THE STARS 323 



but it is hoped that enough interest may be aroused to 

 make the children want to learn more of the stars and 

 constellations than can be described here. The teacher 

 should urge this, encouraging the children to choose cer- 

 tain stars as they did trees, to watch and study and have 

 for friends. 



If it can \)e instilled into the minds of these growing 

 children that the vastness of the universe only brings 

 God nearer to them, none of these lessons will have been 

 in vain. 



A chart of the sky showing more of the constellations 

 than are given in the handwork would give an added 

 interest to the lesson. The stars which are in the summer 

 sky are not so brilliant as those in the winter heavens, 

 but the long warm evenings offer better conditions for 

 their observation. The Big Dipper, Cassiopeia's Chair, 

 and the Milky Way can all be seen at the season when this 

 lesson is taught, and the chart on the leaflet will help the 

 children to locate them. 



OPENING TALK 



Have you seen the moon during last month? Tell 

 me how it looked, and show me what you have written 

 about it on your leaflet. Have any of you remembered 

 the names of the planets in our solar system? Let us see 

 if we can name them all together, beginning with the one 

 nearest the sun, and be sure not to leave out our earth! 

 (Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, 

 Uranus, Neptune.) 



You have learned something about the sun, the planets 

 and their satellites, comets, and our own moon; now you 

 shall hear the story of the stars. 



