324 



NA T URE-S T UD Y RE VIE W 



112 :7-0ct., 1916 



The questions to ask about the peach are in brief: — How is it 

 protected outside ? What part of the peach do we eat ? What part 

 do we throw away, and why? Is the shell of the peach pit hard? 

 Where does it come apart to allow the seedling to sprout ? Exam- 

 ine the seed within the peach pit. How is it covered? Note the 

 little point at one end which will produce the young plant. It 

 would be well to plant a peach pit in some protected place so that 

 the seedling may be studied next year. 



THIRD GRADE 



Stnpe<J//[&pte 



OCTOBER 1 



Sca.r?tt Oik 



OCTOBER 2 



Shitfbirk 



OCTOBER, 3 



The pupils should make a leaf-calendar for October. 



Autumn leaves — This study should give something new for each 

 day in October. There are various ways in which the forms of the 

 different kinds of leaves may be fixed in the pupils' minds together 

 with their names.. Each leaf may be pressed and mounted and 

 labeled, or the leaf may be traced in pencil and colored with crayon 

 and labeled. But perhaps the very best way to keep up an 

 interest in this work for the entire month is to make an October 

 calendar, selecting a leaf of a different species of tree for each 

 day. The leaf should be labeled by the child who mounts it upon 

 the card. But perhaps the teacher should write in the date and 

 after each add an appropriate verse or quotation. Of course the 

 cards for the calendar should be of uniform size. 



Teaching the names of the trees should never be done as a task 

 but rather incidentally or as a game. The following plan I found 

 most successful with small children. We had traced many leaves. 

 The drawings were in a pile, and I asked Dorothy to find red oak, 



