264 NATURE STUDY. 



VI, nature study is the best basis for expressive studies 

 in the earlier years, when the children are so much 

 more dependent on their senses ; in later years, man 

 study becomes more and more important. 



Nature study and man study provide the material 

 or content for the expressive studies. But there must 

 also be systematic instruction and adequate drill in 

 the formal work in these subjects, in formal language 

 and drawing. In emphasizing the content we must 

 not go to the other extreme, and neglect the form. 

 The children must learn how to use the instrumental 

 studies, must become familiar with the laws and prin- 

 ciples without which they cannot make the best and 

 most effective use of the instruments for expressing 

 ideas, language, drawing, and other forms of expression. 



Nature study will aid the expressive work of the 

 school in proportion as it is closely correlated with the 

 expressive studies, as the form of expression used is 

 adapted to the nature and needs of the children and to 

 the material studied, and as the essentials in all expres- 

 sion, individuality, truthfulness, clearness, and order, 

 are kept constantly in mind. 



