at Home. _E. Shirreff_. 12-14.
Kindergarten Culture. _W. N. Hailmann_. 55-66.
Paradise of Childhood. _Edward Wiebe_. 11-16.
Law of Childhood. _W. N. Hailmann_. 35-38.
Kindergarten Guide. _J_. and _B. Ronge_. 5-13.
Kindergarten Guide. _Kraus-Boelte_. 27-47.
Koehler's Kindergarten Practice. Tr. by _Mary Gurney_. 20-23.
Froebel and Education by Self-Activity. H. _Courthope Bowen_.
140-42.
Kindergarten Toys. _Heinrich Hoffmann_. 17-26.
Conscious Motherhood. _E. Marwedel_. 165, 166.
The Kindergarten. _H. Goldammer_. 49-70.

FROEBEL'S FOURTH GIFT

"A new gift is demanded--a gift wherein the length, breadth,
and thickness of a solid body shall be distinguished from
each other by difference of size. Such a gift will open the
child's eyes to the three dimensions of space, and will serve
also as a means of recognizing and interpreting the manifold
forms and structures with which he is constantly brought in
contact."

"The inner difference, intimated in the three perpendicular
axes of the cube (and the sphere), now becomes externally
visible and abiding in each of its building blocks as a
difference of size." FR. FROEBEL.

"The fourth gift incites the child to consider things in
their relations to space, and to the forces of nature, and in
his play with the bricks he is constantly engaged in efforts
to adapt himself to the laws of their nature, while rendering
them subservient to his ends." W. N. HAILMANN.

1. The fourth gift co