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C. Application. 



How many would like to make a wren house so as 

 to have a pair of wrens nest in your yard? How many 

 of you will tryjj and find materials to make it of, 

 such as thin boards, a cigar-box, or a chalk-box? If 

 you cannot make the house yourself, ask some one 

 at home to help you, or you may bring the material 

 to school and I will help you. See if you can all 

 get your houses finished in a few days, and you may 

 all bring your houses to school a week from to-day, 

 and we will have a picture taken of those children 

 who have their bird-houses with them. 



This lesson should be followed by another, after 

 the house is finished, on how to put out the house, 

 involving a consideration of the place to put it, the 

 height, the method of fastening, and protection 

 from cats. 



Two problems are constantly confronting the 

 teacher: first, how to teach, and second, what to 

 teach. Some suggestions on the first problem have 

 already been given. A partial solution of the second 

 problem is offered in the following outline of bird- 

 study arranged by grades and seasons : — 



OUTLINE OF BIRD-STUDY 



(Arranged by grades and seasons with problems suggested for the 

 various topics) 



First Grade 

 Spring 



1. Bird walks. 



2. Special study of robin and bluebird. 

 Problems. 



How can we tell the bluebird when we see it ? (See page 810.) 

 Why do you like the robin? 



