Nature Study in the Elementary Schools (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Nature Study in the Elementary Schools

Shall we shut out from the education of the child that which so helps and develops, so broadens and ele vates you and me? To the eye that sees, the swelling bud, the unfolding leaf, the opening flower, the germin ating seed, tell a story no less wonderful than that which comes from these mountains, a story of care and purpose and plan. To the ear that hears, the song of the bird, the patter of the rain-drops, the Singing of the tea-kettle, a...