312 BIRD FRIENDS 



Correlated work. 



Have the children in the manual-training department 

 make various feeding-devices, such as suet-baskets, 

 shelves, hoppers, moving counters, and a large feedery 

 for the school-yard. 

 Fifth Grade — Spring. 

 Topic, Nesting-Material for the Birds. 

 Materials, a collection of nests; samples of things that 

 may be put out, pictures of some birds most apt to 

 use these materials, such as the oriole, chipping spar- 

 row. 

 Child's problem. 

 We will examine these nests to find what kind of material 

 they contain that we may put out for the birds to use 

 in making their nests. 

 Outline of development. 



1. List of things found in nests. 



2. List of things furnished by man. 



3. Relative abundance of materials. 



4. Birds making most use of these materials. 

 Application. Encourage the children to put out things 



around their homes that birds might use in their nests, 



such as string, yarn, cotton batting, pieces of cloth, 



horsehair, etc. 

 Sixth Grade — Spring. 

 Topic, Identification of Birds. (A review lesson.) 

 Child's problem. 



What are the most common colors found on birds by 

 which we may identify them? 

 Write on the board a list of all the birds the children know. 



Then put the following table on the board and have the 



children fill in the names of the birds in the proper 



columns: — 



Birds marked with 

 Red Blue Yellow Brown Black Gray 



