LEGEND OF THE PRIMROSE

 

LEGEND OF THE PRIMROSE 

BY ALICE J. CLEATOR, OHIO 

ONCE the primrose, it is said, 
In the days of long ago 

Was as white as wind-blown snow. 

"Primrose, O how pale you are! 

Really you are quite absurd." 

Cried the blossoms near and far.

 White as morning's fading star 

Primrose answered not a word. 

But one day the kindly sun 

Changed the primrose's pallid hue 

To a color bright and new. 

Swift her petals wore the gleam 

Of the sunshine's golden beam. 

In delight the blossoms cried 

"Primrose, you re the garden's pride!"

References:

The Mayflower 1904

FALCON- COLORING PAGE AND FREEHAND PAPER CUTTING

 FALCON-  COLORING PAGE AND FREEHAND PAPER CUTTING

What is the actual distinction between the hawks and the falcons?  Both species belong to the family Falconidae of the order Accipitres, but they are assigned to different genera -Astur and Falce . If you  once see a hawk and a falcon side by side alive, and on the wing- you will easily appreciate one great dissimilarity.  Hawks have short wings and long tails, while the falcons have short tails and wings of medium length. 

To the ornithologist however there is one anatomical difference that at once identifies the falcon viz the very distinct tooth or notch on the upper half or mandible of his bill. The hawks do not have this tooth and the upper half of their bills shows a curve. 

References: South African Gardening and Country Life 1926

HAWK- COLORING PAGE AND FREEHAND PAPER CUTTING

 What is the actual distinction between the hawks and the falcons?  Both species belong to the family Falconidae of the order Accipitres, but they are assigned to different genera -Astur and Falce . If you  once see a hawk and a falcon side by side alive, and on the wing- you will easily appreciate one great dissimilarity.  Hawks have short wings and long tails, while the falcons have short tails and wings of medium length. 

To the ornithologist however there is one anatomical diff- erence that at once identifies the falcon viz the very distinct tooth or notch on the upper half or mandible of his bill. The hawks do not have this tooth and the upper half of their bills shows a curve. 

References: South African Gardening and Country Life 1926

THE ROSE AND THORNS

 

THE ROSE AND THORNS - DIALOGUE POEM

CHILD:

 O Rose, I think it is horrid! 
Just see this naughty thorn! 

I wish you'd grow with nice smooth 

Like golden-rod or corn. 

ROSE:

 

Each rose must have its thorns, dear child, 

'-Tis right God made it so; 

They keep the naughty things away 

And give us chance to grow. 

CHILD:

 

Well, Rose ,if you must have your thorns, 

And if it could be so, 

I wish you'd keep them in the ground 

Down where your roots all grow. 

ROSE:

 

There are other kinds of thorns, dear child; 

You d better look and see 

If you have any thorns yourself 

Before you talk to me.

                -Selected 

Per. 2537 d. 1/ 1892 

References:

1. Primary Plan Book 1912

2. GIRL'S OWN ANNUAL 1891

THE ROSE AND THORNS -THE POEM

 

THE ROSE AND THORNS -THE POEM

I AM the Sweet-brier, and I grow 
By the wayside hedge where the children go; 

I keep quite still till some gentle child 

Parts the leaves with her fingers mild; 

Then I send my breath of fragrance out, 

And smile as I hear the joyous shout, 

"The roses have come! the roses are here!

 I will carry this home to my mother dear."

References:

1. The Primary Plan Book 1912

2. The Girls Own Annual  1891 

SING A SONG OF ROSES

 

SING A SONG OF ROSES - A POEM

SING a song of roses, 
The garden's all ablow, 

White ,and cream, and crimson 

Standing in a row.

Sing a song of sunshine, 

Sunshine warm and sweet,

Chasing the little shadows 

On gold and purple feet.

Sing a song of summer, 

And sing it to the tune 

To which the robins warble 

Their lullabies in June.   

                  By HELEN M BURNSIDE 

References:

1. The Primary Plan Book 1912

2. Gardedning Illustated 1893

AN INDIAN STORY OF THE ROBIN

 

AN INDIAN STORY OF THE ROBIN 

NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN TALE

From Nature Study in Elementary Schools Second Reader by Mrs LL Wilson Ph D  by The MacMillan Company 

Very early was the little Indian boy taught to be brave and to endure. When he was 11 years old he had to leave his father's wigwam.
 He had to go and live in the forest by himself. Here he stayed for seven days. During all that time he did not eat even a corn cake. He did not take a drink of cool water from the stream.

He must not cry no matter how much he suffered. He must be patient and silent. Then there would come to the poor little fellow a Great Spirit. 

He would touch the boy and promise him that he would become a great warrior. 

