A GRADED COURSE OF NATURE-STUDY 405 



Chicken* and turkey* (G). Observe, feed, talk about 

 uses, especially about Thanksgiving Day. 



INSECTS: In the garden and fields observe butterflies 

 and moths. Find cocoons in sheltered nooks, on fences, 

 houses, and bark of trees. Observe caterpillars on milk- 

 weed, cabbage, and trees. Collect some of these and keep 

 in cage. Feed proper food. Observe spinning of cocoon. 

 Keep cocoons till the moth emerges. The milkweed * and 

 cabbage * butterflies, if taken early at the beginning of the 

 school year, will perhaps emerge in a week or so. But later 

 they will not come out till the next spring. Gather cocoons * 

 of cecropia moth, etc. and pin up in th e school-room. They 

 may open in early spring. (J. Ky; See Gen. Ref. 127, 128, 

 134, 47 143.) 



Observe outdoor habits of cricket, grasshopper, fly, and 

 spider. Cage the insects, feed, and observe. Note general 

 appearance and peculiarities. Spiders make interesting 

 school-room pets. Teach children not to be afraid of insects 

 and spiders. (J. also 143, 132; 129; for spider, i3oa, 131.) 



PLANTS. 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES : Make a study of fruits,* nuts,* 

 and vegetables,* more from the human point of view as to 

 edibility, than from the botanical. Observe them growing, 

 gather some. How do we keep them ? Where do we buy 

 them ? Where do the storekeepers get them ? What use do 

 we make of them in the home, and how do we prepare 

 them? Learn the names of the common kinds. Visit the 

 school-garden, a truck-garden, stores,* the market, the or- 

 chard,* and vineyard. Go on a nutting picnic.* Observe 

 at same time the orchard insects and birds, and the animals 



