A GRADED COURSE OF NATURE-STUDY 405 



Chicken* and turkey* (G). Observe, feed, talk about 

 uses, especially about Thanksgiving Day. 



Insects: In the garden and fields observe butterflies 

 and moths. Find cocoons in sheltered nooks, on fences, 

 houses, and bark of trees. Observe caterpillars on milk- 

 weed, cabbage, and trees. Collect some of these and keep 

 in cage. Feed proper food. Observe spinning of cocoon. 

 Keep cocoons till the moth emerges. The milkweed * and 

 cabbage * butterflies, if taken early at the beginning of the 

 school year, will perhaps emerge in a week or so. But later 

 they will not come out till the next spring. Gather cocoons * 

 of cecropia moth, etc. and pin up in th e school-room. They 

 may open in early spring. (J. K7; See Gen. Ref. 127, 128, 



134, 47 I43-) 



Observe outdoor habits of cricket, grasshopper, fly, and 

 spider. Cage the insects, feed, and observe. Note general 

 appearance and peculiarities. Spiders make interesting 

 school-room pets. Teach children not to be afraid of insects 

 and spiders. (J. also 143, 132; 129; for spider, 130a, 131.) 



Plants. 



Fruits and Vegetables : Make a study of fruits,* nuts,* 

 and vegetables,* more from the human point of view as to 

 edibility, than from the botanical. Observe them growing, 

 gather some. How do we keep them? Where do we buy 

 them ? Where do the storekeepers get them ? What use do 

 we make of them in the home, and how do we prepare 

 them? Learn the names of the common kinds. Visit the 

 school-garden, a truck-garden, stores,* the market, the or- 

 chard,* and vineyard. Go on a nutting picnic* Observe 

 at same time the orchard insects and birds, and the animals 



