4o8 NATURE-STUDY 



the fish in swimming. Note feeding. Note general shape, 

 etc. (I.) Fish as food. Brief talks on fishing. Primitive 

 man's methods of fishing. (I, U, T, also 46, 49, 42.) 



Plants. 



Gardening : Planting bulbs of tulip * and hyacinth.* 

 Care of potted plants and window-boxes. (235, 224, 229, 

 221.) 



Trees: Note the winter landscape,* the bare trees.* 

 Observe the oak and elm, and try to see general typical form 

 of each, and identify. (L.) Observe the contrast of pines * 

 and balsams* (L, 173, etc.) with the other trees. Note 

 characteristic shape, mode of branching, needles* and cones,* 

 and resinous nature. Note their beauty, frosted and laden 

 with snow. Collect cones and twigs. Especially appropri- 

 ate near Christmas. 



Spring 

 Inanimate. 



Spring Weather: Greater warmth, melting of snow and 

 ice, awakening of vegetation and animals, the March wind,* 

 clouds,* rain,* running-water, the brook* — field lessons. 

 (X. V.) (See Weather above.) What the wind does for us. 

 Make windmills, kites, vanes. What the rain is good for. 



The Brook: Where does the water in the brook come 

 from? Note its swiftness, how it carries things along. 

 Make toy boats to float upon it. Note the quiet pools, the 

 little falls, the round pebbles — gather some. The beauty of 

 the brook. 



Animals. 



Birds: Identify the returning birds, (H, 95, etc.) Let 

 the children vie with one another in reporting new arrivals. 



