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CHILD GUIDANCE y THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturday, December 24, 1966 -JO'S JOURNAL BY JO ALDWINCKLE Women's Editor of The Times star tonight, the Christ- a solemn stillness of the beautiful in the village of Arns- night before Christmas 'ather Joseph Mohr, was little church was broken. Eve service and yearned a visit to a parishioner, Father the heights overlooking the village few lights glimmered in the silent darkness. night," he said to himself, "Holy night." : mind and he hastened home to day he showed them to his he read the words, Franz ruber felt the beauty of that first holy night, He began ; to sing and those who listened knew the song would be immortal. There was no organ music in the church on Christmas Eve but, as Father Mohr sang with Franz Gruber accom- panying him on the guitar, the congregation listened in wonder to the first rendition of a song that was to be a Christmas gift to all the world, "Silent Night". Christmas Day In The Morning The night passes and "Joy Cometh in the Morning". For the children it is the delight of new toys; for the older family re-union warming solace in the fact that they have been remem- bered. For at Christmas nobody is forgotten. Here is the one day of the year, the golden oppor- tunity for the family to play together. My fondest mem- ories are of aunts and uncles getting "warmer'" or "colder" while we all played "Hunt the Thimble" and kissing cousins liked '"Postman's Knock" but we didn't done" their . While the grown-ups sat back and digested , we children had to entertain them with a piano solo or a recitation or a song. It was agony for some but it gave the show-offs a chance. Every performer was accorded silence and the full attention of the audience followed by a round of applause and a little surprise packet, no matter how much he had fluffed or stumbled. Then we got into the circle games; always the same, always fun and we shall probably play them again to- morrow. There are many variations but basically they are the same. Everyone sits in something like a circle and one, the guesser, goes out. If the game is "Who Am I", the circle chooses a well- known character, alive or dead, an easy one for a young guesser and more difficult accordingly. The guesser is called back to discover who he is by asking one question of each person in the circle to which he can reply only yes or no. Whoever supplies the final clue is the next one to go out, and so on. In the same fashion we play "Animal, Vegetable and Mineral"; easy things for the ehildren and toughies for 'the school-teachers, Any Number Can Play "Proverbs" is a little different in that each member of the circle "takes" a word from a proverb. If there are six in the circle you could try "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine", When the guesser comes in he must ask each one a question and the answer, sensible or silly, must include the word the player represents. Thus, in this case, the second player must include the word "'stitch" _ in his answer, Clever answers can prolong the guessing for two or three rounds but some words are a dead give- away. What can you do with "'parsnips" for instance if you incautiously select for your proverb "Kind words but- ter no parsnips"? Sometimes we play charades. Two or three willing ers choose a word, out of hearing of the rest, then act it out in syllables and finally the whole word. Words such as "shipwreck", "bookends", "'time-table" are ay = and with the eid of a few "props" can create Take A Letter Our perennial favorite, however, is Twenty Questions, This is a pencil and paper game to play after the tiny children have gone to bed. Each player receives a sheet of paper with 20 things listed one below the other, Le. a boy's name, a girl's name, a city, a river, a fruit, a flower, a vegetable, and so on. If you want to make the game more of a brain-teaser you might try a scientist, a humanitarian; a statesman or other items to suit the com- pany. Then, someone is asked to name a lefter of the alphabet or to pick one from a book, say the first letter of the third word on the 66th page. This is the key letter with which every answer to the 20 questions must start. Appoint a time-keeper. Allow ten minutes for an easy set and 15 minutes if more diffi- cult. Have a dictionary handy for reference. There are bound to be arguments as to whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable or whether a titmouse is a bird or a beast, Now for the scoring; originality counts. The time- keeper calls for the first set of answers all around. If the letter were M and girls' names called for from eight players, suppose seven wrote Mary each would