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odor foreign to the object being passed. Crush the leaves and 

 open the fruit. 



Bottles of extract, simple perfumes, camphor, rose-water, 

 turpentine, coffee, kerosene and peppermint. Use singly at 

 first. Later test with a series of two or three. This is quite 

 confusing to some. 



Learn every flower by smell without seeing or feeling. Primary 

 children get the following wild plants easily by smell. Sage, 

 sagebrush, Jimpson weed (poison), turpentine-weed (Romero 

 or Blue curls), chokeweed (tarweed), anise, etc. 



Can you tell a teamster, a dairyman, garbage wagon or a wet 

 dog without seeing the object ? 



Wild animals save their lives by scenting unseen danger. Many 

 woodsmen read with the nose. Read David Grayson's books. 

 Test odors at the Circus, Zoo, etc., for families, as cat, ape, cattle, 

 and other groups. 



Tasting 



What proves the pudding is good? Taste saves animals from 

 some poisonous plants. With eyes shut and hands down, drop 

 in the child's mouth a wee slice of fruit. Use familiar ones first. 

 Try salt, sugar, extracts, spices and oils as peppermint. 



Hearing 



1st game: To locate direction of sound. Tap or speak in one 

 corner, then another, etc. Have monitors in the corners or sides 

 of room who will make the sound at your signal. 



2d: Recognize source of sound as, of glass, wood, canvas, 

 book, rain, brrss, pottery, paper. 



3d: Blindfold one, another speaks a word, or sentence, or 

 sings a bit of song. Blindman recognizes the one speaking. 

 Play "Echo game." Recognize the one who is echo. 



4th: Repeat, but the speaker may speak in an unnatural tone. 

 The timbre or quality will not be much changed and the object 

 is to recognize quality and not the pitch or loudness. 



5th: Note different qualities of animal voices as pigeons vs. 

 linnet; cows vs. goats. Imitate such differences and begin to 

 dramatize with freedom in these early years. 



6th: Call attention even for a moment to nature voices; wind, 

 a tree, a bird, a bee. Even a fly contributes his buzz. 



