Morning Circle Time - Noticing the Gradual Changes

"The morning talk is the most appropriate time for the weather reports, and for the arranging of the pictorial weather chart. different designs are in common use by teachers, and are thoroughly enjoyed by the children. The facts observed each day are of little value in themselves, but are used to lead to thoughts of the gradual change that is taking place - the shorter days, sun lower at noon, cooler winds, early frosts. Consequently the changes in plant and animal life."
Nature Study By The Months, by Arthur Boyden, 1900.