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Vol. 9 September, 1913. No. 6 



A Lesson on Squirrels and Chipmunks 

 for Elementary Grades 



Anna Botsford Comstock 



Children are constantly observing life out-of-doors and teachers 

 have found it difficult to utilize these observations in the school 



The Gray Squirrel Photo by A . A . A lien 



work because they are desultory and unrecorded. We have 

 been for years trying to bring into the schoolroom this fresh and 

 rich material and make it an organic part of the nature-study 

 work. This can be accomplished only by arranging the desultory 



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