"Out in this, God's beautiful world, there is everything waiting to heal lacerated nerves, to strengthen tired muscles, to please and content the soul that is torn to shreds with duty and care."
"Nature-study should be so much a part of the child's thought and interest that it will naturally form a though core for other subjects quite unconsciously on his part."
"Out-of-door-life takes the child afield and keeps him in the open air, which not only helps him physically and occupies his mind with sane subjects, but keeps him out of mischief."
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| Fiddlenecks are just starting to bloom. |
"In nature-study the work begins with any plant or creature which chances to interest the pupil."
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| Saxifrage is blooming in full force. |
"Thus by beginning with the child in nature-study we take him to the laboratory of the wood or garden, the roadside or the field, and his materials are the wild flowers or the weeds, or the insects that visit the goldenrod or the bird that sings in the maple tree, or the woodchuck whistling in the pasture."
All quotes are from the Handbook of Nature Study in the introductory pages. All photos are from today's lunchtime hike.
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