B Y THE WA YS1DE 
BY THE WAYSI D E 
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NATURE ST WY IN SCHOOLS 
Course of Study. III. 
Grade II. 
LESSONS WITH ANIMALS. 
Domesticated Animal.—The dog, its 
traits, uses and care. Lead the children 
to tell about their own dogs or those they 
know; read or tell them some of the well- 
known stories and poems about dogs. 
Let them tell in their own words the 
characteristic traits, and the ways in 
which the dog is useful to man. Add a 
few very simple and plain directions for 
the care of their pets. If possible, teach 
the children how to recognize a few of 
the common kinds. Do not spend time 
in senseless questions on very apparent 
points in the animal’s anatomy; but di¬ 
rect attention to the structure of the 
teeth and feet. It is not necessary to 
have any specimens in the school room. 
Birds.—Review the list of Grade I and 
add following: 
Flicker Red-winged blackbird 
Phoebe Hairy woodpecker 
Bluebird Scarlet tanager 
In addition to the plan of study for 
the first year, keep a bird list on the 
blackboard and let the children report 
what they see. There will be many mis¬ 
takes, but the teacher can begin here to 
cultivate habits of careful observation. 
Frog.—Specimens should be kept in 
the school room in vivaria under condi¬ 
tions as nearly normal as possible. From 
actual observation the children should 
be able to tell what food is taken and 
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how it is obtained, how the animals 
spend the winter and their use to man. 
Direct attention to the protective color. 
Insects.—Review the list of Grade I. 
Encourage the children to bring the com¬ 
mon large insects to school, especially 
the larvae, that the transformations may 
be seen. The children should tell what- 
they have observed about the habits of 
the insects in this list, besides learning 
to name them: 
Luna moth 
Polyphemus moth 
Sulphur butterflies 
Potato beetle 
Rats, Mice.—Habits and destructive¬ 
ness. 
To be continued. 
Locusts 
Crickets 
June beetles 
Flies 
A Baby Wren's AdOenture . 
I cheated the cat of a much coveted 
morsel one evening when I rescued a tiny 
bird. He was probably the most vent¬ 
uresome baby in the nest and had tried 
his wings too soon, for he fluttered to the 
grass. 
He made himself very much at home 
that night in a jeweler’s box lined with 
cotton, but he was one of those naturallv 
unfortunate children who are always in 
trouble or mischief of some kind, for the 
next morning, at breakfast, he tumbled 
into the cream pitcher and almost 
drowned. 
The first thing to do was to find a good 
bird home for our waif, so we had him 
put in the nest, in a nearbv tree, that be- 
longed to a particularly maternal looking 
Robin, in hopes he would be adopted. 
Madam Robin was very much excited 
and after fluttering about the nest and 
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