To THE Teacher: 



This is the second of a proposed series of leaflets desig?ied to 

 suggest methods of presenting nature study upon common-place 

 subjects. This is a new field of effort for the College of Agri- 

 culture, and we therefore look upon the methods as largely ex- 

 perimental. We are endeavoriftg to determiiie the best way of 

 interesting children in country life. You can give us many 

 suggestions, and we should like a free expression of your opinions 

 and experiences. It should be borne in mind that the object of 

 these lessons is not to impart direct and specific information, but 

 to train the child in the powers of seeing and inquirijig. The 

 teacher should keep the attention of the pupil closely fixed upon 

 the experiments, asking him to describe everything zvhich he sees. 

 Require that the pupil sees all that is specified in this leaflet, 

 and endeavor to lead him on to see tilings ivhich are 7iot here 

 described. Once the inquiry is started, you will no doubt be able 

 to conduct other similar experiments from time to time. If ques- 

 tions come up which you cannot anszver, zvrite them to us and we 

 may be able to help you. 



We suggest that you ask your pupils to write short compositions 

 upon these lessons and to make sketches of the observations, and 

 that you send us some of tJiese from time to time in order that we 

 may learn hozv the experiment is working. We do not care for 

 the best essays alone, but simply the average. The suggestions 

 which we obtain from teachers will aid us greatly in the prepara- 

 tion of future leaflets. We should particularly appreciate sug- 

 gestions as to the most tisefcl subjects to be taken 7ip in these tracts. 



