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NATURE-STUDY REVIEW 



[12:7-Oct.,19l3 



ment close at hand. 



FOURTH GRADE 



The chipmunk — This fascinating little creat- 

 ure may be studied to great advantage in 

 October, when he is still active and busy 

 carrying stores to his cellar so that when 

 he chances to awaken from his long hiber- 

 nating nap in the winter, he will find refresh- 

 The best way to give this lesson is to get the 



children to observe the chipmunk in its native haunts. Of course 



this is possible only when the school is within the reach of woods or 



it may be observed in a zoological garden. The thought to bring 



out in the lessons is that the chipmunk is a ground squirrel, 



although it can climb trees, and that it has cheek-pouches in which 



it carries its food. Questions and obs. 1-4, p. 241 will give the 



pupils an outline for their field observations. The story of the 



chipmunk in Squirrels and Other Furbearers by John Burroughs 



should be read to the 



class, and the points 



covered by obs. 5, 6, 7, p. 



242 may form an English 



lesson, derived from this 



story. 



Leaves and fruit — The 



study of leaf forms in the 



first three grades will 



have made the children 



somewhat familiar with 



the names of the trees, 



and it is now time to add 



another subject of inter- 

 est, — the fruit. The leaf 



should be pressed and 



mounted on a card and, 



on the same card, the fruit 



should be fastened. This 



may be glued in the case 



of the maples, ashes, etc., 



or may be fastened by sewing fast with strong thread. Even 



acorns, chestnuts, and hickory nuts may be thus made fast. 



The children of the fourth grade should be able to understand 



what a composite leaf is. In the case of the scarlet oak, or the 



Red Oak Leaf and Acorn Mounted on 

 a Card. 



