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Title: In the child's world : morning talks and stories for kindergartens, primary schools and homes
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Poulsson, Emilie, 1853-1939 Bridgman, L. J. ill. (Lewis Jesse), 1857-1931, ill
Subjects: Kindergarten Education
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : Milton Bradley
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ll off? Toes hold itfirmly. Find out how many toes in front; howmany behind. Watch the pigeons on the street, orask father or mother about it. (Play the game ofthe Pigeon House and talk it over.) When we letthe pigeons out of the pigeon house, where do you think theywill fly? Where does the song say they will fly? Will they findsomething to eat? Yes; what the farmer has not gathered, andwhat the wind has dropped and not covered up—especially seedsof grains. What do you think they talk to each other about when theygo home again? (Try to give the children the idea of sharingexperiences.) What does the pigeon say? Coo, coo ! A loud noise? No ; always soft and gentle. Do we love to hear the pigeons? Do we love to hear peoplespeak gently? Whenever we see the pigeons, or play The Pigeon House,let us remember how gentle and loving these little birds are. Verse for Children. Happy as a robin,Gentle as a dove—•Thats the sort of little childEvery one will love. i A v . •. • • -**- ,
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r^* ^Ti • - </THE PIGEON HOUSE. 75 76 IN THE CHILDS WORLD. TEACHERS READING. Daddy Darwins Dove Cote, - - - Mrs. Ewing Hilda and the Doves ( Marble Faun ), - - Hawthorne The Doves, - - - Mrs- Browning The Belfry Pigeon, - - N. P. Willis The White Pigeon, - - Miss Edgeworth For the Children. Birds and their Nests. From Kindergarten Gems. - - A. T. Ketchum STORIES.The Fantail Pigeon. I -wonder why I am not -wise ! said the little white fantailpigeon, sadly. It seems to me I am not good for anything atall. The hens lay eggs for our mistresss breakfast; the cow givesmilk to drink and to be made into butter and cheese ; the turkey-cock will be fatted for Christmas, he says, and will be served ona big dish, with a string of sausages all round him; that will begrand ! The pigs will be made into pork, but I am good fornothing. The thrush and the blackbird can sing beautifully,and the owl is wiser than all the other birds. I cannot sing andI am not at all wise. Ginger, the cat, catches th

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