6 INSECT LIFE. 



by putting the specimens in their proper place in a 

 collection. 



The Nature study can be made an aid to work in 

 language and in drawing ; many suggestions for this 

 are given throughout the book. 



With an aquarium, a breeding cage, and a few 

 boxes for preserving specimens, all of which can be 

 procured with little expense, both teacher and pupils 

 will find the Nature-study period the most enjoyable 

 part of the day. 



Everything possible should be done to make this 

 study a recreation which the pupils will enjoy outside 

 of school hours. If each has a collection, this will be 

 an easy matter. Do not discourage the pupils by re- 

 quiring them to memorize abstract statements con- 

 cerning insects. Let their knowledge of the subject 

 be based on personal observations. The statements 

 in the book are merely to aid the pupils in their study 

 of the specimens ; personal observation should be the 

 real source of their information. The development 

 of the habit of ascertaining facts for themselves is 

 one of the greatest benefits the pupils will derive 

 from this study. 



In preparing the lessons an effort has been made 

 to combine the verification method and the interro- 

 gation method of laboratory work in such a way as 

 to obtain the desirable results of both systems and 

 to give variety to the work. When the former 

 method is used, the teacher will be able in most cases 

 to determine if the pupil has correctly verified the 

 statements made in the text by examining the draw- 

 ings he is required to make or the account he is asked 

 to write. 



