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5. Place end of white crepe paper under child's chin. Fasten one corner to pleats ou 

 left side of red cap; pin the other corner to pleats on right side. Cut off at waist, round 

 ing corners. 



6. Sew a short red bib over the white. Keep paper up around neck for a high collar. 



7. Cover lap in back with black strip, lengthwise. 



8. Make pointed bill, three-sided, of stiff paper 9 inches long. 



9. Use yellow circles for eyes. 



10. Leave opening at one side so the whole goes on like a bonnet. 



11. Let "birds" go stocking-footed, or with stockings pulled over their slippers or 

 shoes. 



Fathers and mothers enjoy games on a program. The one described below is easily 

 devised. 



"IF I WERE A " 



1. Use stiff cards 8 by 18 inches. 



In right end mount a bird, one well colored by a child. Print, for example, "handsome 

 Mr. Blue Jay" or "funny nimble Nuthatch" on their respective cards. 



Have ten or fifteen such cards. 



Place cards on chalk-tray. 



Teacher: "Earl, if you were a bird, what bird would you like to be?" 



Earl (with his chosen card held by both hands so that each one in the room may 

 see it): "If I were a bird, I'd be the handsome Mr. Blue Jay." 



Each child, in turn, takes card to his desk, after replying to the teacher's question. 



To replace the cards on chalk-tray, when all have been drawn, use this question and 

 answer : 



Teacher: "Earl, what bird were you?" 



Earl: "I was the handsome Mr. Blue Jay," (places card on tray). 



THE FARMER'S FRIENDS 



2. Prepare charts 9 by 24 inches. 



Paste at top a picture of a bird, a Chickadee, for example. Below print its common 

 articles of diet. Have ten such charts. 



Let child with pointer stand near chart and say: 



"The Chickadee is s>^ inches long. It likes suet and bread crumbs. It helps the 

 farmer because it eats canker-worms, plant-lice, caterpillars, etc." (from the chart). 



ADJECTIVE GAME 



3. Use chart paper, 24 by 18 inches. 



Let an apt child color a Bronze Crackle, a Red-winged Blackbird, and a Crow. 

 Cut out and mount one beneath the other in a vertical row on left side of chart. Oppo- 

 site Bronze Crackle print "black"; opposite Red- winged Blackbird "blacker"; and 

 opposite Crow, "blackest." Then the child reads: "The Bronze Crackle is black; the 

 Red- winged Blackbird is blacker; but the Crow is blackest." 



Teacher covers the Red-winged Blackbird. Child reads, "The Bronze Crackle is 

 black, but the Crow is blacker." 



Have three black objects near-by to compare. Vary the charts. Use tall, taller, 

 tallest for water-birds, small, smaller, smallest, and large, larger, largest, etc., for lana- 

 birds. Compare height of two or three children. Six or eight charts are not too many. 



It is a good idea to have fine wire nails, 8 inches apart at intervals along the top of 

 the blackboard. Punch all charts 4 inches on each side of center. Hang on nails. 



