18 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



Is her coat of the same thickness in the summer? 

 How do you know part of it comes out? Stroke 

 pussy's fur in the right way; how does she like it? 

 How do you know? How does she like to have it 

 stroked the other way? Why is it well for pussy 

 that her hair extends backward and downward? (It 

 sheds the rain.) When kitty gets in out of the rain, 

 what does she do? Why shake herself? What 

 is the color of her good coat? How does the cat 

 keep it clean ? Tell how she washes the top of her 

 head. What other parts does she wash with her 

 paws ? 



Sometimes when the cat is out walking or hunting 

 she gets frightened. At what, do you think? What 

 does she do when a strange dog comes toward her? 

 How does she climb a tree? What does the dog do? 

 (Barks and puts his paws up against the tree as if he 

 were going to climb it.) Why doesn't he climb the 

 tree? How long does the cat stay up the tree? 

 After the dog is gone, how does the cat get down? 

 Watch her and tell. Why does she have a harder 

 time getting down than up? Remember the position 

 and shape of her claws. If the cat cannot find a 

 tree to climb and cannot get away from the dog, 

 how does she defend herself? When the cat gets 



