Good mother's helper for child raising and guidance -- intended for mothers who can and will give the time necessary for parental participation in and understanding of children's play and recreation at home. Indoor and outdoor play, types of activity and equipment, bought or built, toys and playthings, things children can make and do themselves, books and stories, music, pictures, elementary science, holidays, parties, exoursions -- these are the subjects to which chapters are devoted. Representative suggestions allow further experimentation on the part of the inventive mother in following the development of the child from babyhood to the seventh year.