176 NATURE STUDY LESSONS FOR PRIMARY GRADES 



LEAF GAME No. 6 



A leaf is pinned upon each child's waist as in the 



previous game. The children sing : — 



"Fly away, fly away, 



Dear little leaf, fly away ; 



Over the brown fields dance and play, 

 But come back to see us again to-day. 



Come back, leaf. 



Come back, leaf." 



(Tune, "Milkweed Babies," Primary Education, October, 1902.) 



— Eleanor Troxell. 



As soon as the name of a leaf is sung, the child 

 who wears that leaf flies about the room. The chil- 

 dren at their seats sing " Come back," etc., beckoning 

 at the same time to the " little leaf " flying about. 



VIII 



A NUT GAME 



Different kinds of nuts are scattered about the 

 room. One of the children who knows the names 

 of all the nuts is the mother squirrel. The other 

 children are the little squirrels. The mother sends 

 one little squirrel out to find walnuts, another to find 

 beechnuts, another to find hickory nuts, etc. If one 

 brings back the wrong nut, he must return it to the 



