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Why does the plant-mother take such good care of the 

 " cheeses " ? 



After the children have spent fifteen or twenty minutes 

 at work in the field, it may be well to gather them together 

 there, ascertain what they have discovered, and, with the 

 material about them, correct their mistakes, and help them 

 to see what they have not observed for themselves. 



The general review of what they have learned can, ho^ 

 ever, be conducted much better in the schoolroom than ou 

 of doors. Always review such a lesson with the plant be 

 fore the children. Seeing the plant will refresh their 

 memory ; then, too, they will be able to tell many things, 

 by pointing to the plant, which they* could not tell in words 

 without the plant. Encourage them to tell all they can 

 about what they have seen, with as few questions as 

 possible. 



Blackboard Heading Lesson, based on the Field Lesson 

 After the oral review, what has been learned in the fiVr 

 lesson can be fixed by a blackboard reading lesson. Th 

 statements should be obtained from the children, and shoul( 

 embody the important facts or thoughts gained out of doors. 

 This will not only review and clinch what the Children 

 have learned out of doors, but will give them practice in 

 expressing their ideas clearly and exactly, and in relating 

 ideas, or putting their statements in sequence or order. 



This reading lesson may be very simple, so that the chil- 

 dren themselves can read it (if they can read at all) ; thus 

 giving them practice in gaining ideas from the written 

 words, as well as in expressing them in written words ; or 

 it may be made more complete, and may be read by the 

 teacher, as a story. The fact that the little folks them- 

 selves have " made 7; the story will make it none the less 

 interesting to them. 



The main essentials in such reading lessons are : that 



