Go quietly to Georgie’s desk and say, “What a pretty top! Does it spin
well? I’d like to see you spin it after school is done, but you know we
all have to put our playthings away in school time. Can you take good
care of it until the bell rings, or would you rather I would keep it for
you?”
If Georgie is like most boys he will put it safely away when given a
choice in conduct, and in so doing will have had an excellent lesson in
self-control.