DETAILED OUTLINE BY TOPICS AND PROBLEMS 

 Arranged according to Grades and Seasons 



First Grade 

 Fall 

 i. Nature's Autumn Colors. 



1. Gathering wild flowers; excursion to gather bouquet for school- 



room; group according to color; flower games; make flower 

 chart. Special study of wild sunflower. 



2. Flowers from home and school gardens; compare with colors of 



wild flowers; make booklet "Mother's Garden." 



3. Special study of dwarf nasturtium, the garden flower suggested for 



spring planting. 

 Problems — 



How many different colors can we find among the flowers that grow 



around here? 

 Have the garden flowers the same colors as the wild flowers? 

 How can we tell the nasturtium the next time we see it? (See type 



lesson, page 163). 

 How can we have more nasturtiums for next year? 



4. Autumn coloring of leaves. 



A. Gather a variety of colored leaves ; group according to color. 



B. Special study of maple and box elder. 

 Problems — 



How many different colors can we find among the autumn leaves? 

 How can we tell a maple tree from a box elder tree? 



II. Preparation for Winter. 



1 . Food for the winter. 



A. Study of vegetables grown around Mankato: 



B. Trip to grocery store : names of fruits and vegetables seen; 



note farmer's wagons. 

 Problems — 



What vegetables that we eat were grown around Mankato? 



How do they grow in the garden? 



Which vegetables grow on top of the ground and which in the 



ground ? 

 How do the vegetables get from the farmer to the grocer? 



2. Provision for winter and spring gardens. 



A. Indoor planting of Chinese lily bulb in water. 



B. Outdoor planting of daffodil. 

 Problems — 



How can we have flowers of the Chinese lily in our schoolroom before 



Christmas? 

 How can we have early spring flowers outdoors? 



3. The seeds for next year. 



A. Treasure boxes — fruits and vegetables. 



B. Nature's seed sowing — seeds that fly. 



