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Teach the names of the leaves of the most common trees by 

 mentioning quite incidentally that certain noticeable leaves are the 

 maple or oak or elm, etc. The children will quickly pick up these 

 names by themselves if thus taught, and the knowledge will help 

 them later on. 



Let each child select a leaf of his own choosing and draw it. 

 This may be done by placing the leaf flat on paper and outlining 

 it with a pencil, later drawing in the veins, or the drawing may be 

 made with colored crayon freehand. The pupils should be allowed 



Leaves of cottonwood mounted 

 on card. 



Leaves of mossy cup oak 

 mounted on card. 



to please themselves in this matter, as it is not a drawing lesson 

 but a lesson to help remember form and color. 



Let the pupils select paper of a color similar to the leaf and cut 

 out the leaf from it during busy work. 



Let each pupil select four leaves of maple or oak as nearly 

 similar as possible and press them in his book, and later arrange 

 them on a card in some symmetrical design. This may be done 

 while the leaves are fresh, and the card thus arranged may be 

 pressed and thus preserved. 



Third Grade. — The work for the third grade should be an 

 October calendar with a leaf mounted and labeled for each school 

 day of the month. The leaves may be pressed and mounted upon 

 a card, or the leaf may be traced in outline and colored in crayon, 

 or merely traced with the veins drawn in. If there are not thirty 

 species of trees available about the schoolhouse, two leaves of the 



