Handbook of Nature Study

Handbook of Nature Study
Author: Anna Botsford Comstock
Publsiher: Ravenio Books
Total Pages: 961
Release: 2016-05-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9182736450XXX

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NATURE-STUDY is, despite all discussions and perversions, a study of nature; it consists of simple, truthful observations that may, like beads on a string, finally be threaded upon the understanding and thus held together as a logical and harmonious whole. Therefore, the object of the nature-study teacher should be to cultivate in the children powers of accurate observation and to build up within them, understanding. FIRST, but not most important, nature-study gives the child practical and helpful knowledge. It makes him familiar with nature’s ways and forces, so that he is not so helpless in the presence of natural misfortune and disasters. Nature-study cultivates the child’s imagination since there are so many wonderful and true stories that he may read with his own eyes, which affect his imagination as much as does fairy lore; at the same time nature-study cultivates in him a perception and a regard for what is true, and the power to express it. All things seem possible in nature; yet this seeming is always guarded by the eager quest of what is true. Perhaps, half the falsehood in the world is due to lack of power to detect the truth and to express it. Nature-study aids both in discernment and expression of things as they are. Nature-study cultivates in the child a love of the beautiful; it brings to him early a perception of color, form and music. He sees whatever there is in his environment, whether it be the thunder-head piled up in the western sky, or the golden flash of the oriole in the elm; whether it be the purple of the shadows on the snow, or the azure glint on the wing of the little butterfly. Also, what there is of sound, he hears; he reads the music score of the bird orchestra, separating each part and knowing which bird sings it. And the patter of the rain, the gurgle of the brook, the sighing of the wind in the pine, he notes and loves and becomes enriched thereby. But, more than all, nature-study gives the child a sense of companionship with life out of doors and an abiding love of nature. Let this latter be the teacher’s criterion for judging his or her work. If nature-study as taught does not make the child love nature and the out-of-doors, then it should cease. Let us not inflict permanent injury on the child by turning him away from nature instead of toward it. However, if the love of nature is in the teacher’s heart, there is no danger; such a teacher, no matter by what method, takes the child gently by the hand and walks with him in paths that lead to the seeing and comprehending of what he may find beneath his feet or above his head. And these paths whether they lead among the lowliest plants, or whether to the stars, finally converge and bring the wanderer to that serene peace and hopeful faith that is the sure inheritance of all those who realize fully that they are working units of this wonderful universe.

Handbook of Nature study for Teachers and Parents Based on the Cornell Nature study Leaflets with Much Additional Material and Many New Illustrations

Handbook of Nature study for Teachers and Parents  Based on the Cornell Nature study Leaflets  with Much Additional Material and Many New Illustrations
Author: Anna Botsford Comstock
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 970
Release: 1911
Genre: Nature study
ISBN: UOM:39015049837357

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Handbook of Nature Study

Handbook of Nature Study
Author: Anna Botsford Comstock
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2021
Genre: Large type books
ISBN: OCLC:1295592747

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Provides lessons on many topics of nature study, with questions that may form the basis for student projects. Notes with a foreword by Verne N. Rockcastle

Exploring Nature

Exploring Nature
Author: Gaud Morel
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1998-05-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0886829461

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Describes the many ways in which humans use nature and how animals and plants exist in the wild.

HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY

HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY
Author: ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK
Publsiher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 742
Release: 2010-01-08
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 9781409227946

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Anna Botsford Comstock's classic tome on Nature Study for Children--Parts I, II and III.Suitable for all ages.

The Burgess Bird Book for Children

The Burgess Bird Book for Children
Author: Thornton W. Burgess
Publsiher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2012-05-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780486121635

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Downy the Woodpecker, Spooky the Screech Owl, and other winged creatures tell Peter Cottontail about their migration patterns, calls, nesting habits, and more in this blend of fact and fiction. 32 black-and-white illustrations.

The Tree Book

The Tree Book
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2008
Genre: Trees
ISBN: 9781889538433

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Identifies and discusses the more than thirty different kinds of trees found in North America.

The Handbook Of Nature Study in Color Introduction

The Handbook Of Nature Study in Color   Introduction
Author: Anna B Comstock
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2020-11
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1922348759

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For years Anna Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study has been an essential tool for all budding naturalists but its large size made it impractical in the field. It has now been broken up into individual sections for easy portability. New full-color photos are included for those times that you're unable to see nature up close. This volume only features the introductory sections from the other volumes. If you have the others this is not necessary, but can be handy.