The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 23, 1970, Image 11
Toys Can Provide Constructive Play
BY HELEN C. CAMP
Extension Home Economist
TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS
“All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy* is more than
just an old folk saying. Educa
tors and psycholigist have done
a great deal of research re
cently on the relationship be
tween a child’s play and his
learning. They have found that
the time a child spends at play
is not aimless or wasted but
an important part of his deve
lopment into mature adulthood.
Between infancy and age 12, it
is the child’s play period that
does the most to bring out his
natural interest in the world
around him. Properly chosen
toys encourage the child to ima
gine, create, and, most of all,
to have fun! Some toys involve
physical play. Push-and-pull
toys, rockers and wagons help
develop muscle coordination.
Indoor gym equipment is es
pecially good for apartment
dwellers and for rainy-day play
when youngsters become easily
bored. Some play activities give
a child the opportunity to ex
press his ideas. Wooden blocks,
construction toys, drawing and
painting materials and science
toys all help develop manipula
tive ability as well as stimu
late observation skiUs and en
courage the expression of ideas.
Dolls, costumes, trucks,
planes, plastic soldiers and
trains are typical of play ma
terials that foster imagination
and encourage a child to play
“lets pretend*. Toys achildcan
use, to imitate and dramatize
adult activities help him under
stand the world around him bet
ter. Toys are effective in help
ing children to become socially
aware by bringing them in con
tact with other children of their
age. With even the simplest
board game (like checkers),
they acquire a basic under
standing of fair play and sports
manship. Outdoor team sports
provide healthy competition and
help them learn the value of
cooperation with others to a-
chieve common goals.
Toys need not be numerous
or costly to provide construc
tive play. Simple toys made at
home from ordinary household
items often yield hours of fun
and learning. Colorful puppets
can be made with old socks and
nylon stockings decorated with
yarn, buttons, or other trim.
Discarded hats, handbags and
high-heeled shoes can be put
to good use in a child’s
“Dress-up* wardrobe. With
such a wide range of toys a-
vailable how should an adult go
about selecting a good, safe en
joyable toy for a child. The AGE
of the child is a particularly
important factor. Most manu
facturers indicate the age group
for which a certain toy is best
suited. A toy that is too ad
vanced for a child is often a-
bused or ignored. The same
holds true for a toy that is
too simple and doesn’t provide
enough challenge.
Toys SAFETY ties in closely
with the age factor. Reputable
toy manufacturers have agreed
to adhere to standards estab
lished by the United States of
America Standards Institute to
minimize hazards to children.
Parts, finishes and other ma
terials that go into a toy that
meet these standards have been
inspected and should not be
harmful IF USED PROPERLY.
A toy that goes along well
with a child’s interest wiU, in
all probability, be a safe one.
The parent should, however,
check for SMALL PARTS that
could be easily swallowed,
SHARP EDGES, FAULTY WI
RING, or anything else that
could be potentially hazardous.
Finally, the most important
factor to consider the INDIVI
DUAL child and all of his per
sonal characteristics.
Probably the only useless toy
is the one a child is no longer
interested in. Even that old
hairless doll with both arms and
a leg missing, which may be
one little girl’s most prized
possession, has an important
role in her learning experience.
It stimulates a sense of value
and responsibility for some
thing that is hers. This sense
of value may be the most im
portant aspect of a child’s play
things.
child’s ability to use.
4. Select a durable toy.
5. Select a toy that a child
can use in many different ways.
6. Select a toy the child will
enjoy!
In selecting a toy for
special child on your list:
that
1. Be sure it is a safe toy.
2. Select a toy that will in
terest the child.
3. Be sure it is within the
SKIERS’ SPECIAL
2 quarts boiling water
12 teabags (or *4-cup
loose tea)
1 teaspoon cracked
fennel seeds
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon whole cloves
Grated rind of 2 lemons
1 cup sugar
1*4 teaspoons rum extract
Pour boiling water over
tea, fennel, ginger, cloves
and lemon rind. Cover and
let stand 5 minutes. Strain
into hot teapot, chafing dish
or serving container. Add
sugar and stir until dis
solved. Stir in rum extract.
Makes 10 servings.
TREATING ROADBANKS — Fred
Hellams and his crew of the South
Carolina Highway Department are
shown treating roadbanks with a
mixture of unhulled sericea seed,
turfiber mulch and fertilizer—all in
one operation. Agricultural lime was
applied first by hand. This roadside
erosion control work completes the
treatment of all sediment-producing
areas in the Duncan Creek Water
shed.— (Photo by J. R. O’Dell, Soil
Conservation Service)
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FRIDAY
CHRISTMAS DAY
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Each Employee at Community
Cash wishes you a very
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and happy and prosperous
New Year
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DEAR SALLY
BY SALLY SHAW
DEAR SALLY: I live in a
respectable neighborhood and
would like to keep it that way.
