Observation
"Nature study...consists of simple, truthful observation 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. " - Anna Botsford Comstock, The Handbook of Nature Study
"An observant child should be put in the way of things worth observing." - Charlotte Mason
