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same species may be used. These two leaves may show the variety 

 in coloring or they may offer a contrast in size and in form since no 

 two leaves are exactly alike, and this in itself is a good lesson. 



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A leaf calendar for October. 



The cards for the calendars should be of uniform size and if it is 

 ; possible, the calendar should be made into a frieze and pinned to 

 ■ the walls. This will give the children an opportunity to study 

 j those leaves already used and will stimulate them to search for 

 I different kinds of leaves. 



The learning of the names of trees should never be in the form 

 of a task or a lesson but should always be given in the form of a 

 game. After the children have traced many leaves put the draw- 

 ings in a pile and then for busy work ask a child to go to the pile 

 and pick out all the maple leaves or the poplar or sycamore, etc. 

 leaves of the pile. 



Select some tree near the schoolyard which may be observed 

 from a window, give it a name and try to impress upon the children 

 that it is a living being in some measure like themselves. The 

 following observations should be made at appropriate times during 

 the year. The color of the tree during October, the shape of the 

 trees with the leaves on which should be shown in a sketch, any 

 birds or animals or insects which may be found visiting the tree, 

 the shadow cast by the tree and the kind of plants that grow be- 

 neath it, its fruits if they are ripe at this period. 



In the winter the tree should be sketched again with special 

 attention to the shape of its trunk and branches. Note if the snow 

 remains on the tree after it falls. In March bring in some twigs 