score two points and if one wrote Mahalia, he would score eight points. If all eight had the same answer they would score one point each. This goes on until the candles have burned down and the yule log is a glowing ember. Happy Christmas to all and to all a Goodnight. Johnny, 6, to gel Spoiled Child Demands, Gets | Constant Attention By Crying |*:">r - = lagree on wavs to make him :|'n which you can agree not to andjwith a forbidden act, a good|c e down too soon. While it is fine for dad, coming home, to play with him dad should not let the lad 'n private and assess the de-|With other yree to which you both have vampered this boy, and try to nore self-reliant physically and|Decas '0 Play of his own age. mmotionally. Pick out situations ever, as this older boy 'et him have his way or get indue attention, I'm sure you are not decisive enough witli him, Let him learn to wait. When you say no, make' if 'inal, Let no amount of his cry- ing cause you to change no to yes. If he deliberately goes on hands. TRIES FOR ATTENTION hamproge may be to juire to sit, unamused, doing nothing where you can see him for 30 minutes, He must know rebuke him more often he discusses some- attention also carries to his friends and at school. "When he isn't the centre of attention with his friends, he cries and is called a sissy. In school he is also an attention- getter, and is constantly at the teacher's desk asking her one question or another. I try to be equally fair to both sons, but Johnny always wants to be first, the best or wants just a little bit more." My reply in part: You and dad should sit down THE STARS SAY By ESTRALLITA FOR TOMORROW Personal relationships should prove most harmonious on Sun- day, so you can count on happy hours spent with family, friends and even co-workers--if you have to work. Avoid pettiness, however. FOR THE BIRTHDAY ambitious plans along job and financial lines could prove highly remunerative by year's endif you handle them con- servatively and take no chances on "pie in the sky" ventures. You can expect some monetary gains in early May, throughout July, mid-September, mid-Octo- ber and next December, but it will be important to use care in intervening periods--espe- cially in late May, early June riods for career advancement: late April through late May, September, next December. Social and domestic interests will be under good aspects for most of the year, and there will be a great deal of emphasis on romance -- especially in late June, throughout July and in late September. Most propitious period for travel: The first three weeks of July, early Oc- tober and next December. A child born on this day will be endowed with marked liter- ary talents; could also succeed as a physician or confidential worker in large organizations, FOR MONDAY Zs Some situations could result in changes on Monday; can, for the most part, prove beneficial, } pofpeerge hdr, gem Squall tyran- le ts, te d, he might be 4 cir for 0 read, it be en to read i arse teens and to show him how to make simple things for fun with his Obviously, the older boy tries to get as Reg --o eam keep your ai Because the older boy annoys 'you more often than the younger does 7 ani g 4 cL MANAGEMENT & STAFF WISHES TO EXTEND TO YOU A VERY HEARTY & MERRY IGE an old-fashioned greeting that comes straight from the heart and carries every good wish! BIRKS OSHAWA SHOPPING CENTRE | have fewer occasions of mutual joyments with the older one. more attention the older one gets from you parents through his selfish demands the more he wants. He fears con- stantly he may lose some of it. brome og: and dad, to give at- tention to the older in ways and at times which will cn him 'What he needs most Is to more self-reliant, more other children of his age. He needs to grow hardened to little bumps pain pe! y, In tion he will onin a he anos that he gets approval from you par- adults and other children for what they approve in most other children. It is always hard to deal with the child who obviously is suf- fering from jealousy. Give him what he wants when he wants it and his wants increase--he demands still more attention. He's always fearful that he may lose the advantage he has. guns A. versity of California nine years--accoding to Par. ents' Magazine. vrr| Girls Heed Plea to wait on himself physically, more ready to amuse himself and to find amusement with more and and look after himself size|18 to 20, are also the first Tor- A recent study at the Uni- showed that one in six cases of severe eye hemorrhage was caused by B-B shot, At the Charlotte, N.C,, Eye, Ear and Throat Hos- pital, 81 cases of eye injury from B-B guns were treated in 'They can, ft Into 1 trades classifications. 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