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Hansen, Karen L. – Learning, 1991
An activity book presents arts and crafts projects for the special events and holidays occurring during November and December. The section includes class activities, student activity pages, and directions for making several kinds of bird feeders. (SM)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Childrens Art, Class Activities, Creative Teaching
Feller, Ron; Feller, Marsha – Learning, 1987
Making and using masks can be a fun classroom project. Directions for creating many styles of three-dimensional masks are presented. Suggestions for using masks in the classroom are offered. (MT)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Elementary Education
Grabner, Ariadne – Learning, 1987
Suggestions for decorating pumpkins using paint and other materials are offered. Many imaginative pumpkins are pictured. (MT)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Holidays
Hansen, Karen – Learning, 1991
Presents crafts projects to accompany the discussion of African tribes and their ceremonial items. The article describes how to create a ceremonial mask, ceremonial shield, goodbye cloth, and necklace. Background information is included for each item. (SM)
Descriptors: African History, Black Culture, Black Studies, Class Activities
Roat, Ronald C. – Learning, 1977
Several classroom consumer education activities are discussed for use in instructing elementary school children. (MJB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Consumer Education, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Ohanian, Susan – Learning, 1987
By introducing students to the idea of inventing their own celebrations, teachers encourage creativity and help them sort out values and make decisions. Students can savor a sense of community as they share discoveries with classmates. Examples of several invented celebrations are recounted. (MT)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Thinking, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Nye, Sandra – Learning, 1982
Events and activities based on holidays and anniversaries occurring in September are suggested for elementary grade levels. (FG)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities
Davies, Rita – Learning, 1985
A close involvement with the arts helps students develop skills useful for any area of the curriculum. Techniques are suggested for making the arts more than just extracurricular activities. (DF)
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities
Herman, Patricia McKeen – Learning, 1991
Describes one elementary teacher's strategies to help students learn spelling using cooperative learning groups. Mixed-ability groups of four children are established, and students take turns being the caller, recorder, reader, and checker. Students retain more because of the amount of repetition. A weekly classroom spelling schedule is presented.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
N'Namdi, Carmen A. – Learning, 1991
Presents an excerpt from a play that can be used to help students learn about Black history. The play focuses on an African-American town, Boley, Oklahoma, that outsmarted the most feared bank robbers of the 1930s. It emphasizes Black triumphs. (SM)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Black Studies, Class Activities
Winters, Kay; And Others – Learning, 1992
Presents a collection of holiday-related winter activities for elementary students. November activities celebrate the Great American Smokeout, National Children's Book Week, National Geography Awareness Week, and Thanksgiving. December activities celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the coming of snow. Hands-on activities include cooking,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Activities, Elementary Education, Holidays
Blizard, Elizabeth B. – Learning, 1991
Guidelines for teaching about the relationship between African and American houses include an activity in which children unravel a trail of clues, moving from a West African house to a "shotgun" house in America. A student activity page on houses in Nigeria, Haiti, and New Orleans is included. (SM)
Descriptors: African History, Architectural Character, Black Culture, Black Studies
Adams, Dennis – Learning, 1976
A list of activities for creative dramatics work in the classroom. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Creative Dramatics, Educational Games, Learning Activities
Download full textNye, Sandra – Learning, 1983
Elementary school activities designed for celebraing the significant dates of each school month, excluding December, are described in this compilation. The collection covers birthdays of well-known people, historical events, mathematics, writing, reading, science, history, social studies, art, and cooking. (JW)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Art Activities, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Fox, Helen – Learning, 1989
Several across-the-curriculum activities, with a penguin theme, are described. Research, discussion, science, writing, math, and art activities are listed. Included is a list of resources which gives sources for books and posters. (IAH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Science Activities
