46 



THE NA TURE-STUD Y RE VIE W f 2 : 2 _ FFBRllAKVl I9 o6 



On the work side we may well help our child to know : 



i. Things which make for health — Care of his own body (hygiene), 



care of his own room, care of his own house (as to sewage, water. 



etc.). 



2. Things which make for successful farming — Care for ordinary 

 crops, for ordinary stock and poultry, for fruit and fruit-trees. 



Including soils, fertilizers, insect enemies, bird friends. 



3. Things which make for a comfortable home — The girl should 

 know No. 1, a part of No. 2, and much about the physics and chemis- 



Ninth grade boys buildiug a house for the primary grades to furnish hygitmcally. 



try of simple cooking, canning fruit, washing, cleaning, preservation 

 of furs, etc., simple arrangement of flowers and plants. 

 On the play side the child may well know : 



1. Things which make for health and joy in life — when, where and 

 how to fish and to hunt, how to swim, how to skate, how to boat. 



2. Things which make for a broader outlook a fid an appreciation 

 of literature and art — when the ordinary birds Come and go, the life- 

 history of the butterfly and moth, the squirrel and woodchuck. 



Since starting to write this paper it has occurred to me that practi- 

 cally every bit of this work which was suggested as nature-study 



