built upon similarly. Valuable exercise to promote syllabication and spelling.

P. 24. If possible, have sunflower in room and let child verify each point in lesson by showing petals, sepals, etc. If not, use colored picture on page 15 and let class reproduce it at close of lesson.

P. 25. Have child read the stanza. Bring out meaning by questions and objects if necessary. Explain that the cut represents a very old stone mill at Newport, R. I., and that no one knows, surely, when or why built. Memorize stanza.

P. 26. Building blocks and small flags needed. Use as reading lesson, one child taking place of teacher. Class build forts. Close by saluting flag and singing as indicated.

P. 28. Have real flowers of different colors in room or pictures of them. Let each child read silently, class judging from action if correct. P. 29. If not season for roses have a paper rose for child to hold while reading. In this and other flower lessons, if possible, teach class to make the flowers for seat work. This is most fascinating hand work. P. 34. See directions for use of page 20.

P. 42.

Class may reach this lesson before October. If so, read again in October and verify facts from observation. Also verify the next

four lessons by observation.

P. 54. Teacher should not tell class answers to these questions, but lead them to find out from nature.

P. 67. A purely imaginative game much enjoyed when played with spirit. Use similar games to recall other topics and word lists.

P. 73. Tell briefly the legend of the snow fairies weaving blankets to cover the roots of the flowers in winter. Will also need to explain "looms and process of weaving. Show cuts of looms.

P. 92.

ing exercise.

P. 93.

Send class to blackboard to write names of months for spell-
Help class, by questions, to conquer last stanza.

Recall explanation of weaving. Illustrate by pictures of spinning and weaving. If possible, see work done.

P. 108. Better use this on a rainy day in order to make verification easy.

P. 124. Explain "hare." Recall facts about tortoise. Memorize closing proverb. If possible, have both tortoise and hare (or rabbit) present and precede reading lesson by an informal talk about these.

MEMORY GEMS. Teach these carefully, letting them impress their own lessons.

Where did you come from, baby dear?
Out of the everywhere into the here.

Where did you get your eyes so blue?
Out of the sky as I came through.

What makes the light in them sparkle and spin? Some of the starry spikes left in.

Where did you get that little tear?

I found it waiting when I

got here.

What makes your forehead so smooth and high? A soft hand stroked it as I went by.

What makes your cheek like a warm, white rose? Something better than any one knows.

Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss?

Three angels gave me at once a kiss.

Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke, and it came out to hear.

Where did you get those arms and hands?
Love made itself into hooks and bands.

Feet, whence did you come, you darling things? From the same box as the cherubs' wings.

How did they all just come to be you?
God thought about me, and so I grew.

But how did you come to us, you dear?
God thought of you, and so I am here.

-George Macdonald.

Now, Lion, listen to me.

Listen to me, you dear old dog!

To-day is the first Monday

in September.

Do you know what that means?

It means that I am going to school!

This is my new book.

I am going to learn to read.

You must learn to read, too.

* See preface.