20 SCHOOL COURSES. 



About six of the commonest trees in the district to be 

 recognised by their leaves. Scholars will be supplied with 

 leaves, the teacher will draw and colour and scholars will 

 recognise by comparison. Scholars will write out the 

 names. A fact which may be educed here observationally 

 is the difference between trees not evergreen (shedding all 

 their leaves each year) and those evergreen (shedding some 

 only each year) . 



Fruits. Attractive In what way ? By colour, smell, 

 taste, shape. Wild fruits not specially attractive to be 

 left out of account at this stage. 



Distinguish amongst common edible fruits two kinds 

 dry and juicy. Show that seeds are an essential part of a 

 fruit. Contrast with some edible vegetables, and drill 

 pupils by questioning. The test is : Are seeds present ? 

 If so, the object is a fruit. (Unusual fruits, such as the 

 banana, in which the seeds are aborted will for the present 

 be avoided.) 



A simple classification of plants used as food by man 

 himself or by the animals he keeps. In particular, educe 



Seeds used as food. 

 Boots ,, 

 Leaves 

 Fruits 

 Stems 



Similarly educe parts of plants used in providing shelter, 

 e.g. wood ; also vegetable substances used for clothing 

 cotton, linen, straw, etc. 



Fact grasped ly the child: Animal life is dependent 

 upon plant life. 



Appropriate poetry to be learned or quoted at the time 

 of study of particular trees or flowers. For suitable poetry 

 see The Greenwood Tree (Arnold). 



Also for many short quotations, some of which pupils 

 might write out or learn, see Nature Knowledge in Modern 

 Poetry, by Mackie (Longmans, Green & Co.). Teachers 

 will find these works generally useful. 



