[2: What if we could give the child that which is called education through his voluntary activities, and have him always as eager as he is at play! (Froebel.)
What if we could let the child be free and happy, and yet bring to him those things which he ought to have so that he will choose them freely!
What would be the possibilities for a future race if we would give the child mind a chance to come out and express itself, if we would remove adult repression, offer a stimulus, and closely watch the product, untouched by adult skill. (Unknown.)
The means by which the higher selective interest is aroused, is
the exercise of selected forms of activity. (Susan Blow.)]
[3: Little Two-Eyes and Snow White are tales also suited to the
first grade for dramatization. See Appendix.]
[4: A similar tale is told by Miss Holbrook in The Book of Nature
Myths. Also by Mary McDowell as "The Three Little Christmas
Trees." A simple version of this tale, "The Three Little
Christmas Trees that Grew on the Hill," is given in The
Story-Teller's Book by Alice O'Grady and Frances Throop.]
[5: Joseph Jacobs, in his Introduction to the Cranford edition, and
Ashton, in Chap-Books of the Eighteenth Century, furnish most
of the facts mentioned here.]
[6: This list has been compiled largely from "Children's Books and
Their Illustrators," by Gleeson White, in The International
Studio. Special Winter Number, 1897-98.]
[7: The following list, compiled by Mr. H.H.B. Meyer, the chief bibliographer of the Library of Congress, has been furnished through the courtesy of the United States Bureau of Education. A few additional books were inserted by the author. The books at the head of the list give information on the subject.]
[8: The Woman and Her Kid, a version of this tale adapted from an ancient Jewish Sacred Book, is given in Boston Kindergarten Stories, p. 171.]