He would give him, too, a new name. 

Once there was a great chief who had an only son.  

The child was not strong, but he was so gentle and good, that everyone loved him. 

When he was 11 years old, the poor little boy was sent to the forest. 

His mother wept when she took leave of him. She felt that she would never again see her darling. 

His father, too, was sad at heart. 

But the stern old chief felt that he must teach his son to be brave. He hoped that in time he might become head of the tribe. So he made him a little tent of birch logs.

And he spread on the floor a mat of reeds. 

Then the little boy lay down, and closed his eyes, and his father went away. 

After a few days the great chief came back and saw his little son pale and thin.

 "Father take me back," said he. "Take me back, or I shall die. 

"I do not want to be a great warrior. I want to love people, not to kill them."

 But the chief said: "Be patient, my son. In two more days I shall come for you again. 

"Then I shall bring you food, and take you home to your mother."

 On the seventh day he came and looked in the tent, and found it empty. 

But on the roof sat a robin, with a bright red breast, and sang this song:

Great chief, I was once your son, 

I shall al ways live near you, and love your people, 

I shall sing them this song:

"Chief, listen Chief, 

Be more gentle; be more loving; 

Chief, teach it, Chief; 

Be not fierce, oh, be not cruel, 

Love each other! Love each other! 

References:

1. British Birds J. Denham Bradburn 1903 

1.ROCKY MOUNTAIN EDUCATOR 1907

SAFETY RULES FOR PICKING WILD FLOWERS

 

First 

Do not pick all the flowers you see, but leave enough to furnish plenty of seeds. 

Second 

Always cut the flowers and take as little as possible of the leaf or leaf bearing shoot. 

Third 

Never disturb underground stems or roots. 

Fourth 

Flowers of any kind should not be gathered near walks or drives. 

Fifth 

Rare or unusual flowers found near a city should not be gathered, except for strictly scientific purposes.

 Sixth 

In gathering flowers from blooming shrubs or trees, take but little of the wood or leaf bearing shoot, and select the flowers from different parts of the plant. 

1. The Primary Plan Book 1912
2.JOHN MARTIN'S BOOK & The Child's Magazine AUGUST 1929 

Over in the Meadow

 

Over in the Meadow 

By O.A. WADSWORTH 

1. Over in the meadow, 

Sitting in the sun, 
You will find a mother  toad, 

And her toadie one.

"Jump," says the mother. "I jump," said the one. 

 So they jumped and are glad 

 In the bright shining sun.  

2.Ο'ver in the meadow, 

Where the brook runs thro',

You will find a mother fish 

And her fishes two. 

"Swim," says the mother , 'We swim." said the two

 So they swim and are glad 

In the brook let so blue. 

3. Οver in the meadow,

 In an apple tree,

You will find a mother bird 

And her birdies three.

"Sing," says the mother. "We sing," said the three

So they sing and are glad 

In the old apple tree.    

4. Over in the meadow,

By the cottage door,  

You will find a mother lizzard 

And her lizzards four.

"Run," says the mother. "We run say. the four

So they run and are glad, By the old cottage door. 

 

Sowing and Reaping

 

Sowing and Reaping 

By JOSEPHINE POLLARD  and S.C. HANSON

1. Out in the high ways wherever we go, 
    Seed we must gather and seed we must sow,

    Even the tiniest seed has a pow'r,

 Be it a thistle, be it a flow'r.

2.Out of each moment some good we obtain,

  Some thing to win now and scatter a gain.

  All that we listen to, all that we read,

All that we think of, is gathering seed.

3.Gatheing seed, we must scatter as well;

  God will watch over the place where it fell.

  Only the gain of the harvest is ours,

  Shall we plant thistles or shall we plant flow'rs?  

    

   

  References:

 THE PRIMARY PLAN BOOK BY MARIAN M. GEORGE A FLANAGAN COMPANY CHICAGO 1912

  

The Blue-Bird Song

 

1. I know the song that the blue-bird is  singing
 Out in the be apple-tree where he is of  swinging;

Brave little fellow the, skies may be dreary,-

Nothing cares  he while his heart is so  cheery;

Hark! how the music leaps out from his throat!

Hark was there ever so  merry  a note?

Listen a while and you'll hear what he's saying,

Up in the apple tree swinging and and swaying.

2. Dear little song blossoms down under the snow, 

You must be weary  of winter, I know; 

Hark! while I sing you a message of cheer,

Summer is coming and spring time is here! 

Dear little snow, drop I pray you a rise;

Bright yellow crocus, come, pen your  eyes;

Sweet little violets hid from the say cold,

Put on your mantle of purple and gold. 

