268 NATURE STUDY. 



In the reading-lessons emphasis should be placed on 

 life and action and processes, on function and cause, 

 rather than on mere form and structure. The latter 

 can be best expressed by means of drawings or pictures 

 in connection with, or as part of, the lessons. 



Many of these features of a good primary reading- 

 lesson are illustrated in Miss Bass's admirable. reader, 

 " Plant Life," as in the following lesson from that 

 reader, 



A DANDELION. 



Do you see me ? 



I am a yellow flower. 



My name is Dandelion. 



Do you think I am pretty? 



You need not go far to find me. 



I come near you. 



You can see me on your way to school. 



I love little boys and girls. 



They love me too. 



They are glad to see me. 



I am bright like a star. 



But I shine in the daytime. 



You may call me a day-star. 



I go to sleep at night. 



I have a short stem. 



I am not very tall. 



Some day I shall not look as I do now. 



You will hardly know me^then. 



The reading-lessons, growing out of the work of the 

 class, cannot be markedly individual. They embody 

 the best thoughts of the class, arranged^ with the help 



