A Catalogue of Play Equipment

Project Gutenberg's A Catalogue of Play Equipment, by Jean Lee HuntThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: A Catalogue of Play EquipmentAuthor: Jean Lee HuntRelease Date: April 1, 2009 [EBook #28466]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A CATALOGUE OF PLAY EQUIPMENT ***Produced by Bryan Ness, Woodie4 and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file wasproduced from images generously made available by TheInternet Archive/American Libraries.)Bulletin Number Eight Price Thirty-five CentsA CATALOGUE OF PLAY EQUIPMENTCompiled byJEAN LEE HUNTWooden wheel-barrow and cabinet.BUREAU of EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENTS16 WEST 8TH STREET, NEW YORK1918Children at play.INTRODUCTIONOUT-OF-DOOR FURNISHINGSTHE OUTDOOR LABORATORYINDOOR EQUIPMENTTHE INDOOR LABORATORYTOYSSUGGESTED READINGINTRODUCTIONWhat are the requisites of a child's laboratory? What essentials must we provide if we would deliberately plan anenvironment to promote the developmental possibilities of play?These questions are raised with ever-increasing insistence as the true nature of children's play and its educationalsignificance come to be matters of more general knowledge and the selection of play equipment assumes acorresponding ...