28 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



Do the horses wear the same coat winter and sum- 

 mer? (In the spring they shed their old coat and 

 keep only the new one that began to grow out the 

 summer before. So they are not dressed as warm 

 in summer as in winter.) Children relate what they 

 know of the horse shedding his coat. There is 

 other hair on the horse which protects him in sum- 

 mer. What is that? (His tail.) How does the 

 horse use his tail in the summer? (To brush the flies 

 off.) Where else is the hair long on the horse? 

 (On the neck.) What do we call the long hair 

 there? (A mane.) How would you like the looks 

 of a horse without a mane? 



We have found that the horse does a great deal 

 for us. What makes him strong and able to work? 

 (Good food.) What does the horse like to get in the 

 summer time? (Green grass, and he likes to be out 

 in the pasture and get it for himself.) How does he 

 get the grass into his mouth? (By the aid of his 

 thick lips.) And how does he bite it off? Has he 

 or has he not teeth in his upper jaw? Children 

 observe that he has. After he has the grass bitten 

 off, what does he do? (Chews it.) Notice how 

 his jaws move in chewing. Up and down or 

 sidewise ? 



