8g8 Rural School Leaflet, 



turkeys, ducks, geese, and chickens with Thanksgiving. Over-sentimental 

 persons might say that perhaps it is not best to discuss poultry at 

 this time, since the poultry will be killed for the Thanksgiving or Christ- 

 mas dinner, but children do not take this fact into consideration very 

 seriously, and I think at this season they are ver}^ much interested in 

 any mention of the things that will be served for the festival. 



Vegetables and Fruits. November and December are good months 

 for collections of vegetables to be made and discussed in the school- 

 room. The children might be asked to bring different kinds of vege- 

 tables and such fruits as are available, and this would give opportunity 

 for language lessons in which they could discuss comparative size, 

 color, and odor of the different fruits and vegetables. Some of these 

 lessons would give suggestions for written work for their nature-study 

 book. 



Nuts. During the month encourage the pupils to make as complete 

 a collection of nuts as possible, and to learn what they can from the 

 trees from which these nuts have fallen. The teacher should get as 

 much subject matter as possible along all out-of-door lines, and when 

 the natural questions come to the children, help them to answer them. 

 The important thing is to get the children to care to be out, to really 

 see out-of-door things, and to encourage a spirit of patient inquiry. 



Weeds. This month we are publishing a second article on weeds. 

 November is a very good time for children to make collections of weed 

 seeds, and young persons always like to make collections. They will 

 learn from this lesson ways in which weeds are propagated. This is 

 an important subject for farm children and can be made both interest- 

 ing and practical. If the teacher will read the article over carefully he 

 will be able with very little effort to get the children to think intelligently 

 about the subject. 



Soils. In preparation for outdoor study of soils two or three field 

 trips should be taken. It will give life to the work throughout the year. 

 In last month's issue we asked to have a collection of soils made. If 

 this was not done, it may not be too late this month to get at least a 

 few samples. All farm children should be given a fundamental knowl- 

 edge of soils. 



Dairying. In the lesson this month in milking the children are to be 

 taught the importance of keeping milk clean, This lesson carefully 

 given by the teacher would lead to ideas on general cleanliness, and 

 therefore, would mean mere than the matter of clean milk. It might 

 seem at first to the teachers of rural schools that it would not be possible 

 to give this lesson, but it would be possible if the teacher could get per- 



