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Interstate 

 Teachers' Association 



How to Study Nature in 

 Elementary Schools. 



A flexible manual for teachers by JOHN D. WILSON. 

 CLOTH, 16mo. p.p. 70. 50 CENTS. 



It is not too much to say that in this manual Mr. 

 W ilson has pointed out the right way to thousands of 

 teachers who are following- the wrong way. The pur- 

 pose of nature study is not to convey information, but 

 to cultivate the habit of original oViservation and 

 original thought. Mr. Wilson, who is principal of 

 Putnam school, Syracuse, has long been widely 

 known for the nature work done in his school, and for 

 his presentation of its principles at teachers associa- 

 tions. He has made the way so simple that any 

 teacher who herself loves nature may follow it, even 

 though at first without much scientific knowledge. 

 He makes the teacher and the pupils learners together 

 in this delightful field, calling for nothing that comes 

 from books but only for what may be seen and 

 watched from day to day. The suggestive questions 

 are not to be answered off-hand, from memory, but to 

 be made the subject of continued observation of 

 plants and insects and birds and animals actually 

 seen and watclied. Nor is there any encouragement 

 to such observation as would in jure or even frighten 

 any living thing. The children are taught to love 

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Mr. Wilson's manual comes from a heart that loves 

 the work, and a successful experience of many years 

 in carrying it on. It will point the way not only to 

 those who have never begun this work, but to those 

 who have begun it with mistaken ideas and who are 

 upon the wrong track. 



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203 Michigan Avenue, 

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Teachers placed in Colleges and Schools. 



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MRS. MARGARET M. PENTLAND, Mgr., 

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