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Have a forest museum in which each child can take a per- 

 sonal pride and bring specimens gathered perhaps on the way to 

 school. In this way daily lessons are given by visual impression. 



Select a tree near the schoolhouse and encourage the children 

 to watch its growth, and to look at home for a particular tree, 

 and to bring leaves and branches which can be used for decora- 

 tive purposes around the schoolroom. 



Every school should plant trees and learn to care for them, 

 or each class may have its own tree and watch and care for it, 

 and each progressive little tree immediately takes up the impor- 

 tant duties of Assistant Instructor in Tree Study. 



Correlating Tree Study With Language Lessons. 



Language lessons based on the color of the leaves, for in- 

 stance, afford ample opportunity for the child to express him- 

 self. 



Stories about when and where the leaves were gathered may 

 he given in short, complete sentences, or in longer and more dif- 

 ficult stories. 



Easy sentences may be written upon the board and used for 

 reading lessons. 



Older children can write their sentences and stories them- 

 selves. Illustrating them with trees and leaves will stimulate in- 

 terest and originality. 



