C 'HILDREN never tire of Guessing Games. The following hidden forest of trees may be used in various ways in connection with Arbor Day. For the little ones the test may be oral, the teacher selecting the simplest ones from the set of quotations. To children a little older, we often give slips of paper containing numbers from one to fifteen, opposite which they write the name of the tree as the verse is read. Some quotations suitable for older children have been included in the collection, as they furnish a test of their knowledge of special historical events together with certain well known literary allusions. In playing the guessing game of the trees, it will be found necessary to tell the children that the same variety of tree may be alluded to in several quotations. For fun out of school hours, the quotations may be printed on cards of a uniform size, and used to play a tree game similar to Authors. 21 22 19 Though 'tis past all believing, But really and truly some day you may see A very large number Of pussies a-slumber And a bluebird a-swinging all on the same tree." "Like drifts of tardy snow, On leafless branches caught blossoms blow The That May has brought." "Give me of your balm, O tree, tree tall and sombre, Sobbed through all its robes of darkness, Rattled like a shore with pebbles.-Longfellow "Still, when not a breeze is stirring, When the mist sleeps on the hill, And all other trees are moveless, Stands she ever trembling still." "With his gnarled old arms and his iron form, Majestic in the wood, From age to age, in sun and storm, The - tree long has stood." 23 "And Washington in seventy-five, 'Neath Cambridge's tree came To take command of the army 'Mid the people's loud acclaim. "And still on the green at Cambridge, The old tree stands to-day, Though rebel and tory long ago To dust have mouldered away." 24 "And of its timber stanch, vast ships are made, To sweep rich cargoes o'er the watery main." It is here-the April feeling! That indescribable something that lies on the far away hills and gets into our hearts has come again. Not all joy, but a tinge of sadness as well. Why? Ah! it is all too subtle to explain. But to the children and the school-room April must bring joy-pure joy, that belongs always to children. They have lived too little to feel aught of the minor strains in Nature's harmonies. Let us be happy with them in their own way. Every day now will show increasing signs of spring. The careless will see only the surface indications. Longing eyes will find the spring couriers everywhere. "The first violet," says Higginson, "is like land after the sea." There is a pulse-beat that responds only to the first growing violets one finds hiding away in opening springtime, another for the arbutus, another for the hepatica-just like our friends who have their separate places in the human heart. To help the children to feel the advancing spring and thrill under its appealing beauty, is to give them a something for the future that will make for heart culture while life lasts. To open eyes and train ears to see and catch Nature's beginnings this month is a beautiful task, but no one can tell any teacher how to do it. She will succeed in just so much as her heart is in it. Arbor Day Much has been said on this page in past years, as to the true meaning of Arbor Day, yet it must not be left out this year for contributions have already been received for this number full of the uses of trees after they are cut down. Think of it! Could anything be more completely opposed to the Arbor Day spirit and purpose? Now we understand that there are times and places where trees must be cut down. No trained forester would enter any woodland without designating certain trees to be cut as a reform for the good of the whole. With the science of forestry we have nothing to do in our Arbor Day work in the schools. The prime intention of an Arbor Day for the children was to inculcate a love and reverence for the beauty and beneficence of trees -standing, alive trees, not trees after they have been builded into houses and furniture. Let us be sensible and not talk about axes and logs in our Arbor Day exercises. There is a time for everything. The back numbers of this paper abound in information of the benefit of trees-the why and how of it-and in stories, plays, exercises, and legends for the proper recognition of the day. Please turn to these back April numbers for "a freshening up," in these things. You do not want the same things over and over again every year in PRIMARY EDUCATION, and there comes a limit to what one can give you for these annual occasions. Are the exercises in back numbers old to you? They are not old to the children, if you have new classes, and if you have not, children never tire of old things if they like them. "Tell it again, mamma," is a familiar request to mothers who have told the same stories over and over again, till the little teasers know every word of it themselves. The teachers who have a scrap book for every annual occasion filled with valuable things drawn from every source as the years go by, are wise and are always equipped in time of need. Editor's Address Sharon, Mass. Flowers and Birds This month the new spring series are delightfully interesting and helpful. I am finding definite help in Miss Rogers' bird-teaching and I hope you are. It all depends upon the teacher how much the children learn of birds in school. There is all the difference between talking about birds in general and learning certain ones day by day. Just the difference between talking of people in a crowd, and bringing up certain prominent people and introducing them to us personally. Which interests us most? Easter "Tree Study," a booklet of twenty-one pages, by Miss Agnes Vinton Luther, (well-known to our columns), is full of helpful suggestions for the study of trees in all seasons of the year. Price, ten cents. Address Miss Luther, Newark, N. J., Box 18. "Among the Trees," by Julia Ellen Rogers (A. W. Mumford, Chicago, publisher), is an illustrated book of about two hundred pages; a book to buy, to keep, to "turn to," year after year, for reliable information. It is an appetizer, too, for tree study and tree teaching. "A Year Among the Trees," by Wilson Flagg (Educational publishing Co., Boston), is one of the books that never lose worth nor flavor. "The Procession of the Flowers," by T. W. Higginson (Longsmans, Green & Co., New York). "The Brook Book," Mary Rogers Miller. Page & Co., New York). (Doubleday, The last named book is brimming with help for teachers, though it bears no such label and hasn't a direct word to teachers in its pages. Its visits to Nature are told in a style wholly captivating. Open to All Next year the "Entertainment" department of this paper, appearing now under the heading "Songs and Recitations," will be open to all teachers for contributions, instead