The article describes the Alphabetic Phonics Teacher Training Programs which focuses on incorporating multisensory instruction with a more "old-fashioned" phonics-first basic presentation of reading for dyslexic children. Suggestions are made for infusing the approach into the regular classroom and into teacher preparation programs. (CL)

Describes the "Learning to Read Through the Arts Program" offered in New York and New Jersey public schools in cooperation with the Guggenheim Museum. Elementary and secondary students participate in artist-led, multisensory workshops on art and language. Students keep journals, write stories and poems, and work with photography and…

This case study describes different traditional and sensory approaches to reading which were tried unsuccessfully with Jim, a third-grade nonreader, until a breakthrough was made by teaching him Exact English Signing. The author speculates that other techniques, such as braille, might also help the learning disabled. (SJL)

Describes the "Museum in the Schools" program of Cornell University's Johnson Art Museum. To encourage museum use by secondary school students and teachers, workshops are designed and presented by the museum's team, based on the specifications of the classroom teacher. This article focuses on a workshop in drawing and line. (Author/SJL)

Describes a project which utilized children's interest in television to focus on integrating media and language arts skills. Field trips, classroom activities, and print resources are described, and some results of the project are discussed. (CLB)

Recent developments in multimedia and hypermedia have simplified the creation of high-quality presentations so that they are becoming a viable instructional option for both teachers and students. One potential use of integrated media technology is in student-created programs. To demonstrate this point, novice student programmers, who used simple…