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Bird - Lore 



COLORING LEAFLETS AT KENOSHA, WISCONSIN 



Facts from Western Societies 



One of the most extensive reports that 

 have accompanied the pictures sent in 

 competition for the offered prizes is that 

 from Kenosha, Wisconsin, by Miss Lulu 

 C. Lampe, who has worked hard for the 

 success she rejoices in. Her picture (page 

 238) shows the Junior Audubon Class 

 of the Frank School (Grade IV) coloring 

 leaflets. Miss Lampe describes how she 

 utilizes the Audubon enthusiasm in school- 

 work: 



"The work in the study of birds was so 

 arranged to correlate with language, read- 

 ing, drawing, and geography. The nature- 

 study period was used in studying the 

 bird, the drawing period for coloring the 

 outlines in the leaflets; the language time 

 for writing a composition about the 

 bird; and the colored plates were used for 

 the decoration of booklet-covers. All the 

 places spoken of in the leaflets were 

 located on the map during the geography 

 class. Even the music can be taken into 

 consideration, as I have a list of selected 

 songs for each bird studied. In June of 

 last year we took a half-holiday, and went 

 to the woods for a picnic, and also for the 

 study of birds. Each child took a heap- 



ing box of lunch, and the teacher treated 

 all to ice-cream. The children's parents 

 have taken a great interest in our club- 

 work. Many have joined our club, and 

 desire to attend our meetings, and our 

 annual picnic. One of the mothers told 

 me that formerly she was bothered by 

 children killing the birds near her house, 

 but that now members of our bird-club 

 did the watching and punished wrong- 

 doers." 



Another wide-awake western city, Cedar 

 Rapids, Iowa, is represented by the 

 unabashed group depicted on page 239, 

 which is the Audubon Class of second- 

 grade pupils in the Johnson School. 

 Their teacher is Miss Marie Kugler, who 

 writes: 



"Last year we organized a Junior 

 society and enjoyed the work very much. 

 When we found that we could get another 

 set of leaflets and birds to color, my pupils 

 were delighted. Each of the forty-seven 

 pupils in my room is a member, and all 

 take an active interest in birds, and in 

 nature-lore in general. During the win- 

 ter many of the pupils put food in the 

 trees about their homes, and at Christ- 

 mas we placed grain and suet in a tree on 

 the school-grounds. Some have reported 

 placing drinking-cups about the yards of 



