86 NATURE STUDY AND AGRICULTURE 



Miscellaneous: Review of trees studied in first grade; 

 add soft maple, chestnut, and basswood; robin, bluebird, 

 and bluejay, and other conspicuous birds which may 

 especially attract attention on excursions. 



Winter. — Food: Study of Eskimo; compare food of 

 Eskimo with our food; uses of refrigerator; make ice 

 cream; food of Indians. 



Clothing: Eskimo clothing; materials used; how sewed; 

 dress an Eskimo doll; Indian clothing; weave a small 

 blanket; dress Indian doll. 



Shelter: Eskimo house; materials; how lighted? how 

 heated ? comparison with our own homes; make an Eskimo 

 house out of salt; make an Eskimo lamp out of clay; snow 

 as shelter to vegetation in our own climate; make Indian 

 wigwam. 



Miscellaneous: Make Indian cradleboard, quiver, 

 canoe, and simple basket; simple pottery work; Eskimo 

 dog, its use and place in the home; our dog, his relations 

 to us, his habits, and our care of him; wild relatives of the 

 dog; winter birds, especially chickadee and nuthatch ; place 

 suet on trees near schoolhouse for them; rabbit, its winter 

 home, habits, and relation to man; observation of tame 

 rabbits; tap soft maple trees near schoolhouse; make 

 syrup and sugar. 



Spring. — Food, clothing, and shelter of Arab; compare 

 with ours and those of Eskimo and Indian; make Arab 

 tent; dress Arab doll; place of the horse in the Arab's home. 



Horse: What it does for us; habits of feeding, resting, 

 and exercising; different kinds of horses; our care of the 

 horse. 



Garden: Children help in the preparation of beds, but 



