The Nature-study Review: Devoted to All Phases of Nature-study in Elementary Schools, Volume 8

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M.A. Bigelow, 1912

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Página 225 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils ; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Página 293 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
Página 225 - I WANDERED lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, , They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but...
Página 61 - MY GARDEN A GARDEN is a lovesome thing, God wot! Rose plot, Fringed pool, Ferned grot — The veriest school Of peace; and yet the fool Contends that God is not — Not God! in gardens! when the eve is cool? Nay, but I have a sign: 'Tis very sure God walks in mine.
Página 148 - And, in sad keeping with all things about them, Shrill, querulous women, sour and sullen men, Untidy, loveless, old before their time, With scarce a human interest save their own Monotonous round of small economies, Or the poor scandal of the neighborhood...
Página 147 - I know Too well the picture has another side, — How wearily the grind of toil goes on Where love is wanting, how the eye and ear And heart are starved amidst the plenitude Of nature, and how hard and colorless Is life without an atmosphere.
Página 111 - Where does the food lodge? — All along the edge of the gums, between the teeth, and in the crevices of the grinding surfaces. Can decay be prevented? — Yes, to a large extent. How can decay be prevented? — By scrubbing the teeth thoroughly with a tooth-brush, tooth-powder and water; and by keeping up the general health.
Página 111 - Their chief 229 use is to prepare the food for the stomach — to grind the food and mix it with the saliva. Food that is not thoroughly chewed causes indigestion and constipation. Teeth Should Last to the End of Life. — If they do not it is due to decay or loosening. Decay is caused by acids, formed from bits of food left after eating, along the edge of the gums, between the teeth, and in...
Página 111 - Twice a year at least a Dentist should carefully examine the teeth. A bad condition of the throat, the nose and the ears is made worse by decayed teeth. They add to the chances of catching infectious diseases. Well cared-for teeth and a clean mouth help prevent TUBERCULOSIS. Cleanliness is the best guard against disease.
Página 119 - ... book is designed for the purpose of introducing the study of agriculture into the seventh and eighth grades of our elementary schools. The book is founded on the suggestions in the Report of the Committee on Industrial Education in Schools for Rural Communities of the National Education Association. It has been the aim of the author to cover the work very largely in a nature-study spirit, by which it is meant that the pupil shall be brought into as close touch as possible with the actual farms,...

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