Ontario Sessional Papers, 1898-99, . gical in all their work. 5. Let the study of insects beone of relaxation from the morearduous duties of the school. Thepupil must never have Examin-ations on the subject, else theknowledge of facts will soon be con-sidered by pupils the chief aim ofthe study. Even the observationsto be made must bo incidental, justas the questions must be informal. The child mind craves for in-formal instruction along such lines,and the school becomes a delight-ful place, and the teacher an angelof light. When? The amount of time allotted tothis study should not be
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1898-99, . gical in all their work. 5. Let the study of insects beone of relaxation from the morearduous duties of the school. Thepupil must never have Examin-ations on the subject, else theknowledge of facts will soon be con-sidered by pupils the chief aim ofthe study. Even the observationsto be made must bo incidental, justas the questions must be informal. The child mind craves for in-formal instruction along such lines,and the school becomes a delight-ful place, and the teacher an angelof light. When? The amount of time allotted tothis study should not be it creep in whenever the teacher feels that there is a need of relax- Fig. 32, transformations of a Dragon-Fly. ation, or when he has material for a good lesson. Some have advocated devoting a period-to the work on Friday afternoons, but I would not limit the period to any particulartime. It should not appear at all in the programme of studies. The youngest child]isnot too young to make observations and to try to give Teachers Equipment. The greatest difficulty at the present day is to secure properly equipped difficulty will gradually disappear as nature -courses are placed on the curricula ofNormal and Model Schools, but a few words, I think, will not be out of place here regard-ing books with which the nature teacher should be familiar. 1. Comstocks Insect Life, published by the Appletons, is the best hand-book of sug-gestions, directions and methods for teachers that we have in America. Outlines ofstudies are given on pond life, brook life, orchard life, forest life and roadside life, whilemethods of collecting and preservation of specimens are sketched very clearly. Price$ 2. Comstocks Manual for the Study of Insects takes easily first place as an Identi-fication Book, and should be in every Entomologists library. It contains keys to the 58 62 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No. 23). A. 18£f> orders, and families, and gives brief
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