Rural School Leaflet. 



(£7 



Figs. 



10, II, 12. 



NATURE-STUDY CORNER. 



Bv Alice G. AIcCloskey. 

 Many schools last year had a Nature-Study Corner, a place m which 

 nature-study materials were kept. In this corner was a table on which 

 the children placed the different things of interest found in woods and 

 along waysides, and which gave the teacher material for lessons. The 

 subjects discussed were afterward used for compositions and frequently 

 these compositions were sent to the University. 



Fig. 10. — A nature-study corner. 



This }-ear we want you to have a Nature-Study Corner. I know of 

 many that were in city schools and in rural schools. Perhaps this year 

 some one in a rural school will be able to send us a photograph of a 

 Nature-Study Corner. I am sure that boys and girls in farm districts 

 can find more wonderful things to place on a Nature-Study table than 

 those in the city. Let us see some of the things that might find their 

 way there in October. 



Bird homes. — How often we find in autumn a deserted bird home. 

 This always makes an interesting nature-study lesson, for you can find 

 out the remarkable way in which the nest is made and the materials used. 



