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prepared and brought to us. Visit meat market. (D, R, 

 S, T, U). 



About Christmas consider the deer.* (F, U.) Where 

 found, food, fleetness, enemies, hunting (U). Visit zoo- 

 logical garden or park where deer are kept. Rabbit.* Have 

 a tame rabbit in school, feed it and care for it. Make a hutch 

 for it. Observe its general appearance, color, hopping, feed- 

 ing. Let children be on the lookout for wild rabbits, and 

 tell their observations. (E, C.) Note the fur. 



Examine the fur garments of the children. What kinds 

 of furs are represented? Tell about trapping and hunting, 

 (S, U) fur animals. (E, F.) Sheep,* chiefly in its relation 

 to clothing. Obsen'e sheep if possible. Show wool on the 

 hide, shorn wool, spun and woven, and dyed. Refer to 

 the warmth of furs and woolen clothing, (D, S, T, R, U.) 

 Refer to primitive man,* and discuss his food and clothing. 

 Refer to the Indian. (U, W.) 



Birds : Note that all the birds have not flown away. On 

 field trips, and incidentally, let the children observe the 

 birds. By color charts teach them to recognize the blue jay,* 

 nut hatch, chicadee,* and the English sparrow. Note their 

 beauty, cheerfulness, the sounds they make, their food, where 

 they stay at night. (H.) The sparrow is especially easily 

 observed about the school and homes, and everywhere on 

 the streets (120). The scarcity of food in the snow-covered 

 fields brings many of the wild birds into the towns, where 

 they may be fed and made less wild. Let the children show 

 their sympathy for the birds by feeding them crumbs, etc. 

 (See chapter X.) (113, 478.) 



Fish : Have goldfish * in an aquarium. Let the children 

 help take care of the fish. Observe the beauty and grace of 



