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Show NO lesson of this kind should ever be allowed to slip without bringing in valuable lessons in economy, cleanliness, carefulness, etc., lessons whlch must be constantly repeated as well as the reading, writing, language, arithmetic, spelling, local geography, etc. To-day, girls, we are to have another lesson about chickens. We will set a hen. You I<nom how good chickens and eggs are to eat, so you will want to raise chickens for your own use and to sell. Q. We hare here all the things we shall need for setting our hen. What have we? As you name them I will draw a picture of each.-A. A hen. A box. Some hay. Susie, show me the hen, the pictures, write the word 'hen' under the picture. Annie, the box, the picture, etc. Agnes, the hay, the picture, etc. Susie, the eggs, the picture, etc." Q. Susie, have we one egg or more than one?-& More than one. Q. What word do we use in speaVing of more than one egg?-A. Eggs. Q. What letter did you add to make " eggs?"--4. S." Q. And what will we do to-day, Annie?-A. Set a hen. Q. Tell me the whole story.-A. We will set a hen to-day. Q. You may write that story on the blackboard. Have yon any hens at home, Agnes?-A. Yes. Q. You may help set this one. (At this point a hen was brought in.) What must we make for our hen, Susie?-A. A nest. Q. What kind of a nest sllall we make?-A. We should make a goodaest. Q. You may write that story. Set this box on the chair, Agnes. Let us look at the box. Tell rile what kind of a box it Is, Agnes.-A. It is a good box. Q. I will write that on the blackboard. Susie, tell me something else about the box.--4. The box is clean: the box is dry. All read what I have written abont the box. Let us look at the hay. Q. What kind of hay is this, Agnes?-A. It is dry. Q. Something else about the hay?-A. It is clean. Q. Npm, what shall we put in the nest?-A. Eggs. Q. %hat kind?-A. Good, fresh eggs. I will write two words here which tell what kind of eggs we want. (Writes - on board, " Good eggs ; " " Fresh eggs.',') Q. Let us loolr at the hen. She is not very large. We must not give her too many eggs. I think 12 will be about right. We will put 12 good eggs in the nest. Susie, you may write thst story. Agnes, put the eggs in the nest. Count them so the class can hear you. Handle them carefully so you will not crack them. Susie, count the eggs by twos.-A. Two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve. Q. Agnes, count them by threes.-& Three, six, nine, twelve. Q. Annie, count them by fours.-A. Four, eight, twelve. Go quickly to the blnckboard and make me a picture of 12 eggs co"nted, Susie, by twos: Agnes, by threes; Annie, by fours. (Pupils draw a~propr latep i e tures, arranging the eggs in groups.) Q. What other name do wegive 12 eggs?-A. One dozen. Q. Tell me the whole story.-A. Twelve eggs equal one dozen eggs. Q. Susie, write that story. Can we go out in the yard and pick up any hen and set her?-A. No. Q. No; we must wait till she is ready. How do we know when our hen is ready?-A. She stays on her nest and says, Cluck, cluck." Q. What had she done before this?-A. Laid eggs. Q. How many eggs did she lay each day?-A. One egg. Q. If she had laid one egg a day for twelve days, how many eggs had she laid?-A. Twelve eggs. Q. IIow do you %now?-A. Because 12 times 1 equals 12. Q. Annie, put that on the blackboard. How long will the hen have to sit on her eggs in order to 11atch them?-A. Three weeks. Q. How many days are there in one week?-A. There are seven days in ow week. Q. Name them.-A. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Frlday. Saturday. Q. How many days are there in three weeks?-A. Twenty-one days. Q. How do you know?-A. Because 3 times 7 days equals 21 days. Q. How many Sundays?-A. Three. Q. How many Mondays, Tuesdays, etc.?-A. Three of each. Q. Now we have set our hen, we must take good care of her. What mnat we do for her every day?-A. Feed her. Q. Tell me the whole story.-A. We must feed our hen every day. |
