HOME NATURE-STUDY COURSE. 



Owing to the fact that the State Education Department issued a 

 syllabus of nature-study and agriculture, which the teachers in the 

 training classes are to follow, it seemed best to change the character 

 of the nature-study leaflets to meet this new need. The home 

 nature-study leaflets, therefore, were devoted to topics suggested 

 in this syllabus, and in each case when it was possible the lessons 

 have been made agricultural in their application. It has seemed 

 necessary to make the leaflets a medium for information to the 

 teachers concerning the topics treated. We have hoped by this 

 means to give the teachers confidence in their knowledge of the 

 subjects, and thus to make it easier for them to teach nature-study. 

 In our four leaflets, we covered 56 subjects in 177 lessons. This 

 change in our leaflets has eliminated the task of correcting papers. 

 However, there has been much correspondence concerning the work. 

 We have been in receipt of nearly a thousand letters during the 

 year, and have had about 700 lessons also. 



The following lessons have been sent out : 



October-November 2,270 



December-January . . 2,585 



February-March 2,634 



April-May 2,655 



10,144 



Teachers in New York State 227 



People outside of New York State 127 



Pupils in training classes 1,907 



Libraries in New York State 394 



2,655 



We have received many letters during the year expressing satis- 

 faction in the leaflets, and we have every reason to believe tiiat the 

 work given in the Home Nature-Study Course meets an actual need. 



ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOGK, 

 I ^ Lecturer in Nature-Study. 



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