CHAPTER VII 

 MARCH 



Poems : 



March, Mrs. Dodge, in St. Nicholas Songs. 



March, Wordsworth. 



March, Mary E. Blake, in Verses Along the Way. 



March, Celia Thaxter. 



March Winds, Nora Perry, in New Songs and Ballads. 



WEATHER 



All the work that can reasonably be done in a prelim- 

 inary first-year course by children from six to eleven 

 years of age has already been outlined in the preceding 

 chapters of this book. 



Begin now to test your own work, and to do over again 

 what you find is not Avell done. 



The children ought to be able to tell at a glance, from 

 many different signs, from what direction the wind is 

 coming, and to give some comparative idea of its velocity. 

 They ought to be able to name the clouds, to explain 

 their origin and probable fate. They ought, within 

 limits, to be able to predict the probable changes in 

 weather. Of each month, and, above all, of the seasons, 

 they should have a mental picture, in which is prominent 

 not only the conditions and kinds of plants and animals, 

 liut also the amount of sunshine, the prevailing winds, 

 the clouds most commonly seen, and the temperature. 



And this picture should be an integral part of their 

 minds. 



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