1. If you were choosing a bedroom, on which side of the house—facing which direction—would you choose it, and why?
  2. How does the air “down cellar” feel?
  3. Why do people often keep fresh fruit and vegetables there?
  4. What are bacteria?
  5. How can we prevent bacteria that cause disease from growing in our houses?
  6. How would you know, without being told, that sunshine is good for you?
  7. What does this book mean by saying that we are made of sunshine?

II. A Good Start.

  1. When you jump out of bed in the morning, what do you do with the bedclothes? Why?
  2. Stand in front of the class and show them the exercises that are good to do every morning.
  3. Tell the class why they are good.
  4. Do them every morning for a week, and then tell the class how you feel about keeping them up.

III. Bathing and Brushing.

  1. If you grow very warm exercising, what change do you notice in your skin? What makes it turn pink? Where does the moisture come from?
  2. What kind of bathing do you like best?
  3. What do we wash off besides perspiration and dust?
  4. If a scab forms over a scratch or cut in your skin, what should you do to it? Why? When will the scab come off of itself?
  5. What makes the skin freckle or tan?
  6. Could your face stand the same hard rubbing as your hands? Why not?
  7. How do you take care of your hair?
  8. What other parts of the skin can you tell about?
  9. Look at your nails; which of the “tools” on [p. 17] do they need now?
  10. How, and when, do you care for your teeth? Why is this brushing very necessary?
  11. Why must our clothes be washed every week? Name each of your Five Senses.
  12. What can your skin tell you that your eyes and ears cannot?
  13. Do you know of any trade or occupation in which it is necessary to train one’s sense of touch? Tell about it.
  14. What are the blind children in the picture doing? (Their alphabet does not look like yours, for the letters are represented by groups of raised dots or dashes or curves, which are more easily and quickly felt.)
  15. What must you do besides washing and brushing to keep your skin in good order and looking well?

Breakfast

  1. Why do we need to eat?
  2. Do you like the breakfast suggested here? Why do you need so much?
  3. Which of these foods come from animals? Which from plants? Which of them are the best “to grow on”?
  4. How much milk is there in the two bottles in the picture on [p. 23]? What is the difference between milk and cream? Why is it better to buy bottled milk than milk dipped out of a can?
  5. Suppose that you are going to get the breakfast in this house; how will you use some of the milk in preparing it? How will you take care of what is left?
  6. Why is milk much better for you than coffee or tea? Where does the food strength in the milk come from?
  7. Suppose that you have just bitten off a mouthful of food; what is the story of this mouthful before it is taken into your blood? Where does most of it enter the blood? What becomes of the part that the blood cannot use? Why is it very necessary that this be disposed of regularly?

Going to School

I. Getting Ready.

  1. How is it best to dress in winter? Why? (If this is hard to understand, think which would cool faster—hot soup in a deep cup or the same soup poured out into a plate? In which dish would the soup have the larger surface from which to let off the heat? You may now weigh only half as much as you will when you are fully grown, but you already have much more than half as much size or surface.)
  2. What quality should all clothing material have, and why?