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Rural School Leaflet. 



Lessons for January. — The teachers will find that we have given a 

 number of lessons in this issue. No one class is expected to cover all 

 the ground. We hope the lessons will be selected for which the teacher 

 can find material. No lesson in country life is of much value educa- 

 tionally to young children if taken from a printed page. The children 

 should be worldng with actual things, using their hands as well as their 

 minds. This gives wholesome and all round development. 



In some districts the lesson on sheep will interest the children. The 

 teacher should use judgment as to how much of this lesson will be 

 suitable for her pupils. If the boys and girls are very young a few of 



Fig. 55. — A fence row. What can you find here for Nature Stttdy lessons? 



the interesting facts might be brought out. With older boys and girls 

 it will be well to have them understand as fully as possible the feeding 

 habits of sheep. 



Try to secure for use in your schoolroom the books suggested in the 

 article "Learning to Know the Trees," p. 109. A knowledge of forestry 

 is important to all persons living in this country. The writer of the 

 lesson in this leaflet is giving to the teachers of New York State funda- 

 mental work in the interest of forestry. Encourage your boys and girls 

 to study the trees about their school and home. Ask your superintend- 

 ent or trustee to provide the necessary reference books for this purpose. 



