This guidance report offers early years professionals seven practical evidence-based recommendations to provide every child--but particularly those from disadvantaged homes--with a high quality and well-rounded grounding in early literacy, language and communication. One recommendation focuses on the importance of high quality interactions between…

The keynote of this document is "empowerment." Children can and should have opportunities from an early age to take part in the significant events in their world. Learning activities in this curriculum provide a general context in which young children can explore and appreciate various definitions of participation for elementary school…

Article suggested ideas for planning a carnival, the prizes to be used and how to collect them, and several basic booth guidelines. (RK)

Describes the facilities and programs of two major hands-on learning centers for children: the Capitol Children's Museum in Washington, D.C. and Sesame Place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Computer-oriented activities are emphasized. A table describing several other hands-on learning centers accompanies the text. (JL)

Base a learning center on magic and the results will be magical. (Editor)

Describes a step-by-step process for elementary class brainstorming to develop interdisciplinary learning projects and activities: (1) initial listing of everything concerning the topic; (2) organizing the ideas by discipline, responsibility, and logical sequence; (3) experientializing the topics; and (4) identifying skills to be incorporated in…

The practice of assigning students to present reviews for class examinations has benefits for student, teacher, and class. (LH)

Get to know more about your own schoolgrounds with these field-tested activities that may be adapted to subject and grade levels. (Editor)

Presents one teacher's classroom techniques for teaching responsibility through real-world learning experiences. Wall charts rotate everyday jobs. Students apply for challenging jobs. A lottery system determines who gets favorite jobs. Students vote on who organizes special events. (SM)

One of a series of teacher-developed curriculum guides intended to encourage active student participation and involvement in important social issues, this elementary level guide provides children with an age-appropriate understanding of the process of political elections. Students are encouraged to become aware of what is happening around them…

These 21 ideas will have you and your students celebrating in a variety of ways. Whether you try some of the starter ideas or one of the plays, stories, poems, or song that follow, the shared experience will boost holiday spirits. (Editor)

Provides suggestions on how to turn the classroom into an all-green growing center and how to harvest some good learning at the same time. (Editor/RK)

Article presented some suggestions for integrating television viewing into the teaching process. (Author/RK)

Create a variety of activities related to the country you are studying--Japan, for example--and arrange them by such subjects as art, games, creative writing, maps, dress and greetings. These activities can be tied in with classroom learning centers or stations. Here students make passports, learn about traditional styles of dress in Japan, learn…

Suggested instructional strategies for increasing secretarial students classroom involvement. (HD)