THE DRAMATIC INSTINCT IN CHILDREN[1]
[1]The material included in this pamphlet, together with other practical studies of the subject of play, is included in “A Manual of Play,” by Forbush, and published by Jacobs and Company.
[1]The material included in this pamphlet, together with other practical studies of the subject of play, is included in “A Manual of Play,” by Forbush, and published by Jacobs and Company.
“And sometimes for an hour or soI watched my leaden soldiers go,With different uniforms and drills,Among the bed-clothes through the hills,“And sometimes sent my ships in fleets,All up and down among the sheets;Or brought my trees and houses outAnd planted cities all about.”—Robert Louis Stevenson.
“And sometimes for an hour or soI watched my leaden soldiers go,With different uniforms and drills,Among the bed-clothes through the hills,“And sometimes sent my ships in fleets,All up and down among the sheets;Or brought my trees and houses outAnd planted cities all about.”—Robert Louis Stevenson.
“And sometimes for an hour or soI watched my leaden soldiers go,With different uniforms and drills,Among the bed-clothes through the hills,
“And sometimes for an hour or so
I watched my leaden soldiers go,
With different uniforms and drills,
Among the bed-clothes through the hills,
“And sometimes sent my ships in fleets,All up and down among the sheets;Or brought my trees and houses outAnd planted cities all about.”
“And sometimes sent my ships in fleets,
All up and down among the sheets;
Or brought my trees and houses out
And planted cities all about.”
—Robert Louis Stevenson.
I.The Nature of the Dramatic Instinct—1.Its Expression in Early Childhood.2.Its Expressionin Middle Childhood.3.Its Expression in LaterChildhood.
II.Educational Value—1.The Moral Value of this Instinct.2.Its Inspirational Value.
III.Summary—References.