However, ever since a certain
young couple moved Into a house
across the street there has been
a TV repair-service truck
parking in their driveway at
least two or three times a
week when the man of the house
is away at work. This service
man is in the house at least
an hour on each visit. It’s very
suspicious. No TV set needs
this much service so often and
so regularly! What do you advise
my doing about this? GOOD
NEIGHBOR.
DEAR NEIGHBOR: I advise
you to begin minding your own
business. Has it ever occurred
to you that this man just might
be a cousin, a brother, an
uncle, or just a good friend
of the couple? In any event,
I fail to see how the young
woman is doing you or your
“respectable neighborhood*any
harm.
DEAR SALLY: My husband’s
sisters are forever coming out
with unasked for advice, and
more often than not my hus
band sides with them. Their
pet complaint where I am con
cerned is my hairstyle. I have
worn my hair as it is for many
years, and always considered
it becoming--but they claim
that because of the shape of
my face it’s all wrong for me.
Maybe they’re right, and maybe
not But how can I decide this?
KANSAS.
DEAR KANSAS: Easy. Visit
a first-class hair stylist for
some professional advice and
services.
DEAR SALLY: I’m a young
man of 22, and am only five
feet three inches tall. Almost
every girl I meet or date is
either as tall as I am or one
or two Inches taller...and no
male friend of mine is nearly
as short as I am. I’m often
the target of jokes, but always
enjoy them and laugh along with
the others. Some people, though,
act as thought my height
(or rather, lack of it) is a big
problem. What do you say about
this? STUMPY.
DEAR STUMPY: A person
has a problem only when he
himself acknowledges the exist
ence of one. You haveprovedby
your ability to laugh at other
people’s gibes that you are
really a “big man.’
DEAR SALLY: I’m a bride
of only four months, and today
received a big jolt I was ar
ranging to take one of my hus
band’s suits to the dry-clean
ers when I found a small photo
of one of his former steady
girls in the inside coat pocket.
I’m really heart-broken about
this! I don’t know whether to
keep this to myself, or ask him
about it. Please advise me!
SHATTERED.
DEAR SHATTERED: By all
means, you should clean the air
by mentioning to your husband
what you found. There just might
be a simple and reasonable ex
planation for the presence of the
picture in his pocket. I hope
there is.
NOTE TO RINGING EARS:
Self-preservation is nature’s
first law. Next time you see
your gabby neighbor approach
ing your house, meet her at the
door and tell her kindly,
but firmly, “I’m sorry, but I’m
just too busy to talk.’ After a
few such rebuffs, she should
certainly get the message and
decide to take her gossip else
where.
DEAR SALLY: I’m a girl
of 23 and soon to be married
to a fine young man. There’s
one big problem that is bother
ing me. I’m In debt up to my
ears. Although I work as a
secretary and Intend to couttme
working for awhile after my
marriage, I have Itved beyond
my income, bought too many
things on credit, and the sum-
total of my debts is almost
staggering. My finance is com
fortably fixed financially, and
I’m wondering if I should tell
him of my money problems
now or wait until after we’re
married. DOLLAR DOL-
DUMS.
DEAR DOLLAR: Tell him
now, by all means! If you were
to spring this bit of news on
him suddendly after the wedding
it could get things off to a
wobbly start. Tell him that you
consider these debts your sole
responsibility and that, beginn
ing now and continuing after
your marriage, you’re going to
cut the debts down systemati
cally and faithfully with a part
of your Income. And be sure
you do just that!
DEAR SALLY: How do you
answer extremely nosy and Ill-
bred people who ask questions
about things that are none of
their business? As for in
stance, one of my women
friends who is always curious
about the prices I pay for
things. WONDERING.
DEAR WONDERING: You
can be devious by replying,
“Twice as much as it’s worth,*
or, *I’ve forgotten.* Or you
can be blunt with, “If you’ll
forgive my not answering that
question, Til forgive you ask
ing it.’
Consult
John
L.
Mimnaugh
An old proverb:
“If there is right in
the soul,
There will be beau
ty in the person;
If there is beauty
in the person;
There will be har
mouy in the home;
If there is harmony
in the home,
There will be order
in the nation;
If there is order ir
the nation.
There will be peace
In the world.’’
MERRY CHRISTMAS
BAILEY AGENCY
Dial Day 833-0681 — Night and Sunday 833-03X3
M. S. Bailey & Son, Banker*, Building