58 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW 



Seeing 



1. Place five objects on a table — one look, then tell the order 

 of arrangement. Later six, or seven. At first only three. 



2. Ten objects. Tell what you saw. 



3. Draw objects on board leaving out some fundamental part 

 as the nose of a face, or handle to cup, or shadow of an object 

 when rest of the picture shows shadows. Child to complete the 

 figure. 



4. Seeing is the final test of a newly learned flower, seed or animal. 

 Exhibit as review things studied and expect prompt response with 

 the names. 



Alone in the Woods 



Hattie Wilson Stones 

 Webster Groves, Mo. 



Field trips when nature students go out together are wonderful 

 sources of education and enjoyment. Yet there are some who 

 can get close to the heart of nature only when alone. When 

 several go out for a field trip there is a freedom and comradeship 

 in the exchange of ideas and notes and a satisfaction in present 

 observations when verified by more than one witness. Yet one 

 can get real close to the heart, and understand the language of 

 nature better when alone. 



Why alone? Because one can hear the voice of nature only 

 when not talking of things. One can see nature as it is given to 

 no other mind to comprehend, when not diverted by the thoughts 

 of another. One can approach more closely and understand 

 better the intentions of wild life when in the harmony of undis- 

 turbed surroundings. For these reasons, and many others, it is 

 well to make frequent excursions to some quiet ravine or dense 

 woodland or a shaded spot near a creek or pond and resting the 

 body and mind become as nearly inactive as possible. Perhaps 

 it would be well to not even think but just quietly wait letting 

 the mind roam at will. The attention may be called to the 

 gentle motion among the trees, a passing cloud, the soft air filled 

 with fragance, or any of the unnumbered influences that are ever 



