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grasshopper move his legs when walking ? Does he seem 

 to like walking or jumping best ? He is called (by Leigh 

 Hunt) " G-reen little vaulter [or jumper] in the sunny 

 grass." Is this a good name ? Why ? 



Note how he uses his " feelers." Why called "feelers " ? 



If some of the large flying grasshoppers can be obtained, 

 study the flying, noting how the inner wings unfold and 

 spread out when flying, and how they are drawn back, when 

 at rest, under the strong outer wings. 



For a summary of this step, have children tell, or give 

 Statements for a blackboard reading lesson on, " How We 

 and the Grasshopper Stand and Jump and Walk." Good 

 as a beginning for the reading lesson is the above line from 

 Hunt. 



Step II. Feeding. Lead pupils to tell what kind of 

 food children eat, how they hold it, and get it to their 

 mouth, how they bite it, and in what direction their jaws 

 move. Compare with grasshopper. He holds his food 

 partly with his front legs, partly with two little arms 

 (palps), one at either side of the mouth. His jaws move 

 from side to side instead of up and down. Can he eat grass 

 any better with jaws moving sideways than with jaws mov- 

 ing like ours ? 



Step III. Breathing. This may be too difficult for little 

 "first graders." When the children breathe, where does 

 their "breath" go in and out? Through nose and mouth. 

 Have them place a hand on their chest. What do they 

 feel when the " breath " goes in ? When it comes out ? 

 The chest moves. Have them count to see how many 

 times they breathe in a minute, or how fast they breathe. 

 Watch the hinder half of the grasshopper's body. It gets 

 smaller and larger, or moves somewhat as their chest does. 

 How fast ? Perhaps they can see the very small holes, 

 seven on each side of the abdomen, through which the 



