530 NATURE STUDY. 



Where two papers are given under one title, the two 

 were written by pupils in the same room at the same time. 

 They are given to show the possibility of individual work, 

 even with young children. 



SIGNS OF SPRING. 



44 It is coining spring. I have seen robins in the trees. The flowers 

 are coming up from the garden. There are crocuses in the garden. 

 Spring is coming, for I saw a robin. I saw two robins up in the trees. 

 I saw pussy willows. I got some sap in a bottle. I saw some white 

 maple sap flowing from the trees. I saw a pussy willow bud taking 

 off its brown coat. I saw a crow to-day. I saw ax maple tree down 

 by my house growing. I saw a baby beach-bud opening (?) I saw 

 a black crow in the air. I saw two crows. I saw a robin singing." 



CHARLIE MIMMACK. 



44 I saw a robin. The robin had a red breast. I know that spring 

 is coming for the crows are out. The pussy willow buds are out too. 

 The maple trees' buds are opening too. I saw some sap flowing from 

 a maple tree. The pear buds are opening too. The crows are black. 

 They are flying all around." LEON BROWN, 



OSWEGO, March 14, 1898. SECOND GRADE, PRACTICE SCHOOL. 



How I KNOW SPRING is HERE. 



44 1 know spring is here, because I saw a baby daffodil all in bloom 

 and the air smells sweet and I saw a robin. I knew it was a robin 

 because it had a golden breast and I knew it by its song and I tapped 

 a maple tree and tasted the sap. The pussy willows are most all out. 

 I saw a crocus and hyacinth in the garden." 



CARRIE R. COLEMAN, 



OSWEGO, March 22, 1898. SECOND GRADE, PRACTICE SCHOOL. 



SPRING NOTES. 



44 I was going down the shop yard. I saw some pussy willows and 

 some crocuses. I noticed that the rose bushes are green. I saw some 

 acorns half way in the ground beginning to grow. I noticed that the 

 weeds are beginning to grow in the sand. And I saw that the moss 

 was growing on the bank. 



44 When I was going to school this morning I saw a robin. I no- 



