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NATURE STUDY 



GRADES 



their eyes, mouth, 

 antennae, etc. What 

 do they eat ? Is their 

 color like the plants 

 upon which they are 

 found? Do any of 

 them bite or sting ? 



LESSON L 

 A PLAY STORE 



As educative, per- 

 haps, as the school 

 garden is the play 

 store. Here materi- 

 als of various kinds 

 known to children 

 may be represented 

 for sale. They will 

 bring many things from their homes to fill up the shelves. 

 Make money in all its denominations from cardboard, get 

 scales and measures, and learn their proper uses. What the 

 store means to the home, the play store may be made to 

 mean to the school, and through it the child may learn to 

 realize some of its most important social relations, besides 

 much arithmetic, geography, and science of the most practi- 

 cal kind. 



Lettering and sign writing, advertising, marking goods, 

 etc., and some understanding of the profits of merchandis- 

 ing and its conveniences are all called for in this connec- 

 tion. 



AN INSECT AQUARIUM 



