JAmjABY. 



PLANTS. 



Effect of warm days upon plants. Enemies of buds — 

 birds and frost; protection of buds. Sap in trees. 



ANIMALS. 



Compare food of January and June. Compare teeth of 

 dog and cat, sbeep, cow and horse with human teeth and 

 relate to kinds of food. 



ELEMENTARY GEOGRAPHY. 



Compare number of rainy or snowy days with Decem- 

 ber. Increase of day; rising and setting sun. Compare with 

 November. 



MINERALS. 



Compare physical characteristics of granite, marble, 

 sandstone, limestone and slate. 



NOTE. — Of what advantage or disadvantage, are warm days 

 in January to plants? When and why are buds used by birds 

 as food? Examine twigs of maple, horse-chestnut, and spruce. 

 Note buds destroyed by birds, wind, or killed by frost. Compare 

 hibernating and non-hibernating animals as to covering, structure, 

 manner of getting food, etc. — turtle, cat, dog or bird. Place 

 hibernating animals in a box of moist earth and permit puijlls 

 to observe them disappear. 



FEBRUARY. 



PLANTS. 



Determine location of frozen buds on twigs; number 

 found, kind, number killed and number alive. 



ANIMALS. 



Manner In which dog, cat, sheep, horse and cow take 

 their food. Compare prehensile organs with man's. 



