66 Lessons in Nature Study. 



3. 2 X 4 legs = 8 legs. 



4. 8 legs + 6 legs = 14 legs. 



5. If i caterpillar has 12 rings, how many rings will 3 

 caterpillars have ? 



6. If i ring has 6 spots, 10 rings will have how many 

 spots ? 



7. If i butterfly had 4 wings and he lost i, how many 

 has he left ? 



8. How many legs has a butterfly ? 



9. How many more legs has a butterfly than a cat ? A 

 boy? 



10. If i eye has 6 sides, how many sides will 13 eyes 

 have? 



Suggestions. I have given only a few sample problems 

 and sentences to illustrate the line of work to be followed 

 with primary pupils. 



It is a good plan to give all the language and number les- 

 sons on the days following insect study in some such way, 

 and so review the insect previously studied. 



Another excellent exercise in language is to write a skel- 

 eton on the board and have blanks filled in with the neces- 

 sary words. I give an outline as follows, which may be 

 varied indefinitely to suit pupils of every grade in language : 



Mary saw a large green ... on a stick. He had . . . 

 rings, and all but two had . . . bands with ... on them. 

 Mary put the green ... in a cigar-box and she watched 

 him every day. After a while he began to act ... He 

 spun a ... for his neck and fastened his foot so that he 

 might rest. Then he became . . . and . . . After a great 

 many days his shell was empty. There was a big black 

 ... in the box. I think that the . . . came out of the 

 . . . This butterfly had ... on his wings, and his ... 

 had knobs on the ends of them. His toes are little . . . 

 He has . . . wings and . . . legs. His ... is three-parted. 

 A baby butterfly is called a ... A caterpillar is not much 

 like a grub. A beetle is not much like a . . . , but they are 

 both . 



