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•' 3. Drawing yf\\h brush or pencil of the object, or some part of it, to 

 show its natural form. If pencil is used, the drawing is usually 

 (a) in the earlier stages flat-tinted, or [b) in the later, coloured 

 naturally. N.B. — In some cases it is advisable to take this stage 

 first. 

 "4. A descriptive account written. This is done in one of three 

 principal ways: — 

 " (a) Under the teacher's guidance on the black-board and copied 



out afterwards. 

 **((5) By answering questions in writing, each question requiring a 



sentence for an answer. 

 " {c) An unaided essay. 

 "5. A conventional drawifig, derived from the object or its applica- 

 tion to a simple bit of design. 

 ** The chief features are correlation and the use of drawing and colour 

 as a mode of recording observation." 



As an instance of what tiny childen, in a town, can be got 

 to do in the way of brushwork from nature, the work shown 

 by the Goodrich Road Infants' School, London, may be 

 specially mentioned. 



Similarly, clay models were shown, among other schools, 

 by the Sale Township Infants' School, Manchester. 



Defective children are able to do very good work in 

 plasticine, as indicated by the exhibit from the Melbourne 

 Road School at Leicester. 



II.— NATURE STUDY 



A. Physical Aspects of Nature.— Under the head- 

 ing of "Records" will be found some account of Nature- 

 study work which deals with the weather, with clouds, with 

 the sun, and with the seasons; the details need not therefore 

 be repeated here. Naked-eye astronomy, it may be noted, 

 came in for very little attention. 



B. Animals and Plants under Control.— In this 



connection may be considered such aids to Nature-study as 

 terraria, aquaria, insect-cages, germinators, and pot and bed 



