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1.

Weigh children.

2.

Look over health records.

j.

Talk

on

10

subject.

A. Sleep is a repair shop. Both mental and physical work break down the nerve cells. During sleep the reverse takes place. Ten hours of sleep is about the right amount per day for the average child. B. Have windows open.

C. Bedclothes should be just heavy enough

to

withstand

temperature.

4. Have children make posters on the subject of sleep {to be used for exhibit at graduation exercises.) A. Posters

to be made from cut out advertisements pasted on cardboard and lettered by the children. (See oppo-

site page.)

B. Suggestions for names of such

posters.

1.

“My Window Stays Open All Night.”

2.

“I Sleep Ten Hours Every Night.”

3. “Fresh Air and Long Hours of Sleep Make Me

Look the Way I Do.”

5. Give out tags. 6. Put stars on chart.