150 Second Conference 



Let us take every means in our power to open the 

 eyes both of teachers and children, that they may be 

 no longer blind to the beauty and interest and varied 

 meaning of nature. Then we shall not hear such 

 remarks as were overheard in a rural district a short 

 time ago. Two children met at the school door, and 

 one was describing what she had seen in the village 

 street. To whom the other regretfully said : " But I 

 came across the fields, and so there was nothing to 



see." 



HOW TO BRING CHILDREN INTO TOUCH 

 WITH NATURE 



BY MRS. FRANKLIN, HONORARY SECRETARY OF THE 

 PARENTS' NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL UNION 



It gave me great pleasure to hear Professor Lloyd 

 Morgan so strongly emphasize the fact that we should 

 try to seek the good that can be derived from Nature- 

 study, and not the use. It makes me somewhat sad 

 to notice how so many great authorities look upon 

 Nature-study either as a means of developing obser- 

 vation, or as an introduction to science. 



If Nature-study is treated as a handmaid to some- 

 thing else, she will remain content humbly to wear 

 her cap and apron, make her bow, and be nothing 

 else. Nature-study is one thing, science is another; 

 though each has its place in education, the one should 

 not be confused with the other. 



I also feel that Professor Lloyd Morgan's remark, 

 that information about things is not science, is one 

 that cannot be too much reiterated. So many people 



