b l.X'JRODUCTORY. 



Strong in you, the season will invite you — the interests of the 

 children will guide you. "Fifteen minutes a day", some one says. 

 Very Avell. Fifteen minutes spent each day in the close scrutiny 

 of some interesting object — nov/ a leaf, now a plant, a pebble, a 

 bird or an insects, W' itli an occasional trip to a pond, or an orchard, 

 or to the park — will bear a wondrous harvest. Behold how great 

 a matter a little fire kiddleth! And nothiig sets the hearts of boys 

 and girls on fire as does this natural study of natural things. 



"Follow the children home — ask the parents what their children 

 talk about and you will find out how constantly the child mind 

 turns back to that v/hich is to it the most real and interesting. "Cor- 

 relate" is a good pedagogical word. We hear a great deal about it. 

 What better common factor than Nature Study for the correlation 

 of the various branches v/e are called upon to teach? 



"A glass may be brimful of water, and yet we may gradually add 

 a spoonful of sugar and it will not run over. The teacher's daily 

 cup is full; but let her put in Nature Study — gradually, quietly,- — 

 and it will sweeten the whole, and her cup will not run over." 



