142 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



5. A pupil, or the teacher, describes a flower 

 which he is thinking about; the class name it. 



6. Each of several children is provided with a 

 flower — no two alike. A few children form a ring 

 in front and sing, e.g. : — 



" We're calling to you for a daffodil, 

 A daffodil, a daffodil ; 

 We're calling to you for a daffodil, 

 And here is one." 



or 



" And there is none." 



As soon as the name of the daffodil is spoken, 

 the child who has that flower skips forward and 

 enters the ring, or if she does not respond, her 

 flower is given to another. 



II 



THE NASTURTIUM 

 (A Fall Study) 



How do you know the flower? (By its color, 

 shape of its blossom, its fragrance, its taste, and 

 its peculiar leaf.) 



Each child is provided with a blossom. They 

 examine it for the purpose of describing it accurately, 

 so that one unacquainted with it would know it 



