They are driven in at night, then driven out in the morning. Sometimes they are hurried in because of the approach of a storm.
DOLL PLAY—(GENERAL)
Material.—Penny dolls or larger ones.
Take a doll.
Rock the baby.
Pat the baby.
Sing the baby to sleep.
Put the baby to bed.
Take up the baby.
Wash its face.
Comb its hair.
Feed it bread and milk.
Take it for a walk.
At the direction, "Sing the baby to sleep," the children sing very softly:—
"Rock-a-bye Baby,"—or some other lullaby.
The bed is the chair on which the child is sitting. All stand and turn about together to put the babies to bed. They go through the movements only of washing the face and hands and combing the hair, and of feeding bread and milk. They perform these acts in unison.
THE RAINBOW FAIRIES—(SPRING)
Material.—Large bows of tissue paper with streamers, of the various colors mentioned.
Eva may be a yellow fairy.
Roy may be a blue fairy.
Edith may be a green fairy.
Louise may be a red fairy.
Lloyd may be an orange fairy.
Sadie may be a violet fairy.
The others may be trees.
Join hands, fairies.
Dance about the trees.