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good reward for a good deed and a bad reward for a bad deed is common
justice. This principle is demonstrated from youth to old age.

When Froebel gave us the kindergarten theory ofeducation
through play we were able to detect two types of play, - one, serious,
and the other, fooling. Over in the sandpile we see one of our little
youngsters with a bucket of water and a spoon. As the youngster pours
the water into the sand he stirs aimlessly for long periods at atime,
digging, shoveling and scooping sand to no great purpose, only whiling
his time away in aimless activity.

In another sandpile adjacent to this one we find another one
of our youngsters. He has a bucket of water and a spoon which he
uses as a trowel or a spade. He pours water into the sand and this
sandpile takes on the form of a great city. He builds a tunnel. He
constructs a bridge. He builds a great city in his imagination. This
is serious play. This youngster is a potential engineer and city plan-
ner and a city builder. He is always building bridges.

So through life, we have two great groups - those who fool
their time away in aimless activity, getting nowhere, going nowhere,
just fooling. The other ons has imagination plus energy and a will

to carry through to a high purpose. This serious activity motivated