References:

THE PRIMARY PLAN BOOK BY MARIAN M GEORGE MARCH A FLANAGAN COMPANY CHICAGO 1912

  

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird - Sialia sialis 

The Bluebird

By Maurice Thompson 

Sing strong and clear, O Bluebird, dear! 
While all the land with splendor fills, 

While maples gladden in the vales, 

And plum-trees blossom on the hills;

 Float down the wind on shining wings, 

And do thy will by grove and stream, 

While through my life spring's freshness runs 

Like music through a poet's dream. 

One of the first birds to arrive in the spring migration is the Bluebird. One may wander through the woods in the early part of March, when the icy chill of winter, and the warmth of the coming spring seem struggling for the mastery, and hear the clear sweet warble of this beautiful bird. What wonder is it that the early New England settlers called him the Blue Robin and hailed his coming with delight. 

THE BLUEBIRD 

By Rexford 

Winged lute that we call a bluebird, 

You blend in a silver strain 

The sound of the laughing waters, 

The patter of Spring's sweet rain; 

The voice of the winds, the sunshine, 

And fragrance of blossoming things. 

Ah! you are an April poem, 

That God has dowered with wings. 

THE BLUEBIRD 

By EMILY H. MILLER

I KNOW the song that the bluebird is singing 

Out in the apple-tree, where he is swinging. 

Brave little fellow! the skies may be dreary,- 

Nothing cares he while his heart is so cheery. 

Hark! how the music leaps out from his throat! 

Hark! was there ever so merry a note? 

Listen awhile and you ll hear what he's saying 

Up in the apple-trees swinging and swaying. 

"Dear little blossoms, down under the snow 

You must be weary of winter, I know; 

Hark while I sing you a message of cheer; 

Summer is coming and springtime is here. 

Little white snowdrop! I pray you arise; 

Bright, yellow crocus, come open your eyes. 

Sweet little violets, hid from cold, 

Put on your mantles of purple and gold. 

Daffodils! daffodils! saym do you hear? 

Summer is coming and springtime is here." 

MEMORY GEM 

"O, BLUEBIRD, up in the maple tree, 

Shaking your throat with such bursts of glee; 

How did you happen to be so blue? 

Did you steal a bit of the sky for your crest, 

And fasten blue violets into your breast? 

Tell me, I pray you, tell me true!" 

THE BLUE BIRD.

By  EBEN E. REXFORD

Listen a moment, I pray you! 

What was that sound I heard? 

Wind in the budding branches, 

The ripple of brooks, or a bird?

Hear it again, above us, 

And see, a flutter of wings! 

The Blue bird knows it is April, 

And soars to the sun and sings. 

Never the song of the Robin 

Could make my heart so glad; 

When I hear the Blue bird singing, 

In spring, I forget to be sad. 

Never was sweeter music- 

Sunshine turned into a song, 

To set us dreaming of summer, 

When the days and the dreams are long. 

 Winged lute, that we call a Blue bird, 

You blend in a silver strain 

The sound of the laughing waters, 

The patter of spring's sweet rain. 

The voice of the winds, the sunshine, 

And fragrance of blossoming things. 

Ah! you are a poem of April 

That God has dowered with wings.

References:

1. BIRDS and NATURE IN NATURAL COLORS JANUARY 1904 ΤΟ MAY 1904 

2. The School 1917

3. THE PRIMARY PLAN BOOK BY MARIAN M. GEORGE A FLANAGAN COMPANY CHICAGO 1912

4. VICK'S ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE 1904

 

MAY COLORING PAGE- BIRD BUILDING THE NEST

 

MAY COLORING PAGE- BIRD FEEDING THE CHILDREN IN THE NEST.

ORIGINALLY THE COLORING PAGE WAS DESIGNED THE CALENDAR OF MAY 1931 BY PHYLLIS LEATHA DARCH 

Instructions:

Birds are harbingers of spring, so here is one building a nest. The nest may brown or gray, and the tree branches about the same color. The leaves should be green and the background a warm yellow. All may be outlined in black. 

Theme:

Spring, Birds, Nest, Children, Nest, Nature Studies. May, Bird Day

References:

The Grade Teacher May1931

Mother's Day- Greeting Card- Cluster Of Carnations

 

Mother's Day- Greeting Card- Carnation- Coloring Page For Mother's Day- Freehand Paper Cutting Project

By ELEANOR LINDBERG 

 These designs may be made on the hectograph and colored with crayons or colors, and cut out, and pasted on or stiff paper.

The cluster of three shades of carnations may have a cream background. The stems and leaves may be gray-green and the lettering black. 
 

