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When you painted pussy-willows last year, you painted them in grays. Now show them in colors.

The budding twigs of spring often show colors as bright as those of flowers.

Look for color in the stems and buds of bushes, and in the tiny twigs of many trees.

For willow catkins spring chooses her daintiest colors: soft silvery grays; rosy pink; pale green; bits of yellow; and never are two dressed alike! Paint them as they look now.

Would you like to tell the story of the life of the bean from seed to fruit?

You can tell it by shadow pictures.

Now let us paint its flower and fruit.

Look closely at the shape of each pod.

Show by the stem how your bean grows.

This little wild fellow of the woods is very like another flower we love. The other is a queenly lady in pure, spotless white. Her name is calla lily. Tell how the two plants are alike; how unlike.

Paint shadow pictures of both.

Alice is glad to find the ground covered with snow this morning. She wishes to take her new sled to school.

She sees the bright, blue sky; she sees the snow sparkle in the sunlight; she sees the soft violet of the far-off trees.

Paint the little girl and what she sees.

We have very good times taking care of our goldfish. The beautiful shapes darting about in the water glow and flash like the brightest of jewels. They seem to have all the colors of the rainbow. We often paint them.