Show TEACHERS IN SOUTH to assist teachers iii in southern rural schools in making their courses of study fit more closely W with i th the farm and home interest of the children the united states stales department of agriculture will shortly publish a professional fess ional paper exercises with plants and animals for southern rural schools this bulletin no is in no sense a textbook but is designed merely to be a guide for the teacher it provides work in studying and ob serving plants and animals for each of the first five grades the subjects to be studied by the pupils under the direction of the teacher are arranged by months in such a way that the subject matter may be studied at the time of the year when it is most interesting to the children aldren cl some of cof the work suggested is to be done in the classroom but much of it is arranged for field trips by the class in formulating the exercises the author had in in mind increasing the interest of the children in the their ir regular lessons as well as in the activities in their homes and training them in outdoor observation by having them study ordinary ardinary seeds plants insects and animals carefully under the teachers guidance in this way wak the children are led to discover for themselves much of interest and value alue v in nature that escapes the casual observer |