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Rural School Leaflet. 



street lamp will be dim. Things will seem damp and chill but you will 

 like it all and after a bit you will go back to the fire-light glow. 



Because February offers so much and because young eyes might miss 

 some* things, I want you to be on the lookout for the following: 



1. Note whether the distant hills and mountains have a different 

 color as spring comes on. 



2. Observe closely the birds that have been with you all winter. Do 

 the chick-a-dee's notes sound the same? How about the downy 

 woodpecker ? 



3. Listen for the first notes of the spring peepers. They make music 

 you must not fail to hear, music that will sometimes make you dream 

 of wonderful far-away worlds. 



4. Bring some branches of trees into the schoolroom and ask your 

 teacher to put them into water for you. Watch what happens. In 



such observations can you learn to dis- 

 tinguish fruit buds and leaf buds? 



5. Keep a record of any insects that 

 come to life in the warm February days. 



6. Keep a record of the animal life you 

 see as you go to and from school. 



7. Keep a record of the order in which 

 the spring flowers appear in your neigh- 

 borhood ; if you do not know the names 

 of any of the spring flowers be sure to 

 send a blossom to me and I will tell you 

 what it is. 



8. Keep also a record of the order in 

 Germinating seeds which the trees leaf out. Do you find 



any trees that blossom before their leaves appear? 



9. W^atch the change of color in the twigs during late February and 

 early March. 



For your special lessons this month we want you to germinate some 

 seeds. Bring to school as many kinds of seeds as you can find either 

 at home or on your way to school. Put up a collection of seeds on 

 card board or in small bottles, label them, and add them to your school- 

 room museum. It is very wonderful to note how many different sizes, 

 shapes, colors, and markings you will find in the different seeds. It 

 may be interesting to find who in yoin- school will make the largest 

 contribution to this collection. The boy or girl who begins young to 

 undertake something that is suggested for increasing his knowledge, is 

 likely to be more ready when he grows up to undertake work that will 

 count greatly for his success. 



