. Among School Gardens . ^ to a school, and somewhat according tothe childrens knowledge of outdoor life. Theremay be the difference between a review of sometopics and a first presentation of them. Whengardens come to be a part of the school cur-riculum, a very large percentage of the naturework now done indoors will be done outside. Inthis department surely the garden should bethe outer classroom of the school, to thegreat advantage of both children and that the garden has been introducedin connection with the school, the universaltestimony is that it stimulates the child t
. Among School Gardens . ^ to a school, and somewhat according tothe childrens knowledge of outdoor life. Theremay be the difference between a review of sometopics and a first presentation of them. Whengardens come to be a part of the school cur-riculum, a very large percentage of the naturework now done indoors will be done outside. Inthis department surely the garden should bethe outer classroom of the school, to thegreat advantage of both children and that the garden has been introducedin connection with the school, the universaltestimony is that it stimulates the child to betterintellectual grasp of his studies. Even where it 177 AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS has been added to the routine of the school, theteachers say that the time required is a welcomebreak that is more than made up by the vim andexpedition with which the pupils attack theirother work. Where the individual beds are not over lox 15feet, actual gardening would not require more thanfifteen minutes or, at most, half an hour each. A School Garden Class, Red Wing, Minn. school day; not over one and a half to two and ahalf hours per week. Because of the nature of thework, its period in the school program is frequentlynot a fixed one. Cultivation, or tillage of theirplots, to be most pleasurable to the children,should be something that they can enjoy whenthey please, or be sent to as a delightful changefrom their routine work. This is accomplished 178 AFTER PLANTING, WHAT? in many gardens by allowing the children a widerange in the hours assigned for the general care oftheir plots, within which time they may come andgo as they please. When the garden is acceptedas a part of the regular school routine, thisperiod is sometimes arranged by the principal,who, knowing the time best suited for gardenwork, may interrupt any grade lesson to send thechildren out, perhaps to take advantage of thehour after a sudden shower to mulch their grounds,to grasp some fleeting opportunity to study in-sect life,
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