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JANUARY. 

 PLANTS 



Effect of warm days upon plants. Enemies of buds birds and 

 frost ; protection of buds. Sap in trees. 



ANIMALS. 



Compare food of January and June. Compare teeth of dog and 

 cat, sheep, cow and horse with human teeth and relate to kinds of 

 food. 



ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY. 



Compare number of rainy or snowy days with December. Increase 

 of day; rising and setting sun. Compare with November. 



MINERALS. 



Compare physical characteristics of granite, marble, sandstone, 

 limestone and slate. 



NOTE. Of what advantage or disadvantage, are warm days in January lo 

 plants? When and why are buds used by birds as food? Examine twigs of 

 maple, horse-chestnut, and spruce. Note buds destroyed by birds, wind, or 

 killed by frost. Compare hibernating and non-hibernating animals as to cov- 

 ering, structure, manner of getting food, etc. turtle, cat, dog or bird. Place 

 hibernating animals in a box of moist earth and permit pupils to observe them 

 disappear. 



FEBRUARY. 



PLANTS. 



Determine location of frozen buds on twigs; number found, kind, 

 number killed and number alive. 



ANIMALS. 



Manner in which dog, cat, sheep, horse and cow take their food. 

 Compare prehensile organs with man's. 



ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY. 



Increased or decreased temperature since December. Compare 

 January and February. Prevailing wind cold or warm. 



Compare length of day and night with previous months. Note sun 

 rise and sunset. 



