Lessons on the Human Body. 131 



A FEW SUGGESTIVE LESSONS ON THE HUMAN BODY. 



The much to be dreaded languor which so frequently 

 creeps over a school on rainy days, may often be checked 

 by laying aside books and by turning the minds of pupils 

 into different channels of thought for a time. Thus it will 

 often be found that a lesson on some part of the body so 

 pknned as to produce motion of that part, will rest the 

 child, and, thus refreshed, he will go back to work on his 

 regular lessons with keener appetite, and the general order 

 of the school will be at the same time improved. 



Exercises in stretching, kicking, kneeling, and light 

 calisthenics are good, but any exercise which gets the pupil 

 from his seat and gives his members a chance to change 

 their cramped position will perform that office quite as 

 well. 



The following lessons are offered as combining drill on 

 the human body with motion of the body : 



I. Parts of the Body. 



Place hands upon the head, body, arms, legs. How many 

 parts have you touched ? Place hand on neck. Where is 

 the neck ? Describe it. It is round, etc., and joins the 

 head to the body. What do we call the upper part of 

 the body ? The lower part ? To which part are the legs 

 attached? The arms? What is the line of meeting be- 

 tween chest and abdomen called ? Place hands at the waist, 

 at the hips, at the sides of neck and head, upon the chest. 



How are the lower limbs divided ? Thigh, leg, and foot. 

 What are the parts of the foot? Heel, instep, ball, toes. 

 What part of the upper limbs is like the thigh ? Upper arm. 

 What part corresponds to the leg ? Forearm ? Bend knees, 

 ankles, etc. 



Compare the fingers with the toes as regards number, size, 

 and usefulness. Name all the divisions of the body which 

 you have learned. Make a table of them, thus : 



