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autumn as possible and allow it to run simultaneously with topic-I. Familiar vegetables and fruits were listed separately on the board; the children brought samples; and finally there was a large exhibit. Each article was labelled, a poster was made and the following invitation was issued to the children of another grade: We would like to have you come to see our Harvest Collection of fruit and vegetable Tuesday between 2 and 30'clock. Grade Three Room 25 Ways of cooking the various vegetables were discussed. Children brought recipes from home. Measurements and simple abbreviation, such as tsp., tub., c., pt., 1h and 1,4, were discussed, and rules of cooking to preserve all the good food values were pointed out. There were conversations about favourite dishes and such remarks as "I like potatoes cream much better than fried" and "This noon my mother cooked some carrots with meat. I like them that way." Several children reported having sampled a vegetable hitherto untested: "Last night we had parsnips and I ate some. Boy! They' are good." Several mothers expressed delight over their children's willingness to try new foods. Dates, figs, and dried apricots were sampled at school and described as seedy, sticky, sweet, tart, etc. Some children had never before heard of these fruits. Methods of preserving were also studied-canning, drying, and quick freezing; and many new words were thus added to vocabularies. The library was a constant source of information; and in connection with the harvesting and preserving of fruit and vegetables, considerable interest was generated about Indians and other primitive peoples, as well as about picneer methods of preparing for the winter. In October the children were asked to find out from their mothers' grocers where the fruit and vegetable in their stores had been grown. From these respect a chart was made, and it was quickly noticed that the majority of the green goods in the stores at that time of year had been grown locally, or at least in the state.