ONTARIO AND MANITOBA NATURE STUDY COURSES. 37 



provided in the school library. Some valuable publications on the 

 subject of Nature Study, for the teacher's use, may be obtained free on 

 application to the Department of Agriculture, Toronto. 



As means of expression the art subjects should be closely related with 

 the nature work. Throughout the courses oral and written composition 

 should be correlated with all the other subjects. In the lower forms, 

 the material of Nature Study, in particular, should afford a basis for 

 oral language lessons. 



Manitoba. — This work has been arranged by grades, with definite 

 topics for each. It does not follow, however, that all the material 

 suggested shall be covered during the year. The course has been made 

 wide enough to enable every teacher to select such topics as are suitable 

 to the varying conditions met with. 



In general, the treatment of a topic should involve the 

 following : — 



1. Observation by the pupils. 



2. Expression : — 



(a) By oral or written language, or both. 



(bj By drawing, painting or modelling. 



( c) Reading of descriptions, and study of selected literature, 

 such as stories, myths and poems. 



Special Note for Grades One and Two (1st and 2nd years). 



The purposes of the Nature work in Grades One and Two should 

 be the following : — 



1. To develop the right moral spirit leading to sympathy, kind 

 treatment and right feeling toward life, particularly toward animal life. 



2. To develop the spiritual nature leading to reverence, truth, 

 belief. 



3. To cultivate a love for the beautiful, and to train in the 

 expression of it. 



4. To help the children to see those things in nature that are best 

 worth seeing and to understand the meaning of the things seen. 



5. To maintain an interest in school life and to aid in the work of 

 other studies, especially language and literature. 



