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Title: The school physiology journal
Year: 1902 (1900s)
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Subjects: Physiology Hygiene Temperance Physiology Hygiene Temperance
Publisher: Boston : Mary H. Hunt
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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s head, and bill, and eye, andwings, and back, and legs. Isnt he a beauty? How much could he see of us if he were toturn around and look this way? asked mamma. He could see our heads and hair and facesand eyes and nose and cheeks and mouth andchin and ears and neck and shoulders andarms and hands and fingers and bodies and legsand feet and—thats all, I guess. I am very sure he would not see as muchas that, laughed mamma, because he is onlya chicken, and can not go to school as my littlegirl does. But I think he would see some nice yellow meal if we had it, and come running upto get his breakfast. Lets get some and see. THINGS TO REMEMBER Live animals and people eat and bieathe andgrow and move about. Their bodies are made up of parts fastenedtogether. These meeting places are called joints. The joints can bend in different ways tomove the body. Birds have wings instead of arms. Animals have four legs instead of two armsand two legs. (*) THE USES OF EACH PART In presenting a topic as
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They have houses to let just like us. comprehensive asthe usesj ofthe parts^ ofthe body, itis as impor-tant for theprima rj yteacher t*oknow what toomit as whatto choose. Iti s obviousthat but fewideas at oncecan be pre-sented to chil-dren of thisgrade, butthese shouldbe so devel-oped as tostimulatetheir thinkingpowers andlead them to fresh discoveries of their own. Begin with things which the children knowhave been made or done by somebody, andshow how each was accomplished. This willcall attention in the natural way to the work ofthose parts of the body in which the child ismost interested. A birds nest is an excellent illustration tobegin with. If one is being built near theschool house, the children can not watch thelittle workers day after day without learning torespect their faithfulness as well as to admiretheir skill. If no nest is going up near by, alast years one will answer, and should bebrought into class at the time of the LESSON TALK This was the home of a robin family.

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