AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



from the question of agriculture, many a school 

 boy has found his best development through 

 the motor activities released and the motives 

 of action satisfied in the school garden. He may 

 be a dullard or a laggard at his books, perhaps 

 unsocial or unattractive in his personality. Let 

 him have a chance to vent his feelings by work, 

 or satisfy his dormant aesthetic, or emotional, 



Fourth Grade Children Cutting Grain — Lakeview School, 

 Pueblo 



nature through care of his plants. If he makes 

 any kind of a success of his garden, his self 

 respect is restored and he fmds his place among his 

 fellows. 



(ii) The school garden improves the school 

 by creating a strong social bond among the pupils 

 and between the school and the parents as the 

 home gardens develop. Here very often morals 



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