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7. Create a spirit of healthy rivalry among the chil- 

 dren. Variety, too, will help to make the work a 

 pleasure. 



8. In experiments, never tell a child what he can be 

 led to findj out for himself. 



9. Some of the experiments will best be done by the 

 teacher aided by the children. 



10. Large diagrams (drawn with coloured crayons on 

 cloth) should be prepared, and may be hung about the 

 schoolroom. 



11. Reference should be made throughout the work 

 to the corresponding lessons in the Tropical Readers. 



12. Teachers should visit one another's schools, and 

 exchange ideas. 



HINTS TO PUPILS 



1. All work should be recorded in a notebook. The 

 writing should be neat and tidy, and the language clear, 

 brief, and simple. All important facts must be recorded 

 in as few words as possible. 



2. Number the pages of the note-book, and leave a 

 wide margin for side notes and headings. 



3. Two lines should be left between the end of one 

 experiment and the beginning of another. 



4. Record the date on which the work done is written 

 up. 



5. In many of the experiments it would be well to 

 divide the record into three paragraphs: (i) Object of 

 Experiment, (ii) What I Did, (iii) What I Saw. 



6. Drawings should be made to illustrate the speci- 

 mens collected, the apparatus used, &c 



7. Such drawings should be very simple, but should 

 show clearly and correctly what they are intended to 



