There needs no reasoning to prove that such a person is radically unfit to handle the subject of color-teaching, and is sure to corrupt the children under her charge; for in general, if ordinarily well trained, they should now be far beyond the stage in which they would be satisfied with such crudity of combination. They have had their season of "playing with brightness," as Mr. Hailmann calls it, and should now begin to have really good ideas as to harmonious arrangement of hues. If they have not, if they really seem to prefer the pigeon-house or barn above mentioned, then they are viciously ill-taught, or altogether deficient in color sense.
It has been noted that the older children often choose the light and dark wooden tablets, for invention, rather than the gay pasteboard forms; but this may be on account of the high polish of the wood, and its novelty in this guise, rather than because, as has been suggested, they have been surfeited with brightness.
READINGS FOR THE STUDENT.
Paradise of Childhood. Edward Wiebe. Pages 30-38.
Law of Childhood. W. N. Hailmann. 38, 39.
Kindergarten Guide. Kraus-Boelte. 145-237.
Koehler's Kindergarten Practice. Tr. by Mary Gurney. 6-9.
The Kindergarten. H. Goldammer. 116-54.
Kindergarten Culture. W. N. Hailmann. 68-70.