of being the work of a single teacher, as heretofore. Every teacher has her own favorite "pieces" which the children love, and I shall be glad to have these sent for this departinent. If not original, be sure to give the credit to whom it is due, that everybody may get full justice. It is not too early now to begin to send me material for this department for September and October numbers. Let me have your best and have it early. Don't forget it. A Question A private school teacher asks for suggestions for private schools, adding that "Public schools are not the only educators." Will this teacher, or any other, tell me wherein lies the need for special help for private schools? NOTES -The Boston school board has voted to appoint an instructor of household science and arts in the normal and high schools at $1,200 per year. -The city of Washington is to have a -business high school to cost $168,000. Vertical or Slant for School Pens with Stamp of ESTERBROOK. Having been established for forty years and knowing the exact requirements of Principals, we can specially recommend our series of School Pens. Samples sent to Principals and Teachers when desired. Business pens in all styles. Orders can come through local dealer. THE ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN MFG. CO. The school will do the work generally 'pro- Works, Camden, 'N. J. vided by the private commercial college. 26 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK. -Superintendent Cooley, of Chicago, The University of Chicago School of Education aroused great enthusiasm at the Illinois Teachers' Association by advocating the employment of more men and fewer women as teachers in the public schools. -Charcoal is the safest and best antiseptic known for the stomach. The more you take the better. It is not a drug. It carries all impurities out of the system, and renders the stomach and breath sweet and pure. It also clears and improves the complexion. Murray's Charcoal Tablets are purest, safest, and unmedicated. -A new map has been added to the series of Individual Outline Maps and Atlases published by J. M. Olcott & Company. It is No. 27P, Eastern Asia, and consists of Eastern China, Manchuria, Corea, and Japan, on a large scale, to be used in following the movements of the contending armies of Russia and Japan. The use of the outline map of Asia for this purpose met with such favor that the publishers decided to issue this special map. J. M. Olcott & Company, Publishers, Chicago and New York. SUMMER QUARTER OPENS JUNE 18, CLOSES SEPTEMBER 2 Professional courses of University grade for teachers. Excellent opportunities for study of the different kinds of handwork. Handwork a special feature during the last half of the Quarter. Well-equipped Model School, with opportunity for observation and practice-work during the first six weeks. Students may register for the full time, or for three or six weeks. Announcements containing detailed syllabi of courses now ready. Address the SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO This Rubber Heel has an air chamber next to the heel seat, making a Pneumatic Cushion of the heel-a suction chamber to walk upon, making it the only Rubber Heel that will not slip on wet or polished surfaces. EDUCATIONAL SEAT WORK -Professor Starr of Chicago University Bird Outlines for Color ́expects to have at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition some of the most peculiar little people on the globe. They are called Ainus, and occupy Yezo, the most northerly island in the Japanese group. They be long to the white race, not to the yellow race. They do not average more than three feet in height, and their bodies are completely covered with hair, like animals. The men have long beards, and the women tattoo their faces so as to have imitation mustaches. The Professor says they may almost be thought of as the missing link between the animal and man. MEMORIAL TO EDWARD R. SHAW The Committee of Graduates and Students' of the New York University School of Pedagogy having in charge the memorial to the late Edward R. Shaw, Ph. D., Work Sixteen cards, 5 x 8, of common birds, with full directions for coloring on each card. These cards are equally good for sewing cards or outline drawing. Price, 25 cents. Doll Outline Cards for Color Work and Drawing Sixteen cards, 5 x 8, with full directions for coloring on each card. Price, 25 cents. Hiawatha Drawing and Sewing Cards This set of 16 cards is intended for use in connection with "The Story of Hiawatha," "Stories of the Red Children," etc. Price, 25 cents. Primary Language Cards Augsburg's Action Drawing A series of four sets of cards repre senting Action, and designed to aid in the teaching of action drawing in the Primary grades. Set I. The Action of Little Men. II. The Action of the Deer. III. The Action of the Horse. IV. The Action of the Dog. Price, 20 cents per Set. For Paper Cutting and Plans for When First We Go to By M. HELEN BECKWITH In Price, 50 cents. Professor and for several years Dean in EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING COMPANY 228 Wabash Ave. 63 Fifth Ave. NEW YORK Songs and Recitation ANGELINA W. WRAY (During April the marvels of unfolding life may be seen by the dullest observer. In the woods the frail exquisite spring flowers follow one another so closely that it requires trained eyes to avoid missing part of the long procession. The air is full of bird songs. Warm days, chilly days, splendor of sunshine, dash of rain, flurry of snow, the flying cloud, the dazzling glory of the blue sky, the unfurling of leaf banners, the murmur of brooks, the first delicate green of the springing grass, all these are signs that April, sweet, shy, fickle, lovable April, is with us once more. Happy is the teacher who can lead her little children to watch, with understanding eyes, "earth's miracle of flowers and trees." April brings Arbor Day, also, with its many lessons about the trees, but the central thought of the month is that which is most apparent - Awakening Life.) 1 Arbutus (Class recitation) The arbutus hides in the April woods With blossoms white as summer clouds 3 The fragrant breath of spring is held The wandering bees its secret knows, b b To find beneath 2 the tangled leaves Motions I Hands held in front of face. 2 Point downward. 3 Hands overhead. Waving motion. 4 Point upward. 5 Hands outspread. 6 Arms outspread. Fluttering motion, up and down. I The New Leaves Green and gold and misty pink, The baby leaves uncurl, Shake their crinkled edges out, Green and gold and misty pink, On tree and shrub and vine. Little April (Class recitation) Through the waking woods to-day There she stops 3 and ponders. Now her eyes are dim 4 with tears, 5 Ferns and flowers she scatters 7 wide In the waking woods to-day Motions Hands raised. 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