moshek] correlating TREE STUDY 57 



What gifts does the tree bring to us? 



What does the tree give you to eat? Name the fruits. Name the 

 nuts. 



To how many of God's creatures does the tree give food? Does 

 the tree help them in any other way? 



What do you see in this room that the tree gives to us? 



Name everything in the dining room at home that the tree gives to 

 you. 



Tell me all the things you see on the way to school that the tree gives 

 to you. 



Name all the things that you use in one day that the tree gives to you. 



Name all the things that you used when you went away from home 

 on a trip that the tree gives to you. 



Name all the things you ever rode in that are made of wood. 



What musical instruments can you think of that are made of wood? 



Name five things that you like best that are made of wood. 



Name five things that you use most that are made of wood. 



What things does the baby use that are made of wood? 



What things does grandpa use that are made of wood? 



In introducing tree subjects as language lessons, we should 

 keep within the child's knowledge and use his interest simply as a 

 basis for language work. Criticism should never be such as to 

 make him conscious that he is having a language lesson. Tree 

 study, however, offers unlimited selection of subjects by which 

 to develop spontaneous expression. 



The teacher should have some fundamental facts at her dis- 

 posal which will interest the child and lead him into accurate 

 channels of thought. For this she must depend largely upon 

 books especially prepared for the instruction of children. The 

 language lesson can then fulfill its double mission in carrying 

 with it some little important tree study information. 



Correlating Tree Study With Drawing. 



The correlation of nature-study and drawing is so natural 

 and inevitable that the pupil need not suspect that he is having 

 a drawing lesson. When he is interested in any subject he 

 enjoys illustrating his observations — it is a natural self-expres- 

 sion. The picture of what he sees is in his mind and his imita- 

 tive impulse prompts him to tell you about it by making another 

 picture, and he draws before he knows it. 



The making of drawings should always be encouraged for 

 illustrating what is observed, as a graphic presentation is far bet- 

 ter than a long description of natural objects. 



Everything about the tree inspires a drawing: the tree outr 

 lined against the sky ; the leaves in spring, summer and autumn ; 

 the buds and blossoms ; and the various fruits. Nature surely 



