I fly from flow'r to flow'r so free, Buzzing a way, buzzing a way; I I'm culling sweets for win-ter's hour, Buzzing a way, buzzing a - way, a - By permission of S. H. Lightner, owner of copyright. From the "Fountain Song Book, butterflies are read - y, too, To take a night of rest; spread their gold - en wings and fly For food from flow'r to flow'r; moths who sleep throughout the day, With resting wings out-spread, go to bed with wings o'er-head, 'Mid flow'rs they love the best. work is done at setting sun, When comes the twi-light hour. fly 'neath star lit skv. To flow'rs, by fra-grance led. wake to From "Song Stories for the Kindergarten," by Maldred and Patty Hill. By per. They A 9 Sparkling on the sum-mer leaves, Drip-ping swiftly 'Mid the grass - es from the eaves, high and low, splen-dors new, TOPICS OF STUDY FOR JUNE. June Lessons. June Questions. Flowers, and Flower Day. Flower Excercises. Field Flowers. The Violet. The Daisy. The Buttercup. Shooting Star. Clover, and Sleep of Plants. Garden Flowers. The Cherry, and Parts of Plants. Pansies. Nasturtiums. Flower Stories and Legends. Useful Plants. The Flax, Cotton, Sugar-Cane and Coffee. The Partners of the Flowers. Bees, Butterflies and Moths. The Gardener's Friends. Earthworm and Snake. Health Officers. The War. Cuban Children. Clara Barton and the Red Cross. Florence Nightingale. Short Stories for Reproduction. Language Exercises. Seat Work for June. June is the first months do we have? JUNE LESSONS. summer month. How many summer What are the others? What month of the year is June? How many days in June? Are the days growing longer or shorter now? How can you tell? Are the days or nights longer? What comes about the middle of this month that we are all very glad to have? (Vacation.) How many days will it be before vacation? June is called the month of roses. Why? Have any roses come yet? Have the rose bushes budded? Examine the bushes when you go home. What are our lessons to be with this month? What will we have this month that we have not had many of before? April brought us buds. May brought out the leaves. June brings the The flowers bring their partners,-bees and butterflies. Talk about the work of roots, stems, leaves and blossoms for each other. Compare plants with people about us. They eat, sleep, and work, as people do. Plants have certain foods which they prefer, and upon which they thrive best. Call attention to the way the farmer is obliged to change the crops of certain fields in order to give the plants the food they should have. Plants are like people in preferring certain localities. Some prefer to live on the prairies, some on the mountains, some in a dry soil, others prefer damp or shady places, some love sunshine. Talk about their partners, the bees and butterflies, and of their interdependence, how they can be useful to each other and to man. Speak of the care given to plants and bees and of their use. |