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kangaroos, giraffes, and other animals, in duplicate. Each child was 

 given one of these, and the duplicate was set as his place card on 

 the table. When refreshment time arrived, there was much excite- 

 ment over matching up the animals, and the children had a happy 

 sense of accomplishment in recognizing each silhouette. 



ANIMALS ON STAMPS 



For older children a stamp collection helps create a link 

 with animals of the world; many countries depict their character- 

 istic and famous animals on stamps. The elephant, camel, leopard, 

 giraffe, horse, tiger and antelope are but a few of the animals 

 represented. A child's interest in animals may create a desire to 

 collect stamps, or, contrariwise, stamp collecting may develop * 

 desire on the child's part to know more about the animals. 



ANIMALS IN ART 



The limitless field of art suggests another way in which 

 two different interests may mutually stimulate one another. Almost 

 every youngster enjoys drawing familiar animals, and many chil- 

 dren favor some animal that they will draw tirelessly, again and 

 again. Aside from this, the great world of art opens up an 

 enormous field of animal drawings, pictures., and statues that will 

 delight children. Very often these works of art will impinge on 

 other interests of a child. Think of the rock paintings of pre- 

 historic man, Egyptian sculpture, Assyrian reliefs, Chinese jade 

 figures, the art of the North American Indians, the Aztecs, the 

 Negroes of Africa. All have used animals in their art. An interest 

 in art will intensify a youngster's interest in animals and give him 

 a source of lifelong pleasure. 



