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Play Schools Play is the right of all children. It is their way of learning and from it a world full of fascination comes into being. Play is a .pow erful force for building a heal thy way of life for boys and girls. It has been found that play often mirrors a child’s bewilderment, confusion and unrest. When de tected early, help and guidance can be given before real trouble breaks out. For 40 3 rears Play Schools Asso ciation, Inc., in New York has worked with many public and pri- v-ate agencies on a community and national level, raising stand ards and trying continuously to adapt its program to any kind of setting where children play or live together in. groups. The Associa tion works on a year round basis in partnership with the New York City Board of Education, Bureau of Community Education — oper ating 2 laboratory centers in pub lic school buildings. It stimulates the interest of community groups in setting up play programs — and gives counsel and advice on program, budgeting and stand ards — gives supervisory services to affiliated agencies — gives ori entation courses and workshops for adults who are to be leaders in play programs and it works with parents individually and in groups. More than 3,000 children are reached directly ’through the Play Schools and affiliated cen ters. 10 centers operate in public school buildings — 3 operated by the Association, 2 by neighbor hood committees, 2 by social agencies, 1 by a parents’ associa tion and 1 by the Board of Educa tion. 20 centers operate in other settings (settlements, day camp, hospitals, public housing). Every year visitors come from all over the United States and from other countries as far away as Israel and Australia to observe the Play School program in action. Recently the Child Welfare Committee of The National Coun cil of Women sponsored ^ visit to a Play School in Queens, New York. The Lake Play School in Corona is located од the top floors of a neighborhood elementary school. It serves 71 families with a total of 91 children participat ing. Of these children 70 per cent have both parents working and 90 per cent have working moth ers. The children are divided into 4 age groups —- 5, 6, 7-8, 9-10-11. The fee ranges from 50 cents a week to $3.00 from 12 to 5 o’clock and from 5 cents a week to $1.25 from 3 to 5 o’clock — depending on the family’s ability to pay. The rooms are very gay and colorful with plants, parakeets, turtles, goldfish ancl varied, imaginative constructive materials for work and play. The play ‘house’ corner besides dolls, chairs, tables, sinks with real water, pots, pans, dish es also has a wardrobe of real ladies’ dresses, hats and pocket- books for the ‘mother’ to put on. We observed the children build- Paska is a round shaped Easter bread, much richer than the ordi nary bread. The top is elaborately decorated with fancy dough orna ments, having a cross as the cen tral motif. The ornamental fin ishes on paska are given much attention because this bread is taken to church on Easter morn ing in a special basket along with small portions of other Easter food. The priest blesses the filled baskets, while the choir sings the traditional Ukrainian Easter hymn “Chist is Risen.” 1 teaspon sugar 1 cup lukew arm w ater 1 package dry g ranular yeast 3 cups sladed m ilk, lukew arm 5 cups flour 6 eggs beaten 1/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup m elted b u tte r 1 tablespoon salt 9-10 cups sifted flour Dissolve the sugar in the luke warm water and sprinkle the yeast over it. Let it stand for 10 minutes. Combine the softened yeast with the lukewarm milk and 5 cups of flour. Beat well until smooth. Cover and let the batter ing with blocks, making clay ob- jcts, constructing very realistic rockets, making and eating choco late pudding, playing store, paint ing, etc. The older group served the visitors with punch and coo kies. Among those in the visiting group was a lady who has work ed with a similar program in France — she was greatly im pressed by several things that she saw and spoke of carrying back her impressions to France for ad option there. Besides its work in establish ing, maintaining and advising' play centers, the Play Schools As sociation publishes many fine pamphlets. There are also 2 films on its wrork available. Further in formation on all these may be had by writing to Play Schools Association, Inc., 41 West 57th St., New York 19, N. Y. A lexan d ra L. R iz n y k rise in a warm place until light and bubbly. Add the beaten eggs, sugar, melted butter and salt; mix thoroughly. Stir in enough flour to make a dough that is neither too soft nor too stiff. Knead until the dough no longer sticks to.the hand. Turn the dough on a flour ed board and kneacl until smooth and satiny. Place in a bowl, cover,; and let it rise in a warm place un til double in bulk. Punch down- and let it rise again. This amount will give two large loaves of pas ka. Divide the dough into three parts. Reserve 1 part for orha- mentaing the loaves. Shape the other 2 parts into 2 round loaves. Place each in a greased, round pan. Now cut the reserved part in half to ornament the 2 loaves. The central ornament on paska is usually the cross. Roll 2 long rolls and trim the ends. Place the rolls over the top of the loaf, crossing one another -evenly. Shape the trimmed dough into twisted swirls or rosettes, and ar range them symmetrically be tween the arms of the cross. This is one of the simple ways of orna menting paska. Traditional Easter Paska Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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