Riral School Leaflet 



1261 



A terrarium, which is an inclosed piece of earth on which things may 

 live and grow, has been found very interesting in some of the schoolrooms 

 in New York State. Many kinds of animal life have been housed in 

 terraria. The writer has seen salamanders, toads, snakes, butterflies, 

 caterpillars, beetles, rabbits, hens, guinea pigs, and kittens in terraria 

 in different schools. Children have been allowed to watch the animal 

 life during leisure hours. (See page 11 17.) 



School garden on campus. The sun dial was constructed by the students in the 



school-garden course 



Aquaria have not been very successful in most schools, but any teacher 

 can use to advantage battery jars, or even Mason fruit-cans, in which 

 aquatic forms of life may be kept for a limited time. 



There should be opportunity for gardening, on however small a scale. 

 The gardening connected with the rural school might well have relation 

 to the planting of the grounds with some of the native vines and shrubs 

 that can be found along the waysides and in the woods. There should 

 be some experimental work that will have relation to farm interests. 

 Corn, potatoes, a plat of alfalfa, or the like, will lead to observation of 

 the home crops. 