Themes: Mother's Day, Baby, Mother, Flower, Carnation, Nature Studies,

References:

The Grade Teacher May 1931

Mother's Day- Greeting Card- Carnation

Mother's Day- Greeting Card- Carnation- Coloring Page For Mother's Day- Freehand Paper Cutting Project

By ELEANOR LINDBERG 

 These designs may be made on the hectograph and colored with crayons or colors, and cut out, and pasted on or stiff paper.

A cream background will be appropriate for the single carnation, which may be dark-red, with the stem and leaves gray-green, and the lettering black-pink. 
 

Themes: Mother's Day, Baby, Mother, Flower, Carnation, Nature Studies,

References:

The Grade Teacher May 1931

BANANA POSTER

BANANA POSTER -FRUITS HAVE VITAMINS

This poster, mounted and put in conspicuous place in the classroom, prove of interest to pupils. It will serve as an interesting subject for a discussion on vitamins and fruit, may improvise a game in which one of them takes the place of the banana, and the others form a ring as the children doing in this poster.

MAY the first was made national Child Health Day by Congress in 1928. The movement was a significant one. The objective was to awaken interest in child health, and to point out definite needs of children everywhere. The World War 1914-1918 revealed for the first time the poor physical condition of the youth of our Nation, and brought the realization of a tremendous need of better child health.

Themes: Hygiene, Alimentation, Nature Studies, Month by Month, Health, Civic Education. Patriotism, Patriot

References:

THE GRADE TEACHER  May 1931 

 

PROJECT- PYRAMID AND CAMELS

 

Pyramid

LET'S PRETEND THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE PYRAMIDS 
CUT IT OUT AND FOLD IT UP SQUARISHLY AND PASTE THE FLIPPER UNDER THIS EDGE 

Dromedary And Camel

A CAMEL WITH ONE HUMP IS A DROMEDARY.

 A DROMEDARY TWO HUMPS IS A CAMEL.

PASTE THESE TWO TOGETHER. (THEY ARE CAMELS) BUT DON'T STICK THE WIGGLY, SANDY PARTS TOGETHER. BEND THEM BACK, SO AS TO MAKE THE CAMEL STAND UP, WHILE IT IS LYING DOWN.  

Reference:

JOHN The Child's Magazine HELEN WALDO and JOHN MARTIN EDITORS 1929

THE MEADOWLARK - THE RECITATION WITH MUSIC

 

THE MEADOWLARK - THE RECITATION WITH MUSIC

by ANNE WAKELY JACKSON 

OF COURSE you know the Meadowlark; 
He wears a vest of yellow, 
A trim striped coat and jet black tie- 
He is a handsome fellow.

When Spring comes tripping down this way, 

He takes up his position 

Upon a roadside post and sings,

For he's a good musician.

And maybe he will sing like this:

Or maybe like this other:

And then, perhaps, across the road, 

You ll hear this from his brother:

And, if you listen carefully, 

Way off, you ll hear his cousin

For Meadowlarks 

Can sing songs by the dozen.

They also make whole meals of bugs, 

So we should all protect them. 

The farmer knows they are his friends! 

In March we may expect them.

Reference:

JOHN The Child's Magazine HELEN WALDO and JOHN MARTIN EDITORS 1929

       

Ducky Daddles Toy

 Jointed "Ducky Daddles" Toy 

by Bess Bruce Cleaveland 

Jointed Ducky Daddles Toy  is a classic wooden American toy. Younger pupils may cut the parts of this toy from heavy construction paper; older pupils, who can use a jigsaw. may cut them from thin pieces of the wooden or finery board. 

Color  the eye, the bill and feet  of the ducky in orange/ Mount, as shown, using small round-headed brass paper fasteners, or bits of knotted thread at the joints of the paper toy, and round-headed screws with the parts (not too tightly screwed together) for the wooden toy.

Theme Projects: Nature Study, Seat Project, Freehand paper cutting, Art, May, Spring, Birds, Pet Animals, Farm Animals, Poultry

References:

1. NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS May 1919

A May Blackboard Calendar- The Sagebrush

 A May Blackboard Calendar- The Sagebrush 

By JOHN T LEMOS 

THE sagebrush is the floral emblem of the state of Nevada. The plant is very common in the large semidesert areas, found in the West and the Middle West. For mile upon mile in some of these sections, the sagebrush is the only growing thing to be seen. The plant belongs to the Artemisia family. In coloring the sagebrush, make the flowers a grayish-brown and the leaves a soft gray-green. Color the stalk a red- brown, using purple for all the shadow parts. In order to give the design a less somber appearance, it will be well to outline the contour of the plant in some light color, as for example yellow, or light-orange. If desired, the calendar panel can be made entirely white, and the lines and lettering drawn in with purple chalk. 

References:

NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AND PRIMARY PLANS May 1930