50 NATURE STUDY. 



Aim given to the pupils : To-day we are going to 

 find out all we can about Bunny's home. 



Material needed. A box of earth in which Bunny 

 can burrow, and pictures of wild rabbits in the woods, 

 or even of the woods alone: pictures of the burrows of 

 rabbits or other similar burrowing animals, such as the 

 prairie dogs, will be helpful in impressing the ideas. 

 Some beautiful pictures of rabbits at home can be found 

 in Gibson's Highways and Byways and Sharp Eyes. 



STEP I. Domesticated rabbit's home. 



To give the children the right point of view, it may 

 be well to begin the lesson by asking some of the pupils, 

 those with good homes, about their homes, bringing out 

 briefly the necessity for protection from rain and cold, 

 and for food and care ; the special care given to the 

 children, and, most of all, to the baby ; the mutual love, 

 helpfulness, and forbearance, which really make the 

 home. Now let us study the rabbit's home. Its home 

 is certainly not here in the school-room. 



The homes of the rabbits. Where and how they are 

 kept. (In cages or loose in yards.) The construction 

 of the houses or cages, to insure protection, fresh air, 

 and cleanliness. Use of cages in protecting rabbits 

 from weather and from animals from which they cannot 

 protect themselves. Contentment in these when Bunny 

 is well fed and cared for. How they escape from them 

 by gnawing the woodwork or burrowing under the 

 walls. How, when loose, they sometimes make burrows 

 for themselves, or hide under buildings or in brush piles 

 or under low-branching shrubs and trees or in tall grass. 



