CHAPTER I 

 SEPTEMBER 



Poems . 



In September, Lovejoy's Nature in Verse. 

 September, Helen Hunt Jackson. 

 September, Wordsworth. 

 In Time's Swing, Lucy Larcom. 



September's nature work must deal with the weather, 

 with the autumn plants, and with insects. 



The real subject-matter is the same for all grades; but 

 the amount of information and the method of imparting 

 it must differ materially with the age of the children. 

 Therefore, for the sake of illustration, the work on the 

 weather will be separated into two parts — suggestions 

 for the first and second years, and suggestions for the 

 third and fourth years. It is, however, taken for granted 

 that those interested in the last two years will read over 

 the work outlined for the first two. 



WEATHER 

 Wind and Clouds. 

 First and Second Years : 



The study of weather in the elementary schools has 

 the advantage of having the material supplied without 

 expenditure of school funds ; of cultivating the observa- 

 tion and the reason; of laying a good foundation for 



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