est in a minute? Try to follow one and
watch what he does. Wasps may be found biting wood from an old board
fence. This they chew into pulp, and from this pulp their paper is made.
Get the children to verify this by observations. If the nest is likely
to become a nuisance, smoke out the wasps, take the nest carefully down,
and use it for indoor study, examining the inside of the nest to
ascertain the nature and the structure of the comb which, in this case
is entirely devoted to larvae.

COLLECTIONS

General school collections of such objects as noxious weeds, weed seeds,
wild flowers, noxious insects, leaves of forest trees, rocks or stones
of the locality, etc., should be undertaken.

All the pupils should contribute as many specimens as possible to each
collection and should assist in the work of preparing them.

In addition to the above collections it is advisable that pupils who
show special interest in this phase of nature work should be encouraged
to make individual collections.

Collections, when properly prepared, have a value within themselves,
because of the beauty and variety of the forms that they contain, and
also because of their usefulness in illustrating nature lessons and in
the identifying of insects, weeds, etc. Nevertheless the chief value of
the collection rests in the making of it, because of the training that
it gives the collector in carefulness and thoroughness, and also because
it causes the child to study natural objects in their natural
surroundings.

ANIMAL STUDIES

DOMESTIC ANIMALS

The teacher, before attempting to teach lessons on domestic animals,
should carefully consider how his lessons will best fulfil the following
important aims:

1. The cultivation of a deeper sympathy for, and a more complete
understanding of, farm animals.

2. The development of more kindly treatment of domestic animals through
awakened sympathy and more intelligent understanding.

3. Implanting the idea that the best varieties are the most interesting
and profitable.

The following domestic animals are suggested as being suitable for
study: horse, cow, sheep, dog, cat, goose, duck, hen.

There are two practical methods of observation work; namely, home
observation and class-room observation.

The observation work on some of the animals named must of necessity be
done out of school. In this the teacher can direct the efforts of the
pupils by assigning to them definite problems to be solved b