THE FOUR WINDS.

"Which is the wind that brings the rain?

The east wind; children and farmers know,
That cows come shivering up the lane,

When the east wind begins to blow."

Let pupils memorize and illustrate these and remainder of the verses, one each day.

WIND SONG.-THE EAST WIND.

THE NORTH WIND.

Lead children to see how the wind affects the weather and on some mornings when the north blows, question them as to the wind's direction. Let them find the north side of room. When the wind comes from that direction, what kind of weather do we have? What wind then brings the cold? Have them memorize the verse and illustrate it.

"Which is the wind that brings the cold?

The north wind, children, and all the snow,
And sheep come scampering into the fold
When the north wind begins to blow."

What is a sheep fold? How many have seen one? Who can draw one? How many like the north wind? Why not? What would we do for ice and snow without it? Where does the north wind live most of the time? What people live there? What nice old man is said to come from there every Christmas?

DRAWING.

Lay sheep folds with sticks. Draw sheep fold, using triangular prism for model.

Picture sheep in door or out. Make paper sheepfold, folding papers around the small triangular prisms.

SING. A NORTH WIND SONG.

"The north wind doth blow

And we shall have snow,

And what will the robin do then, poor thing;
He'll sit in the barn

And keep himself warm

And hide his head under his wing, poor thing,"

MORNING TALK.-WEST WIND.

What is the sun doing to-day? What did we have yester day that we do not have to-day? (Fog.) It kept our room dark. What has driven it away? What kind of clouds did we have? What has driven them away? What wind is blowing this morning? What is it doing with the snow this morning? What has become of the snow on the side walks? How is the ice this morning? Then what does the west wind do? Melts ice and snow. Memorize verse about west wind.

"Which is the wind that brings the flowers?
The west wind, children, and soft and low,
The birdies sing in the summer hours
When the west wind begins to blow."

Has it bronght any birds? Has it brought any flowers? Hunt for the willow trees and tell me.

pussy willows this spring?

THE SOUTH WIND.

Has any one seen the

"Which is the wind that brings the heat?

The south wind, children, and corn will grow,

And peaches redden for you to eat.

When the south wind begins to blow."

Has any south wind blown this week? From which direction is the wind blowing to-day? How many would like to make a March calendar and mark all the windy days with little arrows, showing that March is a windy month, and the direc tion from which the wind blows?

THE MARCH CALENDAR.

How many spring months are there? Which is the first? Spell it. Write it. Who can find the first day of March on the calendar? The second day? The third day? What day is to-day? How shall I mark the rainy days on the board calendar? (With a blue umbrella drawn or pasted on the square, or a blue cross.) How mark the snowy days? (With snowflakes or white umbrella, or snow ball, drawn or pasted on square.) How will we mark the sunny days? (With golden circle on square.) Mark the gray days with white. The birthdays are red letter days. Mark them with the initials or name of the pupil. At the end of the month pupils are to count to see how many windy days we have had; from which direction the wind blew oftenest; the number of calm days; rainy days; sunny days.

The direction of the wind on a certain day is indicated by drawing an arrow, pointed correctly in the square for that day.

READING.

Place the following poems upon the board and let pupiis enjoy them as reading lessons.

"I am the wind.

I come very fast
Through the tall trees,
I blow a loud blast;
Sometimes I am soft

As a sweet, gentle child;
I play with the flowers.

Am gentle and mild;
And then out so loud

All at once I can roar,
If you wish to be quiet,
Close window and door.”

BLACK BOARD READING.

"Little wind, blow on the hill top,
Little wind, blow down the plain,
Little wind, blow up the sunshine,
Little blow wind, off the rain."

PHYSICAL EXERCISES.

Following this lesson let pupils play they are the winds. First with hands placed before their mouths after the manner of a trumpet, they blow long and loud as does the north wind; then following the north wind in its effect on the flowers in the fall, they shiver and go to sleep, with arms about them.

Now they blow very gently and softly to represent the south wind as it blows in the spring, and the eyes open and the heads are raised to represent the opening flowers.

The east wind blows, and presently the rain drops come pattering on the desk, now fast, now slow.

The west blows wind, and the corn and tree branches sway gently in the breeze.

EXERCISE NO. II.

At another time let pupils represent trees in an orchard and the teacher the wind. At the first puff or blow the pupils sway, bow, or bend at the hips, in the opposite direction and then resume vertical position. The wind, (teacher) shifts or changes its direction until the bodies have bent in all directions.

THE WIND.

Ask pupils to tell you what the wind is. Where does it come from? How can we tell when the wind is blowing very hard? Are we glad to have the wind? How many like windy days? Why? Why not? Is the wind of any use? What work does it have to do? What work did it do in the autumn? (Brings down the leaves, nuts and fruits from the trees, helps to bring the snow and freeze the streams and ponds, scatters seeds and

covers them. He puts the grass and flowers to sleep.) What does he do in the spring? (He blows away fog, smoke, bad odors, and dust; he melts the ice and snow; he brings the rain clouds to waken the flowers.) What else can he do? What is drying on the line in some yards to-day? When the sun is not shining, what dries the clothes? What dries up the mud so that the farmer can plow? What else? What else? (He pushes boats over the water, and turns wind-mills, sails kites, moves clouds.) Some people say that March is Mother Nature's broom because it sweeps the earth clean. There is a story that tells about it, called "Mother Nature's House Cleaning," which you. may hear, when you have memorized this little verse.

MEMORIZE.

"Whichever way the wind doth blow,

Some heart is glad to have it so..

So blow it east, or blow it west,

The wind that blows, that wind is best.

MOTHER NATURE'S HOUSE-CLEANING.

One morning, when the winter days were nearly over, Mother Nature called the workers of her household together.

"My dear helpers," said she, "it is certainly time for us to be planning for our summer boarders. The Robins, Bluebirds, Orioles, and ever so many more have already sent word that they shall come early this year. We must work rapidly or they will arrive before our house is in order. The first thing to be done is to take the heavy winter coverings of ice and snow from the brooks, fields, and woods. My dear Sun, you will help us by doing that, I am sure. They are too heavy for the rest of us to lift."

The good, kind Sun began his part of the work at once, but the coverings were so heavy that it kept him busy for many a day.