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II. Preparation for Winter. 



1 . Study of fruit trees grown in Mankato. 



2. Animal preparation for winter. 



a. Insect homes. 



b. Fish in winter quarters — aquarium studies. 



c. Special study of the deer in Sibley Park. 



3. Seed for next year. 



Nature's seed sowing — Seeds distributed by birds and plants' own 

 tissues. 



4. Provision for winter and spring gardens. 



a. Raising plants from cuttings. 



b. Indoor and outdoor planting of Dutch hyacinth bulbs. 

 III. Study of Seasonal Changes. 



Same as grade I. 



Stories for the Autumn 



For the Children's Hour — Bailey and Lewis: Ceres and Proserpine, page 3; 



The Anxious Leaf, page 120. 

 In the Child's World: The Crane Express, page 14; The Thrifty Squirrel, 



page loi. 

 Stories to Tell to Children — Sara Cone Bryant: The Country Mouse and the 



City Mouse, page 19; The Blackberry Bush, page 42. 

 First Book of Stories: Clytie, page 177; A Bag of Winds, page 189. 

 Aesop's Fables: The Ant and the Grasshopper. 

 Riverside Reader III: The Com Story, page 176. 

 Kindergarten Stories and Morning Talks — Wiltse: Coming and Going. 



Poems for the Autumn 



Three Years with the Poets — Autumn Fires, Stevenson, page i ; A Chill, 

 Rossetti, page 20; September, Helen Hunt, page 41 ; October, Helen Hunt, 

 page 93; November, Alice Gary, page 115; Jack Frost, Celia Thaxter, 

 page 42 ; The Tree, Bjornsten, page 52 ; The City Mouse and the Country 

 Mouse, page 54. 



The Children's Hour — Tappan, Vol. 9; Autumn Among the Birds, Thomas, 

 page 362; A Journey, Josephine Peabody, page 356. 



Little Folk Lyrics — F. D. Sherman: The Goldenrod, page 22 ; Leaves at Play, 

 page 81 ; Ghost Fairies, page 84; Birds Music, page 107. 



