94 NATURE STUDY BY GRADES 



the wire screens from the doors and windows; setting up 

 the heating stoves; cleaning the furnace; coiling up and 

 putting away the lawn hose; storing fruits and vegetables, 

 for winter use; closing cellar windows to prevent the frost 

 from entering; buying the winter's coal and kindling, etc. 

 In a rural school many other activities may be mentioned, 

 as fall plowing, repairing barns, stables, henhouses; the 

 care of fruit crop and vegetables, etc. 



What changes do we make in our clothing? Compare 

 cotton, woolen, and silk goods as to their warmth. Why are 

 light colors worn in summer and dark ones in winter ? What 

 changes are made in our bedding? 



What tradesmen are very busy now who will have little 

 to do at their trade in winter ? . What tradesmen have more 

 work on account of winter? What games do we play in 

 the fall? 



LESSON XVIII 



PREPARATION FOR WINTER ANIMALS, INSECTS, 

 AND BIRDS 



Lead the pupils to notice. which animals and birds are 

 present now and which ones are missing. A record of 

 those seen, kept on the blackboard, will stimulate observa- 

 tion. Discuss the reasons for their disappearance, the 

 two chief ones, perhaps, being the weather and the food 

 supply. Some birds, as robins, are so nearly omnivorous 

 as to be able to stay with us most of the year, while some 

 of our canaries and other songsters are so particular in their 

 food that they seek only the larvae of certain insects, and can 

 remain with us only the few days that this food lasts. 



As winter approaches, fruits, grains, insects, and tender 



