. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. \M S 0/ Co^ A ftower with the parts named. "The purple trillium has a purple corolla, the white trillium a white corolla; and both have green ; The points to be borne in mind are that children like to call things by their names because they are real names, and they also like to use "grown up" names for things; but they do not like to commit to memory names which to them are meaningless. Circumlocution is a waste of breath; calling a petal a "leaf of a f
. Handbook of nature-study for teachers and parents, based on the Cornell nature-study leaflets. Nature study. \M S 0/ Co^ A ftower with the parts named. "The purple trillium has a purple corolla, the white trillium a white corolla; and both have green ; The points to be borne in mind are that children like to call things by their names because they are real names, and they also like to use "grown up" names for things; but they do not like to commit to memory names which to them are meaningless. Circumlocution is a waste of breath; calling a petal a "leaf of a flower" or the petiole "the stem of a leaf," is like calling a boy's arm "the projecting part of James' body" or Molly's golden hair "the yellow. â xlyx lobes iatyx tube A flower with petals tmitcd forming a tube, and with sepals likewise united^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Publishing Company
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