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Pricking out seedlings. 



Transplanting from one pot or box to a larger one. 



Direct the children in the use of the hot bed, the cold frame. 



Definite class work on planning the plots. Each child keeps a plan of 

 his own garden plot. Teach use of radish, lettuce, etc., with corn, tomato, 

 cabbage, turnip, etc., for succession. 



Outdoors — Individual plots. 



Hold the children responsible for preparing the soil, measuring and mark- 

 ing the plots and sowing the seeds. (Be sure that they handle all tools prop- 

 erly and that they work intelligently and accurately.) 



Home Gardens. Encourage the children to have similar gardens at home. 

 (See Grade IV). 



Tillage 



Teach why we till and when it should be done. (Do experiment with 

 lumps of sugar, No 13, Experiments with Plants and Soils). 



Lead the children to recognize and remove the common weeds found grow- 

 ing in their plots. 



Hold the children responsible for intelligent thinning out, weeding, and 

 cultivating. Reasons. Inspire them with a desire to have the best garden. 



Study of Plants 



Lead children to see the individuality and peculiar habits of each kind 

 of plant under their care. Where are the flowers produced? Note the dif- 

 ferent parts of the flower. Uses. Watch closely the development of flower 

 into fruit. How does the plant adapt itself to the storage of food and to seed 

 production and dispersal? 



What part of the plant do we use for food? Why? Of what use to the 

 plant? 



Have the pupils make drawings to illustrate the various adaptations of the 

 plants. 



Correlate with the work in arithmetic, geography, spelling, art, etc. 



GRADE VI 



Review recognition of growing grains and grasses. 



Correlate study of garden crops with review in geography on "Peoples 

 of the World." 



Teach the children how to harvest the products grown in Grade V 



Show the children how to prepare their flowers and crops for exhibition 

 or for market. 



Question to get children to investigate why some people get better prices 

 for products than others. 



Study seed dispersal, if observed. 



Teach what to do with the refuse of the plants and why we compost. 



How to prepare soil for pots or window boxes. 



