NATURE-STUDY LESSONS. 5 



3. Discover where the sense of touch is most highly 

 developed in the cow, the horse, the cat and the dog. 



B. How to Cultivate the Sense of Touch. 



4. Feel a number of objects of different degrees of 

 smoothness and determine : 



(a) The smoothest. 

 (d) The roughest. 



(c) Two of the same degree of smoothness. 



5. The teacher or someone else will place a number of 

 objects of various shapes on the desk, each shape being 

 represented by two or more objects. With eyes closed 

 take one in your hand and find another of the same 

 shape. 



6. Place your hands behind your back ; the teacher 

 or someone else will put objects in them. Name these 

 objects by feeling them. 



7. Take thread and cord of various degrees of coarse- 

 ness and discover by the sense of touch which is the 

 finest, which the coarsest 



8. With eyes closed allow someone to lead you to 

 various objects in the room. Name these objects by 

 feeling them. 



9. After the leaves of the more common trees have 

 been studied, identify them by touch alone. 



10. If possible, discover how a blind man learns to 

 read. 



m.-SEEmG. 



A. Sense of Sight. 



I. {a) How many letters are there in this h'ne? 



(d) Can a blind person tell ? 



