CONTENTS 



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General Introduction .... 7 



FIRST GRADE 



Suggestions to Teachers ... 22 



Fall Work 



I. Points of the Compass ... 34 



II. The Weather Rain . . . 34 



III. The Weather Snow . . 35 



IV. The Weather Temperature 36 



V. The Weather Wind. . . 37 



VI. The Sun Day and Night. 37 



VII. The Sun Temperature . 39 



VIII. The Sun Marking Time 40 



IX. Heat Relations to Plants . 41 



X. A Visit to a Farm .... 42 



XI. Milk 43 



XII. Poultry 43 



XIII. The Care of our Bodies . 44 



XIV. Fish 45 



XV. Bill of Fare 46 



XVI. Foods and Drinks ... 48 



XVII. The "Greengrocer" . . 48 



XVIII. The Fall Gardener . . 49 



XIX. Wild Plants 49 



XX. Plant Relations to Water . 50 



XXI. The House Fly .... 51 



XXII. Domestic Animals Cat 52 



Winter Work 



XXIII. The Dog 53 



XXIV. The Cow 53 



XXV. The Horse 54 



XXVI. The Weather .... 55 



XXVII. Weather in Other Lands 56 



XXVIII. Animal Preparations 



for Winter 57 



XXIX. The Moon 58 



XXX. A Snowstorm .... 58 



XXXI. Our Home 59 



XXXII. Heating our Homes . 60 



XXXIII. Lighting our Homes . 61 



XXXIV. Other People's Homes 62 



XXXV. Making a House . . 63 



Spring Work 



XXXVI. Animal Houses ... 64 



XXXVII. Spring Awakening . 65 



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XXXVIII. Common Rocks . . 66 



XXXIX. Common Rocks . . 67 



XL. Study of Soils 69 



XLI. Study of Soils (confd} . 69 



XLII. Astronomy 70 



XLI 1 1. The Seasons .... 71 



XLIV. Buds 72 



XLV. The School Garden . . 72 



XLVI. A Visit to a Farm . . 75 



XLVII. Farms in Other Lands . 75 



XLVIII. Farm Animals ... 76 



XLIX. Insects 77 



L. A Play Store 78 



SECOND GRADE 



Suggestions to Teachers ... 79 



Fall Work 



I. A Rain Storm 80 



IT. Weather a Cause for Shelter 81 



III. Weather a Cause for Clothing 82 



IV. Animal Shelters .... 82 



V. Building Materials Brick. 83 



VI. Building Materials Stones 84 



VII. Sand and Clay .... 85 



VIII. The Store 85 



IX. Supplies for the Store . . 86 



X. Changes in Temperature . . 87 



XI. The Thermometer ... 88 



XII. General Study of Trees . 89 



XIII. Shade Trees 90 



XIV. Fruit Trees 91 



XV. Tropical Trees .... 92 



XVI. Effect of Frost on Plants . 93 



Winter Work 



XVII. Winter Preparations 

 Man 93 



XVIII. Winter Preparations 

 Animals, Insects, and Birds 94 



XIX. Winter Preparations 

 Plants 95 



XX. Deciduous and Evergreen 

 Trees 96 



XXI. A Snowstorm .... 97 



XXII. Winter Dwellers ... 99 



XXIII. Shelters for Winter 

 Dwellers . . 100 



