. Map modeling in geography : including the use of sand, clay putty, paper pulp, plaster of Paris, and other materials : also chalk modeling in its adaptation to purposes of illustration. escribe the banks and the mouth of thestream ? Make a sand model of the brook-basin. The value of the work in molding will be increased if theteacher can give the children the advantage of numerous FieldLessons as exemplified on page 52 under Nature Study. Thechild will collect the individual details of various observations,and see the mutual relations existing among them. The brookbasin will become an intell
. Map modeling in geography : including the use of sand, clay putty, paper pulp, plaster of Paris, and other materials : also chalk modeling in its adaptation to purposes of illustration. escribe the banks and the mouth of thestream ? Make a sand model of the brook-basin. The value of the work in molding will be increased if theteacher can give the children the advantage of numerous FieldLessons as exemplified on page 52 under Nature Study. Thechild will collect the individual details of various observations,and see the mutual relations existing among them. The brookbasin will become an intelligible unit of measure in practical geo-graphical study. The work in the open air need not degenerateinto mere romping rambles, but must have definite plan andpurpose. A successful field lesson is able to give an impetus tothe whole school-life of the child. Remember that formal lessonsare not absolutely necessary in nature study. Much can be doneat odd moments, and the child will often do much more at homethan at school. Each ramble in field and in wood becomes atrue communion with nature. Tell nothing that the children canfind out for themselves. Intermediate Molding in Sand. 31. Fig. 13. Mountains. [A good supply of clay or sand should be in the molding-board.] Teacher.—Lottie, what are very high hills called ? Lottie.—Very high hills are called mountains. Teacher.—Elevations of land rising less than 2000 feet above the sur-rounding country are called hills ; those 2000 feet or more in height arecalled mountains. How high is the steeple of the Presbyterian church,Charlie ? Charlie.—My brother Ben says that it is 100 feet high. Teacher.—How many such steeples would it take to reach 2000 feet intothe air ? Gertie. Gertie.—Twenty. Teacher.—How high the mountams must be As high as twenty stee-ples, one over the other. Lottie. Lottie.—I have seen a mountain. Teacher.—Tell us about it. Lottie.—Papa and I went to the top of Mount McGregor last summer. 32 Interme
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