Geography, English history, French history, should afford exercise in careful reading. The Morte D’Arthur, Selections by C. L. Thomson (Marshall, 2s., pages 190-238), or, poetry, to be read on Thursdays.
Nature Lore.
(Tuesday) Buckley’s Fairy Land of Science (Stanford), pages 99-123. (Wednesday) The Sciences, by E. S. Holden (Ginn & Co., 2s. 6d.), pages 1-34. Seaside and Wayside may also be used. Keep a Nature Note-book. Record, when you see them, and describe twelve birds and notice all you can about them. (Saturday) Birds of the Air, by Mrs Fisher (Cassell, 6d.), pages 38-79. All members must take in The Children’s Quarterly.
Arithmetic.
A B C Arithmetic, Teacher’s Book, part ii. (Sonnenschein & Nesbitt, 1s.), pages 93-111. Mental Arithmetic and Numeration for five minutes on alternate days. Mair’s Mental Arithmetic (Sonnenschein, 9d.). Steady progress. Much care with tables.
Beginners, 1-27.
Composition.
The Citizen Reader, by H. O. Arnold-Forster (Cassell, 1s. 9d.), chapters vi., vii., viii. (both parts). Selections from Morte D’Arthur. Read and write substance. Young children who cannot write easily may narrate.
Work.
Cardboard Modelling, by A. Sutcliffe and W. Nelson (Philip & Son, 2s. 6d.), or, better, A Manual of Cardboard Modelling, by H. Heaton (Newmann & Son, 5s.). Make a set of furniture for the bedroom of your doll’s house. Make the curtains, rugs, bed linen, and counterpane for this bedroom. Self-Teaching Needlework Manual (Longmans, 1s.). Practise stitches on pages 15-24. Attend to Garden (Aunt Mai’s Annual, 1894).