HOME NATURE-STUDY COURSE. 



TEACHER'S LEAFLET. 



Based ox the work for third year pupils as outlined in the Sylla- 

 bus OF Nature-Study and Agriculture, issued by the 

 New York State Education Department. 



The editors would like to suggest that the " Facts for teachers " 

 given with each lesson be simply used as a guide to the teacher while she 

 is making her observations preparatory to giving the lesson, and by no 

 means be used instead of personal observation. There are two good 

 ways of giving a nature-study lesson : one is to get brim full of the sub- 

 ject-matter of the lesson before giving it to the pupils; the other is to 

 work with the pupils, studying with them -the object under observation in 

 a spirit of good fellowship and mutual interest. However, in either case, 

 the teacher must see what she would have her pupils see and know what 

 she would have them know. 

 " Facts for teachers " are given 

 for the teacher's reassurance and 

 not to bolster up ignorance. 



THE CHICKADEE AND 

 NUTHATCH. 



After the trees are bare of 

 leaves and the summer bir('s are 

 in the South, the attention of 

 the children is naturally focused 

 upon those birds which still 

 haunt the bare trees ; and none 

 of these is more loved than is the 

 chickadee and none more com- 

 mon than its companion, the 

 nuthatch. Therefore, after the 

 children have observed the pres- 

 ence of these cheerful birds, ihu 

 lesson should be given in order 

 to perfect their knowledge. The 

 pupils who are old enough should 

 use a note-book for making their 

 observations on the colors and 

 habits of these birds. 



A chickadee entering its nest. 



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