2 NATURE STUDY 



It is not my intention to disparage the value to the 

 teacher of special training in science. Nevertheless it 

 may be safely stated that the courses generally pursued 

 in college and university do not necessarily equip the 

 student for practical, every-day work with little children. 

 They need to be supplemented by actual experience. 



The plan herein embodied has grown out of scientific 

 training and experience in teaching little children, and I, 

 therefore, present it with some hope that it may be a 

 helpful volume to those teachers who desire to pursue a 

 course in Nature Study. 



Recognizing that the search for facts in the ordinary 

 text-books on science is a labor requiring more time than 

 the teacher usually has at her disposal, and, also, perhaps, 

 greater familiarity with technical terms than she might 

 be expected to possess, I have given in the paragraphs 

 marked "Facts" such necessary knowledge on the sub- 

 jects therein treated as she should have. These facts 

 are accurate and based upon the latest and most eminent 

 authority. 



For more extended information on the subjects of the 

 lessons, the following books are suggested : 



Animals : 



Birdcraft, j ^^^^j Osgood Wright. 



Citizen Bird, i 



Birds Through an Opera Glass, Merriam. 



Winners in Life's Kace, | ^rahella Buckley. 



Life and Her CliiUlren, > 



First Lessons in Zoology, Morse. 



Needham's Zoology. 



Frail Children of the Air, Scudder, 



Insects, Hyatt and Arms. 



